It takes a village: Explore our projects

We team up with individuals, organisations and companies who share our optimism that a better world is possible. 

Like what you see? Hire us for your project!

Publix: Visit website

Publix:

Visual presentation, digital tools and a comprehensive website for Publix, the house for journalism and democracy in Berlin

Strategy, Research, Website design, Product design, Website dev, Accessibility audit, SEO audit

Over-the-shoulder photo of a person sitting on a couch with a laptop. The screen shows a website advertising a world-wide event in which different people can meet. It’s visualized with an abstracted globe with dots for every country.
My Country Talks: Visit website

My Country Talks:

Facilitating tens of thousands of unlikely conversations, to bridge societal divide—with a custom, secure software platform

Product design, Product dev, Tech audit, Award-winning

A collage of screenshots from the website typemates.com, showing a range of typefaces and very large text that reads “An ultra friendly typeface”.
TypeMates: Visit website

TypeMates:

Bold new website and custom online shop for TypeMates, the passionately-eclectic type foundry

Website dev, E-commerce, Data migration

PLATTE: Visit website

PLATTE:

New online platform to showcase, empower and connect the next generation of Berlin-based fashion designers

Website design, Website dev

Sovereign Tech Agency: Visit website

Sovereign Tech Agency:

Naming, visual identity, website and merch for STA—the German gov program strengthening open-source software and digital resilience

Strategy, Visual identity, Naming, Website design, Website dev, Accessibility audit

A collage of a few screenshots of Media Lab Bayern’s website, showing the page about their “Media Startup Fellowship” and two other program teasers floating above.
Media Lab Bayern: Visit website

Media Lab Bayern:

Brand refresh and website relaunch for Media Lab, the innovation hub and funding program for digital media in Bavaria

Strategy, Research, Visual identity, Website design, Website dev, Data migration, Accessibility audit, SEO audit

Prototype Fund: Visit website

Prototype Fund:

Brand refresh and website relaunch for the innovative open-source funding program, aimed at independent developers and teams

Visual identity, Website design, Website dev, Data migration, Open-source codebase

A collage of three colorful screenshots of mobile views from the DemNext website.
Democracy Next: Visit website

Democracy Next:

New website and online guide for DemNext, the leading action institute focused on citizen assemblies

Website design, Product design, Website dev, Product dev

Graphic showing the “#GenoDigital” logo, stylized as a button, on top of a line-art pattern.
GenoDigital: Visit website

GenoDigital:

Pro-bono visual identity and website design for Germany’s leading cooperative community and political initiative empowering co-ops

Visual identity, Website design, Pro-bono

Dekoder.org: Visit website

Dekoder.org:

Visual direction, adaptive design system and scrollytelling website for an interactive online documentary. Nominated for a Grimme Online award.

Strategy, Visual identity, Website design, Website dev

Youth Policy Labs: Visit website

Youth Policy Labs:

Comprehensive open-data portal about global youth policies, wrapped in a fresh visual identity

Strategy, Research, Visual identity, Website design, Website dev, Data migration

A photo of a printed report, showing the cover and a spread of text and an infographic. The title on the cover is “Bug Bounties and FOSS: Opportunities, Risks and a Path Forward”. There are several illustrated bugs on the cover.
Sovereign Tech Resilience: Visit website

Sovereign Tech Resilience:

A printed report commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency, analyzing bug bounty programs, including many data visualizations

Print design, Visual identity

A grid of slides from Platform Coops brand guidelines, showcasing their visual identity system with colour and typography.

Platform Coops:

Supporting cooperative founders and empowering the solidarity economy with a fresh visual identity

Visual identity

Abstracted mobile design depicting the visual identity of Media Forward Fund, set against a turquoise background with small, decorative polka dots.
Media Forward Fund: Visit website

Media Forward Fund:

Visual identity and website for the philanthropic funding program, focused on media diversity and journalistic impact

Visual identity, Website design, Website dev

A collage of two screenshots of the KiezRadar feature on mein.berlin.de, showing a map with a radius search displayed on top.
Liquid Democracy: Visit website

Liquid Democracy:

Supporting on the relaunch of mein.berlin.de—a web portal all about neighborhood initiatives and participatory city planning from the Senate of Berlin 

Research, Product design, Product dev

“12 out of 10!”: What our project partners say about us

  • It is such a pleasure working with you. Your sense of purpose; your empathy and respect; sense of beauty and design; the clean and smart coding; your pragmatism and professionalism. It fills me with great joy to know that we'll keep working together.

    Andreas Karsten CEO, Youth Policy Labs
  • Over the last months we’ve redesigned and rebuilt Media Lab Bayern’s website with great support from Village One. Seriously, I’ve rarely seen such a smooth relaunch. Kudos to the entire team!

    Alexander Rühl Teamlead Marketing, Media Lab Bayern
  • We immensely enjoyed working with this amazing team. If anyone is looking for a creative, talented, value-driven team for design & web development I would highly recommend to reach out!

    Claudia Chzwalisz Founder + CEO, DemocracyNext
  • I’d like to say thank you for this incredible collaboration. Not just in terms of the excellent outcome, but also about how to do things (together) and why. Love in all directions!

    Leonid A. Klimov Science Editor, dekoder
  • 12/10 – would do again! I want to give a huge thanks to the entire team at Village One for their tremendous work on our website relaunch. Working together has been an absolute pleasure.

    Patricia Leu Co-Director, Prototype Fund

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