

Case study 24 / 26 · 2005–2018 · Splashdiving
How to build a new sport without outside help.
Splashdiving.
Europe’s biggest recreational pool sport
- Master concept
- Brand development
- Web design
- Design
- Texts
- Video & film
The core idea
Invented, not bought in: a sport built as a brand – licensed from Germany to Russia.
- Expertise
- Branding
- Design & Story
- Filmmaking
At a glance · Splashdiving
The mission.
- Brand
- Building the brand and supporting a new sport, by Oliver Hillebrecht
- Brand owner
- Oliver Hillebrecht
- Campaign
- Splashdiving World Championship 2018 · Rights licensing: licence agreements for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia
- Focus
- Corporate concept, corporate identity, corporate design, corporate website
- Timeline
- 7 months of format development, 10 years of further development

The story
From challenge to solution.
The starting point
Oliver Hillebrecht is the founder and inventor of Splashdiving. In recent years, the brand has achieved high awareness among its target audience of 14- to 21-year-olds – now reaching a second generation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The next steps focus on taking the brand global.
The solution
At the start of the project, Oliver Hillebrecht wrote all the guidelines for the discipline. The designs and rulebook were central to every aspect of the work.
Production
Naming · Slogan development · Development of the corporate concept · Corporate design: swing tags, business cards, letterheads, presentation slides, brochures, signs, diving tower design, vehicle design, posters, certificates, pictograms, infographics, key visual, illustrations, product design, image editing, website and much more
Artwork
Logo. Key visual.

Project output
8 pieces of evidence.
Filmmaking
Moving image.
Video · YouTube · external linkUniversal Brands TV
Video · YouTube · external linkUniversal Brands TV · Credit: Simon MainVideos open on YouTube. Data is only transferred to YouTube once you open them.
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