S. Bradley Askew
Creative Direction
+ Design
● Light / Live
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ClientVC
RoleCreative Direction / Design
DisciplineBranding / Design / Creative Direction
PeriodArchive / date pending

Vélochamp is a retail shoppe and custom bicycle atelier celebrating the sport and culture of cycling.

What the pictures cannot say alone

The thinking behind
the finished work.

01 / The challenge

Give a cycling shop and custom atelier a contemporary identity that could speak to both utility and the romance of the sport.

02 / Human insight

Cycling culture already has a rich visual grammar: motion, geometry, mechanical precision and earned patina.

03 / Organizing idea

A family of marks that could operate like workshop stamps, racing insignia and modern wayfinding.

04 / The system

Multiple lockups, track-inspired graphics and modular applications allowed the identity to shift across storefront, product and community programming.

05 / Outcome

A system with enough rigor for a workshop and enough character for a cultural meeting place.

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