Investment · Sustainable energy

1Oak

Long-term value, grown like an oak.

“We’re a family investment firm, inspired by long-term value creation in a sustainable future.” The 2024 identity gives 1Oak a mark and a voice that feel patient, warm and built to last.

1Oak style guide cover: the oak logo over wind turbines in green fields
Client1Oak
SectorFamily investment · Sustainable energy
Year2024
ScopeStyle guide · Logo system · Colour & type · Graphic elements · Imagery · Social · Stationery
The challenge

Investment brands tend to look cold. 1Oak backs energy and industrial projects for the long run, and wanted to feel steady and trustworthy without looking like a bank.

Our approach

An oak tree drawn inside a rounded square, branches that reach across layouts, and olive greens warmed with ochre. Quattrocento gives titles a classic feel; Optika keeps the body copy clean.

Mission & logo

A tree in a square.

The mark grows from the mission: long-term value, rooted and patient. Horizontal, vertical and icon-only versions share one clear-space rule.

1Oak company mission, logo versions and clear space
Colour & type

Green for growth, ochre for warmth.

Quattrocento for titles, Optika for text. One adds character; the other keeps things clear.

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ForestDepth and stability.
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OliveGrowth.
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SageThe everyday green.
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MistSoft backgrounds.
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CreamPaper and space.
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SandWarmth.
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OchreEarthy accent.
1Oak typefaces
Graphic elements

Branches, lines, rounded corners.

Three elements keep the system calm: the oak branches, fine lines and round-cornered blocks.

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Imagery

Real sites, colour-matched.

Refineries, solar farms and new buildings, adjusted to sit in the green palette and framed by the branches.

1Oak imagery examples
Social media

Posts that feel like the brand.

Branches frame photos and text across posts and stories, in green, cream and ochre.

1Oak social media posts
Stationery & merch

Mugs, polos and cards.

The tree mark sits quietly on polos and mugs; the branches stretch across cards and folders.

1Oak mug, polo shirts, business cards and folder
Logo rules

Keep the oak whole.

No recomposing, gradients, boxes, recolouring or crowding the clear space.

Unacceptable uses of the 1Oak logo
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