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Brand system for a local maker co-op

A new co-op of twelve makers had no shared identity and no way to present as one storefront.

StatusCompleted
PartnerLake City Makers
Team3 students · 1 faculty
Project hero — 2400×1350

The brief

A new co-op of twelve makers had no shared identity and no way to present as one storefront.

[Placeholder] Expand on the framing — who was affected, what was at stake, and why this challenge made it onto the X-Labs wall.

The approach

[Placeholder] Walk through how the team moved the work through Listen → Define → Ideate → Build → Test → Share. Call out the empathy interviews they ran, the prototypes they tried, and the moments the brief changed shape.

Detail — process
Detail — artifact

The outcome

A flexible identity and signage kit now used across the co-op's market booths and online shop.

[Placeholder] Quantify the impact, name the people who used what shipped, and quote the partner saying it mattered.

In context — installed / published / shipped

Project details

Partner
Lake City Makers
Disciplines
Graphic Design
Team
3 students · 1 faculty
Skills used
Branding, Design Systems, Communication
Status
Completed
Category
Design & Media