FuelCell Energy
A clean start
Challenge
FuelCell Energy has been a beacon of optimism, innovation and strength in the energy sector since its founding in 1969. In more recent years, FuelCell Energy underwent an evolution that repositioned the company as a leader in the clean energy industry.
Although the company had significantly shifted its practices and focus, its brand identity had fallen behind in effectively communicating the new core mission.
VSA Partners joined forces with FuelCell Energy to take its renewed corporate purpose—to enable the world to live empowered by clean energy—and translate this into a communicative brand expression system.
FuelCell Energy's new logo is full of symbolism. The design is inspired by the bonds between molecules that are broken and formed in the chemical reactions of fuel cells, while the letterforms incorporate F, C, E and L—which together comprise FuelCell Energy’s stock ticker. Finally, the upper-right segment of the logo also completes the “zero,” visualizing the company’s mission of leading the journey toward zero carbon emissions.
Solution
VSA Partners helped FuelCell Energy reimagine its entire identity as a provider of safe, secure and practical solutions for achieving carbon-zero output. We delivered a new brand look that includes a logo redesign, typography, the creation of a bright and progressive color palette and a new brand expression system. FuelCell Energy’s new identity is full of symbolism meant to express the creativity and connectedness of the FuelCell Energy brand, and its purpose of empowering the world with clean energy.
Our work included:
- Brand expression
- Brand identity
- Brand strategy
- Illustration and iconography
FuelCell Energy was equipped with a color scheme associated with lower ink toxicity that, ironically, hues like green can have. Instead, the newly implemented blues and purples signal creativity and scientific prowess. The design’s use of gradients also signals the journey customers take toward carbon zero.
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