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Rise Plasma

Rise Plasma

Rise Plasma is a new plasma-donation business built for the modern U.S. market. We partnered with the team to name, position, and design an uplifting brand experience for young adults looking to earn money while helping save lives.

Welcome to the world of Rise Plasma.

Plasma donation centers are everywhere in the U.S., but the category feels cold, overly medical, and visually outdated. The typical experience is unwelcoming and unclear, even though plasma is vital for life-saving therapies. Young adults use these centers to supplement income, yet no brand speaks to them directly or respectfully.

What most plasma donation businesses look like.

Plasma plays a critical role in treating immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders, and trauma. Donors are usually young, healthy adults who have a few hours between shifts or classes.

The opportunity was to create a brand that feels positive, empathetic, and familiar. Something closer to a digital world they already live in, rather than a medical pamphlet.

The client allowed us to explore a new way to show what the industry could look for a newer, younger generation.

We positioned Rise Plasma around a simple promise: Give plasma. Get paid. Do good.

The tone is direct, friendly, and never patronizing. Messaging focuses on impact (life-saving therapies) and practicality (extra cash for food, gas, apparel). We built an end-to-end framework covering name, voice, narrative, and personality.

Plasma donation is a way for many Americans to earn money, while providing an invaluable resource for many in need locally, and abroad. We wanted to create a world that shared that sentiment..

The naming process spanned multiple rounds of exploration, legal screening, and stakeholder workshops.

Rise captured everything: uplifting, positive, technically relevant, and flexible for future locations and campaigns.

There is no formula for naming. It's about talking, thinking, collaborating, and brainstorming together.

We drew inspiration from video-game worlds and lush, imagined environments—digital spaces that feel calm, optimistic, and familiar to Gen-Z and young millennial donors.

Key elements:

Sunrise/sunset gradients

Glassmorphic layers and soft metal pins

3D floating objects that create a sense of world-building

Seasonal, location-specific landscapes

Cloud motifs and peaceful sky tones

Typography: Dazzed Medium (primary), Concrete M (secondary).

We knew early on we wanted the launch website to showcase a world from the sky down to the earth, and needed the brand colors to represent this.
To lean into the scientific, technological side of the business, we brought in modern skeuomorphic elements like high-glass and
We researched what our audience would use the use of proceeds from their donations for, and created on-brand representation of them.
We chose a sans-serif header font to create clear, legible copy, and then a serif to slow down the user for the more technical body copy.
We created all the atomic assets for Rise Plasma systematically so that each class can be edited and expanded upon by their team.

The logo is a compact sunrise symbol designed to scale across physical spaces, digital cards, and mobile UI. It’s flexible, memorable, and works as both a stand-alone mark and a lockup with the name.

The Rise Plasma icon mark works extremely well with a slightly transparent glass effect over the core blue sky.
We created a variety of brand logos and iconography to responsive across all touchpoints.

We created a world of soft lighting, low-poly environments, bright skies, and calming nature cues. This visual language reframes plasma donation as something peaceful, safe, and empowering, not clinical.

AI-generated renders turned into videoscapes were used showcasing the natural environments of the chosen locations across the U.S.
Using generative tools, Rise Plasma has a unique combination of nature and science visuals that feel completely original.
The Rise Plasma team worked closely with us to help render original imagery of plasma cells that were both realistic, and on brand.

We built a Webflow experience centered on a sunrise walkthrough of the donation process. The site explains how plasma becomes medicine, how donors get paid, and how to book an appointment, using clear steps and friendly language.

The mobile experience is fluid, fast, and built for a digital-first audience.

The resulting website features a combination of all elements coming together with fluid, smooth content-choreography to create a fast, informative scrolling experience re-introducing plasma donation to a new generation.

Rise Plasma uses agentic systems to automatically generate seasonal, location-specific graphics. Each center gets a visual identity that matches its environment, from winter tones in the Midwest to summer skies in the Southwest.

We researched each town Rise Plasma is opening in and modeled an ideal landscape based on real flora & fauna native to the area. We then created versions that rae based on the weather across each season.

We extended the brand into environmental design: signage, wall graphics, donor cards, informational materials, and promotional items. Everything reinforces calm, warmth, and clarity.

For the stores buildout, we shared interior inspiration for materials and layout.
The graphics and brand were fun to create. We're excited for such a fresh take on the space.
Lastly, we took architectural renders of the different stores and their locations to create representations of them, in our branded world.

Rise Plasma brings modern, empathetic design into a category that’s been underserved for decades. The brand speaks to young adults with respect and clarity, while helping more plasma reach the patients who rely on it.

Rise’s first locations launch with a full identity system, messaging framework, website, and visual world ready to scale nationwide.

Credits

Michelle Thomas
Product Manager
Theresa Duemler
Brand Designer
Melanie Levitin
Copywriter/Brand Strategist
Dana Kingery
UI/UX Design
Marc-Antoine Gagnon
Development
Emmett Shine
Creative Director
Alex Leiphart
Digital Creative Director
Michelle Riis
Account Manager
Laura Romero
Operations
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