For
OeStrom e.Gen.

Good energy deserves great branding.

SERVICES

Logo Design

Visual Branding

Interaction concept

UX Design

UI Design

Development

TEAM

Vincent Helmus
Account Manager

Lena Keck
Visual Design

Andreas Obenaus
Creative Concepter & Copywriter

Matthias Schöllhorn
Visual Design

With OeStrom, a citizen energy community emerges as an innovative answer to an electricity market that feels confusing and uncertain for many.

Challenge

A complex market needs simple clarity.

For many households and small businesses, the electricity market is difficult to navigate: fluctuating prices, hard-to-compare offers, and new models like citizen energy communities that most people are still unfamiliar with.

Our goal was clear: explain complex topics in a simple way, build trust through transparency, and bring people together in an energy community — as intuitively as possible.

Abstraktes Key Visual mit geometrischem Raster und Logo – Teil des ganzheitlichen Brandings für OeStrom, umgesetzt von der Wiener Full-Service Agentur Achtzehn Grad.
Approach

From energy systems to a brand that builds trust and community.

In an environment that feels technical, regulated, and often lacking emotion, we needed a visual identity that provides both clarity and trust.

Icon tile “Trust” on a dark blue/petrol background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based lead agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Community” on an orange background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based full-service agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Transparency” on a light-blue background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based full-service agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Regionality” on a light-beige/off-white background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based creative agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Trust” on a dark blue/petrol background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based lead agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Community” on an orange background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based full-service agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Transparency” on a light-blue background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based full-service agency Achtzehn Grad.
Icon tile “Regionality” on a light-beige/off-white background – a core value of the OeStrom branding, defined together with OeStrom during the branding process and implemented by the Vienna-based creative agency Achtzehn Grad.
RESULT

At the center of the branding process was the creation of an accessible, high-quality, and minimal design system — crafted to build trust, foster a sense of closeness, and make the idea of community both visible and tangible.

The imagery gives the brand a warm, harmonious feel. The visual language highlights connection and exchange, while typography ensures clarity and guides users confidently through all content.

Emotional imagery featuring people, architecture and light moods as part of the OeStrom branding, developed by the Vienna-based creative agency Achtzehn Grad.

Building on this, we developed a Webflow website that extends these brand values into the digital space: reduced layouts, soft visual elements, and clear user guidance that reduces complexity and makes joining the energy community noticeably easier.

Mobile view of the OeStrom website with clear typography and accent colors – digital branding for OeStrom by the Vienna-based creative agency Achtzehn Grad.
The collaboration with Eighteengrad is particularly impressive due to personal initiative and an excellent understanding of the brand. With a campaign aimed at establishing and advancing BYD on the Austrian market, they impressed us across the board. The presentation stands out clearly and — like us — sets new standards.
Rene Petzner
Head of Marketing, BYD Austria
Team page with portraits and a calm layout as part of the web design – branding for OeStrom developed by the Vienna-based creative agency Achtzehn Grad.
Overview page featuring news and content with clear brand guidance – digital branding for OeStrom by the Vienna-based full-service agency Achtzehn Grad.
Close-up of the OeStrom logo on premium paper – part of the branding for OeStrom, realized by the Vienna-based creative agency Achtzehn Grad.
Stationery set with letterhead, envelope and business card in a consistent visual identity – branding for OeStrom by the Vienna-based full-service agency Achtzehn Grad.
The collaboration with Eighteengrad is particularly impressive due to personal initiative and an excellent understanding of the brand. With a campaign aimed at establishing and advancing BYD on the Austrian market, they impressed us across the board. The presentation stands out clearly and — like us — sets new standards.
Rene Petzner
Head of Marketing, BYD Austria

Ansteckknopf des Logos von Palais Mailberger Hof
"We chose Achtzehn Grad for our branding and website to convincingly convey our corporate principles of trust, community, transparency, and regionality. The result is a distinctive and appealing brand and an impressive website that perfectly reflects OeStrom's principles, serves as an information hub for market participants, and is linked to our registration page and customer portal."
MMag. Ulrich Vukovich
Board member, OeStrom e.Gen.

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