HASBRO’s Bop-It! logo & packaging

Last Fall Hasbro teamed up with the brand design firm BXC, located Orange County, California, to help collaborate and redesign their recently revamped Bop-It! game’s packaging and logo. Almost a year later we’re finally seeing the fruit of our labors hitting national television and national retail. Bop-It! has launched at the TIA international toy fair at Javits Center in NY last spring and more recently at the Teen Choice Awards this fall. Wow this is big! The pretty TV spot shown above was created by their agency of record in NYC – I forgot their name. Sorry. I’ll will find them and post asap.

I was walking through Target yesterday and kept hearing Moms and kids playing this thing in the store. I think this will be one of the hottest holiday games this year!

more info at: www.reuters.com

more info at: www.pocket-lint.com

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CAMELBAK Podium Product Graphics

I just got back from Interbike in Vegas. This is evidence of the Podium water bottle product display carnage at the Camelbak booth. Apparently their new bottles (that we did the graphics for!) were the hottest item (water bottle) at the show. Everyone that walked by their booth lifted a sample and left the poor product managers and sales reps running around confiscating and rebuilding the display each day. By day 3 most had given up (as seen here). I think this is a good sign for what may happen at retail next year, except fort the shoplifting part.

Here are the renderings before final production. They look way better in real life. We should see these in stores this coming winter Holiday season.

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GIRO snowboarding product graphics

Let It Snow! Launched at SIA and ASR – graphics we did with Giro ID department. Product previews SIA show, Mandalay Bay, Viva Las Vegas. I’ll keep adding product as shots materialize.

2 page spread in I found in Transworld Business SIA Edition showing the graphic I did on the new goggle strap. This is called “Permission to brag”  Thanks Eli! And yes I’m smiling behind that gigantic magazine. ( I’m not small.)

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MOTOVOX Motorsports Brand Identity

Hot off the press. We’re just finishing up our latest branding project for the new motorsports company MotoVox. BXC helped with naming, logo and all branding materials. We should see the machines on the road this fall.

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HONDA 50th Anniversary Logo

Drew recently collaborated (another word for freelanced) with the famous Los Angeles design firm Evenson Design for their client Honda America’s 50th anniversary logo. The logos shown above are just a few samples of what Drew created for the initial concept presentations. Unfortunately Honda choose something different but what an honor it was to play with the big kids, both of whom are brand identity and motorsports legends.

UPDATE: Due to the popularity of this post I thought I’d dig out a couple of other anniversary logos we designed. The 50th O’Neill from 2002 will be published in the upcoming LogoLounge 4 and the 10th Citrix was created in 1999.

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Drew’s 5 seconds on NPR’s Marketplace

Xerox shows off new logo (and no, I did not design that logo either!).

I was recently interviewed as a logo designer and rebranding expert for the public radio show Marketplace (aired on NPR). I did my best to refrain from criticizing anyones work, ie. XEROX’s new logo. When reporter Jennifer Collins arrived she took no time getting her equipment up and running. She had a microphone the size of a bazooka. I have never been interviewed before and thankfully I was able to kept my foot out of my mouth (another first). Our original interview took about an hour. Here are my official first 5 seconds of fame. (I now have 14 minutes and 55 seconds to go!)

Listen to this story – CLICK HERE!

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NEIL PRYDE’s NPX rebranding & logo

The NPX Kiteboard team just had their official photo’s taken down in Miami FLA. Nice work Simon! BXC was honored to have helped develop the men’s and women’s graphics that NPX will produce for their European US 2008/09 lines. Our portion of work included new “corporate” logo, custom font treatments, patterns, color and graphics placement design. We can’t wait to see the final line hitting the European market this summer!

©2007 NPX Neil Pryde Group – npx-hq.com

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PRINCE SPORTS Bryan’s Logo & Posters

We did a little project prior to the US Open for Prince Sports. Athlete and product promotional for Prince’s newest addition to their international team – Mike & Bob Bryan and their new racquet the O2 Speedport Black. Project included a 2 sided poster, free-standing 3D counter top signage and custom team logo (concepts shown).

