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SB Studio's innovation hub branding reflects "that ‘oh!’ moment"

Liverpool, London and Cambridge-based Studio SB has just unveiled its colourful, playful rebrand for Liverpool's OH, formerly known as Innovators Hub.

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Illustrated cityscape with colourful buildings, a giant blue hand reaching down, and a woman with raised arm celebrating atop a large red shape, against a bright turquoise background

The hub was set up three years ago by then-17-year-old college student Robyn Dooley, with the aim of helping young people find their way into the creative industries.

SB was brought in to "help tell their story and imagine their future with a rebrand and new digital home." According to the agency, the platform "has been built to reflect OH’s thriving offline creative and digital community" and "connects talent with industry through alternative education, opportunities, networks and inspiration, sharing new ways of working to equip the next generation with creative and digital leaders." Among OH's partners are Angel Solutions, Mando, ustwo, Capital&Centric and SB.

"A new identity that reflected our personality, our community and our mission was never going to be an easy task" says Dooley, "but [now] we have an exciting future and an identity we’re incredibly proud of.”

Benji Holroyd, SB founder and creative director, adds,“The OH brand reflects the feeling you get when the penny drops. That ‘oh!’ moment when you realise you’ve hit upon something special, it also acts a prefix to pretty much anything. The identity is collaborative, energetic, expressive and incredibly resilient. It’s a brand identity with a voice, one that can imagine new futures while echoing the values and purpose of OH.

"A playground to explore, challenge, disrupt, provoke and do."

Colourful bus shelter advertisement for OH featuring bold geometric shapes in coral, blue and yellow with the text "OH THE SCHOOL OF DO" and a tagline about exploring diverse career paths
Colourful branded materials for OH innovation hub featuring bright blocks of yellow, blue, magenta and lime green with playful typography and photographs of young people in creative spaces
Hand holding a smartphone displaying OH's colourful calendar and event interface with vibrant blue, pink, green and yellow sections showing February 2018 events
Hand holding a smartphone displaying OH's rebrand with colourful illustrations and blue MATMO section, showing the innovation hub's new identity
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