Brand Identity & Logo Design for Elev8 Villages

Elev8 Villages is building a new model of community for young adults aging out of foster care, designed to cultivate human potential through belonging, stability, meaningful relationships, education, employment, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute.

As our organization prepares for greater national visibility, we need a visual identity that communicates the depth and possibility of that vision.

Our current logo incorporates a small house. While housing is one component of Elev8 Villages, we have discovered that the imagery unintentionally leads people to immediately categorize us as a housing organization. That limits the story before we have an opportunity to tell it.

Elev8 Villages is much bigger than housing.
We envision holistic villages where young adults have a home while also gaining access to coaching, education, job and life skills, meaningful work, mentors, community, long-term relationships, and opportunities to discover and develop their unique gifts.

At the heart of all of it is BELONGING.

We want our visual identity to reflect the hope, possibility, human potential, connection, and sense of belonging at the heart of Elev8 Villages. We often think of Elev8 as a beacon, a light that helps illuminate a pathway toward a different future.

We have previously worked on elements of our brand identity, which helped us recognize that our current logo no longer adequately communicates who we are becoming. We now want to work with an experienced brand identity or logo designer who can listen deeply, explore concepts with us, and translate the heart of Elev8 Villages into a distinctive and enduring visual identity.

We welcome the creative expertise of a designer who can help us discover the strongest visual expression of the Elev8 Villages brand.