Brand identities and campaign work — building different collections for CUSCO, my branding agency and service. The first wave includes Concrete, Racing Green and White Stripes, and Sound.
CUSCO's biggest build yet — a full brand system done end to end: name, logo, product design, ad campaign, and a complete website, all designed by me. The concept is a "not loud" design language — minimalist, dark tealish-gray paired with a warm cream, no big branding — bridged with an "engineered for silence" construction story that turns the calm look into something with a reason behind it, split across two lines: Quiet at Rest (loungewear) and Quiet in Motion, the flagship windbreaker. The launch landed too — the Instagram page pulled in over 10,000 views within its first 24 hours live.
The process ↓
The Windbreaker is the flagship — Quiet in Motion — built around a magnetic storm shield and clasps that replace the usual rustling zippers and snaps.
Eight shots across the full line — one windbreaker, three loungewear pieces — fronts on top, backs underneath.
The same four pieces, one step earlier — construction notes and all.
Early exploration that didn't make the final cut — different lighting, different framing, before the hero settled into the version on the site now.
The final mark is a single continuous "S" — two mirrored halves reading as one line, drawn and redrawn until it locked.
The brand runs on two ideas at once — a look and a mechanism — and neither one works alone.
There's a lot more to this than what fits here.
Read the full process write-up →Concrete started as a class project — a lookbook for my own brand and apparel. It's the second attempt at capturing brand identity, and led to the inspiration for CUSCO, my branding service (work in progress).
The process ↓The goal: build a clothing brand around a concept rather than a person.
A work-in-progress apparel brand under the CUSCO label, built around the color combination of racing green and white — delivering sophisticated and sporty visuals that capture the brand's identity.
The process ↓The spark: a Lego set car I loved so much I wanted to wear it — which became a brand built entirely around color: racing green and white stripes.
A first attempt at building a full brand identity system from a concept rather than a person — spanning a campaign ad, business cards, and event flyers.
The process ↓Another class prompt: build a brand around a concept, not a person.