Rescue Vessel

Rescue Vessel is an independent design, animation and creative production studio based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2017, it develops brand identities and brings them into motion across broadcast, digital products, promotional campaigns and physical environments. Its work connects visual identity with animation, helping brands establish a consistent design language across different formats and audiences.

The studio’s capabilities span brand architecture, logo development, visual systems, creative playbooks, motion graphics and 2D/3D animation. Projects can include character animation, kinetic typography, product demonstrations, broadcast packaging and web-integrated motion. Its environmental work extends identity systems into architectural typography, signage, packaging and hospitality spaces.

Brand systems and broadcast storytelling

For ADA Music’s 30th anniversary, Rescue Vessel rebuilt the core logomark and developed a motion and typographic system drawing on musical waveforms and concert posters. The project brought identity design and motion behaviour together within a broader brand playbook.

Its television work includes an A&E design framework built around the “Rule of Three” and DIN typography, supporting a coherent presentation across programming such as Intervention, The First 48 and Storage Wars. The studio also created The History Channel’s “No Limits” promotional campaign, packaging for SYFY’s The Movie Show, and the “Colorama” campaign for IFC’s Sherman’s Showcase.

Motion across digital and physical experiences

For Mixpanel, Rescue Vessel produced product demonstration films, a Dark Mode launch animation and isometric web animations. Its digital production work includes lightweight interface motion and reusable animation assets designed for integration into websites and product communications.

Other projects include character animation and a product explainer for recruitment platform Gem, an animated brand narrative for tax automation platform Upward, and identity and motion work for culinary publication Broken Palate. Hospitality projects for Dekalb Market Hall and The Little Pig extend the studio’s approach into signage, custom typography and branded environments. Together, these engagements reflect a practice spanning entertainment, technology, publishing, music and hospitality.