Grilo brand development and its applications
Grilo Mobilidade
Porto Alegre, RS
Introduction
Since June 2020, with the experimental launch of the Grilo Mobilidade app, Porto Alegre has had access to an innovative and fun urban mobility option.
Grilo is a unique digital platform for mobility and media, offering short-distance rides with sustainability, safety, and affordability. At a time when the world is turning to ecology as a fundamental value, electric vehicles—silent and non-polluting—are gaining increasing importance, and Grilo Mobilidade has emerged to contribute with its purpose of inclusion, accessibility, and practicality.
“Reimagine mobility” — a true mantra that reflects the company’s positioning — introduces a safer, more enjoyable, and more efficient approach to urban transportation, offering clear advantages over bicycles and scooters. The project’s positive impact began at launch, with free rides for the elderly and users with mobility restrictions, along with efforts to collect food and clothing donations, reaffirming solidarity as a core value.
Development
The entire branding project began with the use of advanced planning and strategy tools, enabling validation of the name, development of a key visual aligned with the brand purpose, creation of the vintage-style logo, and even the inclusion of audiobranding — featuring the charming sound of a cricket chirp when the app is accessed.
Grilo’s graphic identity was designed within a vintage concept, using vibrant, vegan-friendly colors, expressed through a gestural cursive style and supported by visual elements such as a stylized tricycle for the route display in the app. The name "Grilo," created by the founder and validated through acceptance studies, is grounded in the company’s core values — values that guided the entire brand design process: to offer an urban transportation solution that goes beyond the current standards for a mobility company, with sustainability and empathy at its core.
Results
Based on the brand’s strategic definitions and positioning, we envisioned each electric tricycle as a powerful brand ambassador in urban centers, providing visibility and strong alignment with the project. We developed the visual identity of this crucial point of contact to ensure instant brand recognition and easy access to app information—including supplier certification.
Our connection to the project—rooted in values we strongly uphold, such as sustainability, empathy, and solidarity—deepened our enthusiasm and partnership with Grilo Mobilidade.
Long live the Grilos!