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HOT WHEELS Branding & Product Graphics

I never thought I’d see the day when one of my logos would be on a Hot Wheels car! These graphics will be used on HW merchandise world wide and will include backpacks, clothing and cars. Some of these are in stores or will be in the near future. I found two cars at Target and Walmart. A special thanks to Dave at 13th Floor Design and their client Hot Wheels/Mattel  for allowing me to collaborate on this project.

Some of these logos are on merchandise and on sale now at the Hot Wheels Design Lab here… http://www.zazzle.com/hotwheels

Of course I had to remove the rare speedwheels version from the packaging!

Art Directed by Dave Parmley and Eric Ruffing of the 13th Floor for their client Hot Wheels/Mattel. Logos Designed by Drew Dougherty of BXC Inc.  All art owned and copyright of Mattel Inc.

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KELLY SLATER’s new surf brand’s identity system

BXC created the logo design and identity system in collaboration with the Komunity team. This final design was selected out of about 9+ pretty solid concepts. The logo’s visual story is about people coming together, shoulder to shoulder. It also needed to be stenciled, stitched, PVC molded and look great on product.

This is the leash & traction packaging for Kelly Slater’s new brand Komunity Project – launched Spring 2007. The main design goal was to stand out in a sea of sameness and be environmentally responsible too. No plastic. The traction backer card is 100 % recycled post consumer waste and has a sick die cut logo so the grom (big and small) can tag the Komunity logo on their boards, car, whatever. All technical products are designed by Kelly Slater, Chris Pitts and an ever growing team. Packaging was designed by Christian Prollamonte and collaborated with Drew Dougherty of BXC.

A little video we made with Patrick Gadauskas.

This is the premier of Komunity Project’s booth at the Action Sports Retailer (ASR) and Surf Expo trade shows. The Hawaiian garage-themed booth was designed in-house by the M&D Group at Quick and they did a killer job bringing the Komunity team’s vision to life. The build out was done by The Exhibit Shop.

Website homepage at launch in 2007: komunityproject.com

Dealer sales catalog design.

The BXC take on a flexible corporate logo usage guideline. Super simple.

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Product Board Graphics – Francisco Goya

Newly released board graphics for world-champion windsurfer Francisco Goya’s 2007 line are now in shops world wide. BXC (nicelogo.com/BXC) designed all logos and product graphics as well as final production for the high-res screens.

I finally got to see one in person while I was on a shop tour in Europe last month. They look as if they were hand painted and signd by Goya (the windsurfer) himself.

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BXC Branding, Advertising & Design

BRAIN FIRING,
RETINAL SLAPPING,
SPINE TINGLING
IDEAS.

As you’ll see we’ve had the opportunity to work for some very successful clients. Nixon Watches, Giro, Levi’s, Boost Mobile, PacSun, Prince Sports, O’Neill, Neil Pryde, Goya Windsurfing, Rhino Chasers Microbrew, Activision. (Beer, video games, fashion, and sports, it’s college all over again.) And we can help your unique business too. We bring over 20 years of lifestyle advertising and product branding to the table and we deliver smart custom solutions fast, on budget and flawlessly. And we have fun doing it (as if you couldn’t tell). What can BXC do for your brand?

Your brand in action.
The BXC team are at their best developing endemic brand personalities [DNA] including corporate logo design, visual communication, marketing concepts and retail environments. “We tell your brand’s story with passion, creativity and truth. And we offer unique solutions for core brands without alienating the mass market consumer.”

Get a branding Sherpa, not a Cubscout.
“My experience working within traditional advertising agencies as well as manufacturer’s in-house departments is a great advantage. I know first hand how to make marketing, product design and retail experiences “click” for your customer, retailer and brand. BXC is “field-proven” and delivers the goods.” – Drew Dougherty, Brand Design Director of BXC.

We Deliver.

+ Creative Strategy & Brand Personality Positioning
+ Company, Product & Private Label Naming
+ Corporate Identity, Logo & Icon Creation & Usage Guidelines
+ Advertising Campaigns, Production & Media Placement
+ Brand Look & Feel & Visual Language
+ Consumer Catalog & Dealer Lineguide Design
+ Tradeshow Booth, POP & Retail Environments
+ Website, E-commerce and E-Catalogs
+ Printing Management & Estimating

Looking for  a better idea?

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