Flagship Pioneering
A partnership designed for science
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As a trusted design partner and consultant to venture capital magnate Flagship Pioneering, we specialize in creating significant, compelling design systems across vast, dynamic biotech organizations.
Known for its innovative founding of more than 100 biotech startups — including mRNA pioneer Moderna — Flagship, founded by the Afeyan family, encompasses a world-class life sciences fund and incubator, 33 active portfolio companies, and the philanthropic Afeyan Foundation.
Over several years, our partnership with Flagship has taken on many forms, including consulting on and creating design and communications for every facet of its brand ecosystem.
Flagship is an organization of great scale and complexity. Our understanding of each business line and the nuanced interconnectivity between them, as well as the relationships we’ve built with executives, stakeholders, and employees across the organization, has enabled us to create work that truly moves the needle.
Working on such a wide breadth of projects across Flagship’s ecosystem, we harness the insights and capabilities to run and scale our team as needed to meet project requirements. We are uniquely equipped to manage intricate and highly-complex projects, working with cross-functional teams to create brands that both stand on their own and feel at home in the same creative and scientific ecosystem.
Together with Flagship, we’ve proudly developed ten of its 33 portfolio brands, featuring design and messaging as bold and compelling as the science itself.
Our Role
- Brand strategy
- Brand identity
- UX/UI Design
- WordPress development
- Collateral
- Brand Guidelines
Industry
- Biotech & Life Science
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We have received incredible press coverage and an outpouring of positive commentary on our website & brand and we could not be more pleased.
This would of course not at all have been possible without your artistic vision, execution and willingness to work with us together as a team. We look forward to continuing our work together!”
Senior Principal, Flagship Pionneering
Case studies
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Abiologics
The revolutionary platform leverages generative AI and high-throughput chemical protein synthesis to bring life-changing treatments to a wide range of diseases. We came on board in Abiologics’ infancy to shape its story and visual identity, crafting a consistent and compelling narrative across its logo, website, slide deck, and animated videos.
Profound
ProFound Therapeutics explores the dark proteome to uncover therapeutic proteins that could transform medicine. Elegant and innovative science is expressed with abstract landscapes and terrain-like visuals to represent the exploration of uncharted biological territory. The site features a sophisticated color palette and scientific visuals of the ProFoundry Platform, showcasing their revolutionary medicine pipeline.
Prologue
Prologue is pioneering a revolutionary approach in biotherapeutics by using viral proteins to expand the functional boundaries of human proteins, unlocking vast therapeutic possibilities. They sought a brand presence that captured both the magnitude of their vision and the sophistication of their science. A deep collaboration with Prologue’s scientific team, allowed us to transform complex protein modeling data into visually captivating, scientifically accurate images.
Ampersand
Ampersand develops innovative medicines using its AND-Platform™ to create targeted treatments that act specifically at disease sites. Dual colors in this carefully crafted visual brand, represent the platform’s core science—localizing and actuator moieties. Graphics and animations were carefully planned and created to simplify and showcase the platform’s complexity.
Harbinger Health
Harbinger Health is a pioneer in the early detection of cancer, harnessing a combination of machine learning and proprietary insights. We worked with Harbinger to develop a name, brand and website for its “TLC Project” — a video campaign and social initiative that highlights inequities in cancer care in underserved communities.
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Sail Biomedicines
Sail Biomedicines was formed in October 2023, after the merger of two of Flagships’ companies. The union led to the creation of the Sail Platform, the most complete toolkit in the industry for comprehensive programming of RNA medicines. For the company’s launch, our task was to create a new brand identity, visual language, and website introducing the groundbreaking technology and promising future of programmable pharmacology.
Generate:
Biomedicines
The Generate Platform uses machine learning to increase the success rate of and reduce the time required for drug discovery. Generate was a unique project for us, because by the time we came on board, it already had a website and visual language. Our support of Generate is done through ongoing strategic, creative, and technical services to support the strategic growth and evolution of the organization. Our services include building and expanding upon Generate’s website, intranet, presentations, and more, through a robust creative services retainer.
Empress
The Empress platform uses AI to bring certainty and speed to the drug discovery process. Our work began with a thorough audit of Empress’s existing website and materials. From there, we developed an expanded visual system for the brand, designed to enrich its story and provide deeper brand engagement.
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Afeyan Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Afeyan Foundation designs, builds, and supports innovative organizations and initiatives in the areas of education, science and technology, and humanitarian action. In support of the foundation’s philanthropic and charitable programs, we work closely with the Afeyan family and key leaders within Flagship to develop and maintain a visual identity and website that propels the brand’s mission forward.
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