CORTEO

Brand IdentityUX/UI Design
Written By Jean-Baptiste Mignardot

CORTEO is a multidisciplinary initiative combining brand identity, UX/UI foundations, and a high-fidelity prototype for an investigational neuroscience platform. Designed for clinical and research environments, it establishes a credible, modern framework to visualize, explore, and collaborate around complex multimodal brain data.

Commissioning Partner
University Hospital of Bern

Sector
Healthcare & Clinical Research

Discipline
Visual Identity
UX/UI Design
Data Visualization
Strategy

Completion Date
2024

Acknowledgment
Emmanuel Pignat
Camille Mignardot

Official logo for CORTEO, a neurorehabilitation research platform. The visual identity reflects scientific precision and modern clinical infrastructure.

  • Inselspital Bern – University Hospital is one of Europe’s leading institutions in neurological research and clinical care. Its neurology department pioneers advanced approaches to epilepsy and sleep disorders, integrating brain imaging and neuro-electrophysiological data to improve diagnosis, research collaboration, and patient outcomes.

  • Neurologists relied on fragmented, outdated software tools, forcing siloed workflows and inefficient navigation across interfaces. This fragmentation reduced productivity, collaboration, and clarity—ultimately limiting the quality and speed of clinical interpretation and patient-centered decision-making.

  • I established a unified creative and interaction framework, aligning brand narrative, visual systems, and UX/UI principles. The goal was to support multimodal complexity while delivering an intuitive, professional interface capable of guiding development, funding discussions, and multi-audience communication.

  • I designed CORTEO’s complete visual identity—naming, logo, systems, motion, and templates—alongside a high-fidelity interactive prototype. Brain imaging and EEG data informed UI logic and aesthetics, supported by custom 3D brain visualizations developed with a CGI specialist.

The Inselspital Bern University Hospital environment, representing the clinical research setting for the CORTEO neurorehabilitation initiative.

University hospital of Bern (Inselspital)

High-fidelity realistic mockup of the CORTEO neuroscience interface on a laptop, showcasing a complex multimodal data dashboard designed for clinical research and academic collaboration.
Technical schematic of the CORTEO logo construction, detailing the mathematical precision, geometric grids, and architectural design foundations of the brand symbol.
Documented color palette for the CORTEO brand system, featuring clinical-grade specifications and accessibility-focused color codes for a high-stakes research environment.
Conceptual "brand ecosystem" image for CORTEO, showing a physician using the neuroscience software, overlaid with the specific geometric grid patterns and clinical color palette of the visual identity.
Realistic depiction of a CORTEO standing conference display with a bold tagline, set within a professional neuroscience event environment and fully activated by the brand's unique clinical color palette and geometric pattern system.
High-fidelity 3D brain tractography visualization for CORTEO, computationally modeled in Python and rendered in Blender using the brand’s clinical color palette to represent neural connectivity.
High-fidelity 3D brain tractography visualization for CORTEO, computationally modeled in Python and rendered in Blender using the brand’s clinical color palette to represent neural connectivity.
High-fidelity 3D brain tractography visualization for CORTEO, computationally modeled in Python and rendered in Blender using the brand’s clinical color palette to represent neural connectivity.
A behind-the-scenes view of the Blender 3D interface, showcasing the technical rendering process and computational workflow used to generate the CORTEO brain tractography visuals.
A printed investor brochure for CORTEO, showcasing high-fidelity 3D neuroimaging on the cover. The image demonstrates the application of scientific visualization in strategic healthcare communication and fundraising.
A high-fidelity Figma prototype of the CORTEO neuroscience platform, displaying the UI design system and core software views for complex clinical data management.

Impact

CORTEO provided Inselspital Neurological department with a credible foundation to advance an ambitious neuroscience platform. The unified identity and prototype aligned clinicians, and engineers around a shared vision, accelerating discussions on development, collaboration, and funding. The design framework improved usability expectations by replacing fragmented tools with a coherent interaction model.

By translating multimodal brain data into a clear visual and experiential language, the project strengthened professional credibility, supported stakeholder engagement, and laid the groundwork for more efficient workflows.

“CORTEO has been a catalyst for our department. By replacing fragmented tools with a unified UX/UI framework, it has fundamentally improved how we visualize and collaborate around complex multimodal brain data. But beyond the interface, the cohesive visual identity created a sense of maturity and notoriety for the initiative almost overnight. It gave us a credible, high-fidelity platform that aligned clinicians and engineers, significantly accelerating our ability to engage stakeholders for this ambitious project.”
— Dr. Sabry Barlatey, MD, PhD | Neurosurgeon, Inselspital Bern
Jean-Baptiste Mignardot

Design Leadership for Complex Products, Data & Global Brands.

Backed by 15+ years of multidisciplinary experience, I design and lead visual communication systems that bring structure, consistency, and credibility to complex environments.

My work sits at the intersection of brand design, data-driven communication, and digital experience, supporting organizations and initiatives across technology, health, science, sport, and culture. I help teams translate complexity into clear, reliable visual frameworks—spanning brand identities, design systems, data visualization, motion, and high-impact digital products—across both commercial and non-profit contexts.

I focus on making quality sustainable at scale: defining guidelines, structuring design operations, and aligning cross-functional teams so creative intent remains intact over time. My background bridges creative leadership with scientific rigor, reflected in award-winning interactive data-visualization platforms, publications featured in leading journals such as Nature and Science Translational Medicine, patented innovation, and work showcased by global media including CNN, BBC, and large-scale public displays such as the NASDAQ Times Square tower.

I embrace AI as a design accelerator—enhancing craft, speed, and consistency—while keeping human judgment, precision, and aesthetics at the core.

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