Identity & Visual Systems

Branding

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.

Sound — engineered for silence
Sound Visit the live site →
Brand Identity · Apparel & Web
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.

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Campaign
Sound campaign ad — Figure 02
Sound campaign ad — Figure 03
Sound campaign ad — Figure 04
Sound campaign ad — Figure 05, Metal Man
The Line

The Windbreaker is the flagship — Quiet in Motion — built around a magnetic storm shield and clasps that replace the usual rustling zippers and snaps.

Sound — Windbreaker construction detail callouts
Construction
Magnetic clasps and an organic zipper flap swap out the parts of a jacket that usually make noise, with a one-piece storm shield across the shoulders and adjustable cuffs to seal it shut.

Eight shots across the full line — one windbreaker, three loungewear pieces — fronts on top, backs underneath.

Sound — The Windbreaker, front
Sound — Hush Crew, front
Sound — Still Pant, front
Sound — sweatpants, front
Sound — Windbreaker, back
Sound — Hush Crew, back
Sound — Still Pant, back
Sound — sweatpants, back
From Sketch to Shelf

The same four pieces, one step earlier — construction notes and all.

Sound — Windbreaker design sketch
Sound — Hush Crew design sketch
Sound — Still Pant design sketch
Sound — sweatpants design sketch
Where It Started

Early exploration that didn't make the final cut — different lighting, different framing, before the hero settled into the version on the site now.

Sound — unused early static banner draft
Sound — unused banner draft, single figure walking
Sound — unused studio shot of the windbreaker on a model
The Logo

The final mark is a single continuous "S" — two mirrored halves reading as one line, drawn and redrawn until it locked.

Sound — hand-drawn logo exploration, icon sketches
Sound — hand-drawn logo exploration, wordmark sketch
Sound — final logo mark
The Mark
Two rounds of hand sketches — icon first, then the wordmark — before the "S" locked into one continuous line, mirrored top to bottom.
The Identity
Sound — brand identity one-pager: color, type, voice, logo, and motion/texture rules
Sound — website hero prototype, split column (currently live)
Sound — website hero prototype, full-bleed with bottom scrim
Sound — website hero prototype, oversized poster type over photo
Sound — website hero prototype, framed inset card
One Page, Checked Against Everything
The identity sheet on the left — color, type, voice, logo, and the site's motion and texture rules — is what the four hero-layout prototypes on the right actually got tested against before the split-column version shipped.
The Process

The brand runs on two ideas at once — a look and a mechanism — and neither one works alone.

Where did the name Sound come from?
Two meanings at once — the calm of being sound asleep, and the literal thing the fabric is built to control.
What does "engineered" mean for a clothing line?
It's the bridge between the brand's two halves — minimalist alone is just taste, and quiet fabric alone is just a gimmick. Put together, a calm look gets a reason behind it.

There's a lot more to this than what fits here.

Read the full process write-up →
Brand Identity · Apparel
Concrete

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).

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What is Concrete?
Concrete — Shake the Earth closing page
Concrete brand description spread
Concrete — Establish Your Presence spread
Advertisements
Concrete campaign ad — concrete steps
Concrete campaign ad — fragrance bottle
Concrete campaign ad — parking garage
The Collection
Concrete linesheet — outerwear
Concrete linesheet — tops
Concrete linesheet — bottoms
Lookbook
Concrete lookbook illustration 1
Concrete lookbook illustration 2
The Process

The goal: build a clothing brand around a concept rather than a person.

How do you turn an abstract idea into something Concrete?
Name it after the thing itself.
What does the word "Concrete" actually convey?
Bold, foundational, grunge, solid, simple — so the brand leans into the literal material, not just the metaphor behind it.
Brand Campaign · Advertising
Racing Green & White Stripes

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.

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Racing Green ad — poster 1
Racing Green ad — social story
Racing Green ad — wide banner
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.

How does the car make you feel?
Sophisticated, sporty, classy — so the ads had to carry that same feeling.
How do you push the concept further?
By showing the actual product — photography and a commercial are both in progress.
Brand Identity · Collateral
Crash

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.

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Crash campaign ad
Crash event flyer 1
Crash event flyer 2
Business Card
Crash business card — front
Crash business card — back
The Process

Another class prompt: build a brand around a concept, not a person.

How do you make a streetwear brand without ever showing the product?
Go music-first — drums felt right, punk and edgy. A cymbal crash became the name: Crash.
What ties the look together?
Hot pink and black — pure Blink-182 energy, with words and attitude carrying the product instead of imagery.