Athenaeum

a blue rotary phone sitting on a desk with a glass of water and white sunglasses. A hand is dialing the phone.

About

Athenaeum

Athenaeum is a project management app built for small creative teams who are tired of tools designed for 500-person engineering orgs. It strips the feature bloat down to what actually matters: tasks, timelines, and a shared sense of what's happening this week.

Industry

SaaS & Technology

Highlights

Crafted a brand identity that stood out in a sea of blue-and-purple SaaS logos

Designed a landing page that lifted sign-ups by 180% in the first quarter

Positioned the product clearly enough that sales calls got 20% shorter

Services Provided

Brand Design

Content Design

Web Design

Brand Messaging

Challenge

Build a brand that feels human and considered in a category where most competitors look like they were designed by the same committee. Athenaeum needed to signal "serious tool" without looking like every other productivity app.

What we made

a laptop open to dupe photos sitting in a field of lush grass
a desk with a water bottle, open laptop, planner, and reading glasses
a desk with a disco ball, planner, mouse, and keyboard
a desktop monitor set against a busy wall covered with design inspiration clippings and next to a fern
a wooden desk with an ipad displaying a interest board
a laptop open to dupe photos sitting in a field of lush grass
a wooden desk with an ipad displaying a interest board
a desktop monitor set against a busy wall covered with design inspiration clippings and next to a fern
a desk with a disco ball, planner, mouse, and keyboard
a desk with a water bottle, open laptop, planner, and reading glasses
a laptop open to dupe photos sitting in a field of lush grass
a desk with a disco ball, planner, mouse, and keyboard
a wooden desk with an ipad displaying a interest board
a desk with a water bottle, open laptop, planner, and reading glasses
a desktop monitor set against a busy wall covered with design inspiration clippings and next to a fern

"We'd been going in circles with our positioning for nearly a year. Pop Co-op got us to clarity in three weeks - and the brand they built still feels fresh two years on."

Morgan Liu

Co-founder

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