Doctor in a white coat shaking hands with an elderly patient at Stadtspital Waid Project Overview

STADTSPITAL WAID

A rebranding balanced
between market
and humanism

Year
2016/2017
Service areas
Strategy, Identity, Naming, Text, Corporate Design, Typography, Illustration, Photo Production, Print, Digital, Signage
Partner
Tobias Siebrecht
Web
Printed matter for the Waid Welcome Day: brochure, green folder and cards
Stadtspital Waid pattern of medical icons – syringes, plasters, pills and hearts – in blue, green and red

The strategic challenge of Zurich’s City Hospital Waid is to answer growing competitive pressure while being goverrned by administrational affiliation and having to consider political requirements simultaneously. Taking this into account, the task was to reconsider their positioning and their corporate design which had been watered down over years of inordinate use.

Logo Stadt Zürich, Stadtspital Waid, with the city coat of arms in blue
Basket with juice bottles and snack bars carrying Waid Welcome Day tags and wrappers
Hand holding a smartphone showing the Stadtspital Waid mobile website

Varese Corridor has revised their vision, mission and guiding principles seeking to make the brand more humane and to stay abreast of changing market conditions. Subsequently, a new brand promise and corporate design were developed as well as a new scheme for publications – all within the framework of the city’s administrational standards. Apart from conceiving an extensive image pool including photoshoot, an icon-system and numerous print products, we have advised on the digital rebranding. For special events like Open Day and Induction Days we implemented various independent communication activities in reference to the new corporate design.

Theatre nurse in green surgical gown and mask in an operating theatre at Stadtspital Waid
Stadtspital Waid brochures, one open with green illustrations, one showing its photo cover
Freestanding sign with Waid Welcome Day poster and wayfinding in a glazed hospital corridor
Flyers for the Stadtspital Waid programme Gesund in der Waid with colourful icon typography
Flyer for the open day at Stadtspital Waid with coloured panels, bunting and icons
Project Overview