Three luggage-tag studies for Thoughtworks
From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of stamping studies on real-world organizations.
An August study.
A ramp added, blinds opened, and blocks built into a boost
Thoughtworks describes itself as a global technology consultancy integrating strategy, design, and engineering. Its public accessibility and inclusion material discusses accessible hiring and learning resources, disability-inclusion communities, and inclusive technology practices.
The official brand page names the angled device before the wordmark “the Oblique” and describes its shared forward angle, accessible eight-color palette, Inter and Bitter type pairing, and playful vector illustrations. The live homepage adds coral accents, dark ink, luminous branching lines, and open translucent cubes. These independent studies do not reproduce the slash, wordmark, initials, code symbols, or an accessibility pictogram. The Oblique angle becomes a functional ramp and a set of tilted-open blinds; the illustrated cubes become a small step stool.
As leather luggage tags, the ideas could be considered for approved consulting teams, accessibility-program milestones, client workshops, conferences, speakers, and community partners. They make inclusion tangible without claiming a personal role or program budget: a route added beside steps, light admitted through an opening, and modular pieces assembled into a practical boost.
Leather and treatment
Deep ink navy, coral red, and natural tan carry the accessible high-contrast palette into a compact travel family. Deep blind impressions keep the first two tags restrained; antique-brass on tan gives the third a warmer recognition finish while preserving the identical die.
The three concepts
1. Ramp Beside Steps
A straight ramp rises beside a two-step staircase as a plain ball rolls upward. The first read is a practical alternate route; the ramp’s forward incline uses the verified Oblique angle to turn a brand device into a functional act of access.
2. Blinds Tilted Open
Five broad venetian-blind slats tilt together inside a simple window frame, opening white gaps for light. The object is immediate, while every repeated slat borrows the Oblique’s shared angle and makes the negative space do the useful work.
3. Cube Step Stool
Three hollow cubes assemble into a small two-tier stool. They are ordinary building blocks made useful, while their open construction comes from Thoughtworks’ current illustration vocabulary and turns modular technology into a literal boost.
These are independent design studies for appropriate team, partner, collaborator, adviser, vendor, volunteer, or client occasions. No affiliation, approval, or endorsement is implied. Every image is a render used to test the object before cutting a physical die.
We made this out of love. Leatherius Woodman is on a mission to create and share artifacts of beauty, craft and love – this study is one of them, and we hope the feeling is mutual.
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