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Branding for Ravion

From the ground up, Ravion was built to flex beyond convention while maintaining control where it matters.

W22 (Flightcontrol)

Devtools

Ohio/Toronto

Ravion is a YC-backed cloud infrastructure company bringing IaC, deployments, CI/CD and observability together in one place.

Ravion logo lockup (wordmark and signet) on orange

When Ravion came to us, they were deliberate about creating a brand that challenged industry norms. A feat we would gladly take on.

Ravion trade-show billboard with the tagline "Build your dreams on AWS, effortlessly"

TypographyCharacter where it counts, clarity everywhere else. PP Fragment Glare leads, PP Neue Montreal keeps things functional and DM Mono brings technical precision.

PP Fragment Glare Regular type specimen from the Ravion brand system
PP Neue Montreal Regular type specimen from the Ravion brand system
DM Mono type specimen from the Ravion brand system

ColorOrange, burgundy and cream form the brand's primary palette, already pushing Ravion away from the sterile conventions of enterprise infrastructure software. Purple, green, red and yellow add accents and draw attention where needed.

Ravion brand color swatch: Orange
Ravion brand color swatch: Burgundy
Ravion brand color swatch: Cream
Ravion brand color swatch: Purple
Ravion brand color swatch: Green
Ravion brand color swatch: Red
Ravion brand color swatch: Yellow

Starting with the logo, we wanted something that combined momentum, stability and flexibility. Essentially, everything that makes Ravion, Ravion.

Ravion signet construction grid
Ravion signet logo mark on orange
Ravion extended logo lockup with the tagline "Build your dreams on AWS, effortlessly"
Ravion full logo on a burgundy background

The overarching direction called for originality and out-of-the-box thinking but we still had a demanding cohort to design for: DevOps teams. Given how they navigate complexity, identify patterns and organize information, we grounded the brand in how they actually work.

Ravion icon set in orange on a burgundy background
Ravion product UI showing the setup logs view with environment variables loading across regions
Ravion website header and navigation bar
Ravion product UI detail showing a usage-metrics chart
Ravion product UI detail showing a route and endpoint list

At its core, Ravion was all about control. From the smallest brand elements to the most intricate interactions, hierarchy, structure and motion were designed so users could clearly navigate the platform, with as many levers and as much control as possible.

Ravion product dashboard shown on a laptop

Product UIProbably the biggest challenge with this brand: How themed can an interface get while staying usable?

Ravion-branded water bottle on a burgundy background
Person wearing a burgundy Ravion-branded t-shirt

Ravion looks like nothing else in its field while delivering what matters most: brand recognition, functional design and control where users need it.

Brand Strategy
Tammo Mamedi
Creative Direction
Julian Bauer
Creative Concept
Shura Gerasymenko
Visual Identity
Shura Gerasymenko
PM & Ops
Anastasiia Bezhevets

Ravion x Overnice

Ravion marked a new chapter in a partnership that started years earlier with Flightcontrol. We stayed on for the pivot, shaping the new brand and product from their earliest stages.

Full-page scrolling preview of the Ravion homepage

More from Ravion

We turned Flightcontrol into Ravion, starting with a complete Rebrand(Just seen) and a new Website to match.

Dashboard from Ravion product