Crafting a Welcoming Visual Identity and Play Therapy Logo for Playing To Be

A new logo, visual identity and website for Playing To Be. Play Therapist, Patricia approached me to help with the visual identity and website for her new practice, Playing To Be. Patricia is a mental health and wellbeing professional, with play therapy she helps children who are experiencing difficulties.
Project Type: Logo design, visual identity and web design
Client: Playing To Be
Tags: #Logo #playtherapy #visualidentity #medical #mentalhealth

The design direction was to show that Playing To Be is a professional service with health and wellbeing at the core but should also look inviting and unintimidating.

The use of shapes is an important element of the visual identity, acting as building blocks that make up the logo mark, representing the parts people play in a child’s life. The shapes are echoed throughout the website. 

The colour palette is very familiar as being “medical”, we felt the use of blue and green would position Playing To Be as a medical/therapy service. To add a little fun to the mix we dropped a bold yellow into the logo, this colour is to be used sparingly. To soften the clinical look and introduce a claiming tome we used an off-white for backgrounds.

Typography needed to be clear and legible. Like the colour palette, the typefaces used had to portray the professionalism of Playing To Be while having some sense of character and friendliness. Work Sans has that perfect mix.

It’s been great to work with Patricia as she starts her new business.

Playing To Be

Testimonial

After recently qualifying as a Play Therapist I wanted to find a way to present myself and my services to the world. This was a daunting task, as I had a few things to consider such as a business name, a logo and a website. Luckily Adam came to my rescue. He listened with care and attention to my hopes and wishes, and together we worked out the essence of what my business is about. Thanks to Adam this was an enjoyable process, and the logo he developed encompasses so much of what I offer and do. I am delighted with it, and with my overall branding and website too. As well as a skilled designer, Adam has shown himself to be an excellent listener with bags of patience and understanding too, and most of all with genuine attentiveness for his client. Adam has helped me enormously in creating a vision for myself and my business that I am truly proud of, and I feel confident and happy in sharing Playing To Be with the world. – Particia, Playing To Be

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