Brand identities for science,
health and technology.

Second Eight is a design studio led by Sam Hox. We design brand identities, motion and websites for companies in science, health and technology.

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Selected collaborations

Brands and teams we've worked with, including agency and contractor work.

RecognitionCover of Logo Lounge Book 12Selected for LogoLounge 13Logo Lounge PublicationsTemple Top Design

What we do

Brand identity, motion, digital and 3D. Each can be a project on its own or part of a brand project.

  1. 01

    Brand identity

    Strategy, naming, logo and visual system.

    • Strategy
    • Identity
    • Guidelines
    Selected identities
  2. 02

    Motion

    Logo animation, motion systems and launch films.

    • Logo animation
    • Motion systems
    • Film
    Logo animation
  3. 03

    Digital

    Websites and product UI and UX, designed in the brand.

    • Web
    • UI/UX
    • Product
    Sixfold · Website and app
  4. 04

    3D and imagery

    3D visuals, brand imagery and launch content.

    • 3D
    • Imagery
    • Launch
    Cellbased · 3D

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Who we work with.

Cultiv, Cellbased

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Selected work(22)

Sixfold brand identity
Sixfold thermal butterfly in deep blue, sectioned and labelled with orbit lines
Aikka.ai brand identity
Speaker presenting the Aikka website on a large screen: One agent. Every signal.
Versed brand identity
Versed issue 21 cover: a green crystal with four dark star marks over pale text
Gray Matter brand identity
Crowd in silhouette before a Gray Matter screen reading Predictive neurocare under coloured data lines
Radial brand identity
Radial graphic: an x-ray flower annotated with orange and violet machine vision boxes on black
Cultiv brand identity
Cultiv logo inside a glowing pink petri dish, set on a field of small blue flowers
Form brand identity
Close-up of an eye turning into pixels, with Form image tiles floating across it
Bad Decisions Studio brand identity
Black camera lens printed with the Bad Decisions wordmark and BD mark, among small film stills
Aevum AI brand identity
Woman before a large Aevum AI screen, Creating Health's Canvas with Genetic Code Insights, in pixel paint
Sequence brand identity
Sequence graphic: five DNA strands drawn from small lines in iridescent green, orange and violet
Cellbased brand identity
Cellbased graphic: a white 3D sphere of Voronoi cells with numbered openings, on black
Augury brand identity
Augury poster: large serif code text and generative pixel blocks in red, violet and green on white
Receur brand identity
Stage screen reading Receur, Making Complex Biology Modeling Much Simpler, beside glossy cell spheres
Plasma brand identity
Plasma graphic: dark red and silver 3D blood cell discs in a flower arrangement on black
Neurona brand identity
Neurona card on Cognitive Enhancement beside a dark rippled fungal texture in blue and copper
Nodelink brand identity
Large Nodelink screen in a lobby: the logo over glossy 3D node spheres in orange, blue and green
Revival brand identity
Man walking past a Revival screen, Tomorrow's Health, Sculpted Today, with a halftone classical sculpture
Klue brand identity
Stack of glass Klue cards in pink and violet, the front one reading Every Pulse Captured
Zeonite brand identity
Dark textured Zeonite safe with a handle and a small display reading Identifying
Beyond Surgical brand identity
White surgical robot arm over black, with Beyond Surgical and Precision in Every Procedure
Blame brand identity
Hands holding up a cream Blame bucket hat with a woven label against a teal sky
Kinetica brand identity
Silver Kinetica device with volume, tuning and frequency dials above the logo

How we work

We get to know your company , explore directions , build the system and launch it with your team.

  1. Understand

    We learn about your company, your market and your plans.

  2. Concept

    We present two or three directions. You choose one and we develop it.

  3. System

    Mark, type, colour, graphics and motion, designed as one system.

  4. Launch

    We deliver guidelines, source files and launch assets to your team.

Write your brief.

We're a company at stage and we need , .

What's included

  • Strategy and positioning
  • Mark and graphic system
  • Typography and colour
  • Brand guidelines
  • Key applications

Some of our work

Cultiv
Cellbased
Sequence
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Questions.

It depends on the scope. We agree the timeline with you before we start.

Yes. Many of our clients are between pre-seed and Series A. We design brand systems that can grow with the company.

Yes. We start with an audit of the current brand and recommend what to keep and what to change.

Most of our projects are in science, health and technology. We also work in other fields, such as fashion, music software and security.

You do. Full rights and all source files are yours when the project is done.