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Recess U Pop-Up
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Bringing a Legacy Brand to Life
Johnathan runs Recess U, a business that partners with other organizations to bring their vision to life. He brought me on to work with ACCA (American Contract Compliance Association), a nonprofit founded in 1986. The design problem: ACCA had decades of brand equity but inconsistent, low-resolution assets that couldn't scale to print. The mission was to gather stakeholder requirements, systematize the visual identity, design event collateral, and coordinate production for a branded pop-up shop.
Design, Produce, Coordinate
Brand Asset Audit & Vectorization
Gathered existing ACCA assets and assessed what was usable. Recreated the logo as a clean, scalable vector system: seal, text, and crest, all production-ready for print on apparel and signage.
Information Design & Event Collateral
Designed promotional graphics including the pop-up banner, flyers with QR codes linking to the ACCA shop, and branded signage. Each piece was designed to communicate key information quickly to event attendees.
Merchandise Design System
Created multiple logo variations optimized for different contexts: "Courage, Integrity, Commitment" treatment, cleaned-up crest logos, versions for dark and light apparel. A flexible system, not one-off designs.
Vendor Coordination & Production
Managed logistics end-to-end: venue booking, vendor scheduling, print production, and on-site setup. Ensured the branded experience was cohesive from graphics to physical space.
Pop-Up Event Design
Designed the promotional graphics and banner for the ACCA pop-up shop, complete with QR codes linking to the online store.
Pop-Up Graphic
Pop-Up Graphic 2
Event Banner
Branded Apparel
Logo recreations and redesigns printed on t-shirts and hoodies, featuring cleaned-up vectors and new graphic treatments of the ACCA brand.
Logo Cleanup Apparel
Logo Hoodies
Logo Recreation Tee
Logo Recreation 2
Courage Integrity Commitment
Redesigned Logo Tees
More Logo Tees
Pop-Up Day
The pop-up featured all the merchandise and graphics on display. People lined up and the branded materials helped bring the ACCA identity to life in person.
Pop-Up Shop
Event Crowd & Graphics
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