25A0 is unicode for black square and a holistic brand strategy shop at the intersection of research, art and business.
We create tangible business results for brands and organizations that are driven by curiosity, vision and impact.
A confident brand is like a mosaic.
Its unity is strengthened by its diversity.
A smart brand is an interface for strategy.
It creates the space where emergent strategies and strategic mobilization converge.
A leading brand makes sense.
It produces meaning for employees, customers and stakeholders.
Leadership today requires empathy and shared visions.
We enable brands and organizations to render their progress meaningful for everyone by curating strategy from within.
Read moreMaking sense of the world requires more than quantification.
We combine a broad range of qualitative and investigative approaches with a high sensitivity for culture and everyday life.
Read moreIdeas aren’t worth much without execution.
We bridge the gap between strategic oversight and operative baseline hands-on – with design, production, development and implementation.
Read moreA young online publisher with an industry leading business model was looking to take its magazine to the next level.
A marketing innovation consultancy intended to reshape its service portfolio and identity.
An interdisciplinary academic platform examining the cultural, social and aesthetic impact of technology and applications.
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Florian firmly believes in complexity and the power of visual thinking. He collects black squares and is the happiest when working towards as yet undefined outcomes.
Florian is visiting professor for Creative Entrepreneurship at the Berlin University of the Arts. He serves as an expert for the European Commission Research Executive Agency and is Editor in Chief at the academic open access journal Interface Critique. Services and products co-founded and designed by Florian have won prestigious international awards.
At 25A0 he is founding partner and managing director.
Florian has 15 years experience in strategy development and implementation across the public and private sector with a strong background in tech and creative industries.
His business portfolio ranges from co-founding, development and management of startups and industry networks to design and production of international award-winning products, services and media.
He received the Webby Award (both Jury and People’s Choice) and the Lead Award for the first European mobile location based social network aka-aki, where he was a founding partner. He was a founding member of the European Steering Committee on Web Competitiveness and the European Social Networks Group, focusing on industry alignment in the GDPR preparations. As a freelance strategist he worked for international blue chip clients.