Hubble
A New Lens
Hubble founders Ben Cogan and Jesse Horvitz had a clear vision, offer honestly priced contact lenses factory-direct via an effortless digital platform. Athletics was engaged to translate this concept into a brand name, brand identity, packaging system, and digital experience. Approaching contact lenses with a fresh perspective, Athletics crafted Hubble’s smart, playful identity system, expressing the company’s intuitive experience and innovative spirit. Injecting a sense of tactility and fun across every touchpoint, from packaging to an animated brand video, Hubble and Athletics worked together to offer a new lens on a historically sterile product category.
Our Role:
Art Direction
Brand Identity
Brand Writing
Motion Graphics
Naming
Packaging
Product Design and Fabrication
Research and Strategy
Web Design and Development
Video Direction
Collaborators:
Berliner Benson
From the ground up
This project afforded Athletics the rare—and coveted—opportunity to build a brand from the ground up. When Ben and Jesse first approached us, they had an idea and a relationship with a contact lens manufacturer. That left it to Athletics to work with their team to define what exactly Hubble’s offering would be, and how it would appear to the world.
“Athletics has played a key role in the success of Hubble Contacts since well before launch. Their understanding of our industry and consumer—and the importance of good design and storytelling in introducing our product to both—was invaluable.”
Ben Cogan, Founder, Hubble Contacts
Making first contact
Approaching contact lenses with a fresh perspective, Athletics crafted Hubble’s smart, playful identity system, expressing the company’s intuitive experience and innovative spirit. Injecting a sense of tactility and fun across every touchpoint, from packaging to an animated brand video, Hubble and Athletics worked together to offer a new lens on a historically sterile product category.
“With its colorful boxes, modern design and decidedly non-medical name, Hubble is the first Instagram-friendly contact lens brand.”
Forbes
“The willingness of Ben, Jesse, and the Hubble team to challenge a staid market presented an extremely exciting opportunity for us. Considering the old lens environment—a sea of white, fractal-based illustrations—the solution was right in front of us: own color and bring joy to a sterile space.”
Malcolm Buick, Creative Director, Athletics
Eye on the horizon
In the year or so since its launch, Hubble has enlisted some 25,000 subscribers, inspiring glowing coverage in publications like The New York Times, GQ, Forbes, TechCrunch, and Vogue, and generating revenues estimated at $20 million dollars. We couldn’t be more proud of Ben and Jesse, and see big things down the road for the entire Hubble team.
