Fernhill Physical Therapy

Concept. Fernhill Physical Therapy is an invented business.

What makes Fernhill different takes an hour. Try fitting that on a sign.

An older patient with a cane walks across a sunlit clinic toward an oak front desk. The deep green wall behind the desk carries the Fernhill Physical Therapy logo, a sprout on a hill arc. Through the tall window, autumn trees and a ridge.

A new clinic with a blank wall behind the desk

We invented Fernhill as a new physical therapy clinic on Haywood Road, a real street in West Asheville, North Carolina.

Five therapists treat back and neck pain, sports injuries, recovery after surgery, balance and pelvic health. Every session is a full hour, one to one, with the same therapist from the first visit to the last.

Its patients sit at desks all day or run trails all weekend. Some are home from knee or hip surgery. Some are older and worry about a fall.

It opens with no logo and no sign. From the sidewalk, nothing says a word about the hour.

The green came later. First, three lines.

We wrote these three lines ourselves. Each one leads to a choice further down.

  1. A new face each visit

    “Third visit, third therapist. I started from the beginning again.”

    Our reading: The same therapist is Fernhill’s answer, so it goes first. Equipment and credentials can wait.

  2. No end in sight

    “Nobody would say how many visits. I just kept booking the next one.”

    Our reading: Put the plan on paper, early, as steps a patient can hold and count.

  3. The walk they want back

    “I don’t need an anatomy lesson. I want to walk the ridge with my dog.”

    Our reading: Anatomy charts and clinic blue talk about the knee. The patient is talking about the ridge. Fernhill should look like the hills.

Our call

This is the sentence we’d build Fernhill on.

Fernhill is the West Asheville clinic where one therapist gives you a full hour, every visit.

Left for later: separate looks for sports and pelvic health. A new clinic needs one clear face first.

Not one swatch is blue

Colors

Ink #16302A and Green #1F6B52 sit on Paper #F4F6F2. Mint #CDE6D8 and Peach #F2B48C are the accents. Deep green looks like the ridge outside the window. Clinic blue looks like a hospital. From line 3.

Typefaces

Young Serif sets the headings. Figtree sets body text, plans and forms. Young Serif sounds like a person talking. Figtree stays clear in the small print of a plan sheet. From line 2.

Message

“An hour is enough time to listen.” Seven words name the offer and the reason for it. From line 1.

Devices

  • Sprout line: one dot per step on a level line that rises to a leaf. It carries the plan on the exercise sheet. From line 2.
  • Ridge window: a photo frame with the hill arc on top. It holds the photo on the trailhead poster. From line 3.
  • Movement icons: outline icons for body areas. They sit beside Knee, Shoulder, Back, Balance and Stairs on the booking screen.

One sore knee, from the trailhead to the fridge

  1. A wooden trailhead notice board holds one Fernhill poster. A photo of a hiker sits in an arched frame above the words Free knee check in October. A hiker with a backpack walks up the trail beside the board, with mountains behind.
    Morning, the trailheadA hiker’s knee starts to ache. The poster pictures the walk they want back.
  2. A hand holds a phone showing the Fernhill booking screen, Book by body area, with Knee highlighted. A bag of frozen peas rests on the person’s knee.
    Evening, the sofaBooking starts with where it hurts.
  3. A person in a rust jacket opens the glass door of a brick storefront. A dark green sign band carries the Fernhill logo, and the window reads An hour is enough time to listen.
    First visit, Haywood RoadThe hour fit on the glass.
  4. Two Fernhill appointment cards on an oak desk: a dark green front with the logo, and a white back titled Your next visit, with spaces for date, time and therapist.
    After the visit, the front deskThe card has a space for the therapist’s name. It’s the same name every visit.
  5. A Fernhill home exercise sheet titled Your six-week knee plan hangs on a white refrigerator under two black magnets. A green line with four steps runs across it and rises to a leaf. Hiking boots sit on the floor nearby.
    Next morning, the fridgeThe last step of the six-week plan is longer walks.

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