Build-A-Bear Workshop

The storage industry seems functional—until you uncover the deep emotional investment people have in the things they store. Customers arriving at CubeSmart's 1,200+ US locations are often facing life upheavals, big moves, and tumultuous times—and they all want the reassurance of a clean, friendly, and secure self-storage destination. Leading with “more heart” as a unifying principle, we built emotional connections across signage, video, social media, internal brand communications, and out of home. Heartfelt storage stories emerged, and CubeSmart reminded all that it’s what’s inside that counts.

It only takes a minute to watch each video. And it only takes a minute to start a vital conversation that could help somebody cope with adversity.

In a move to expand convenience, access, and its customer base, AmeriGas seized an opportunity to put its own propane tank delivery service on the map. Instantly, the hassle of driving home with a tank tumbling around in the trunk became a distant memory. Cynch rolled out to needy backyard grills everywhere, with an endorsed brand architecture and a journey-based visual vocabulary in place. After its 2019 launch, Cynch entered 18 geographic markets and doubled its tank goal and budget by year one.

Black tea is nice. Black-owned tea is even nicer. After being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, Shaina Stanley, Founder and CEO, launched HerThyme, a Black- and woman-owned tea business, to encourage others live healthier, more natural lives. With a flexible logo system and packaging that accommodates custom small-batch production, Shaina invites everyone to let the healing begin.

The Valley Forge area in Greater Philadelphia is a place where revolutionary history is made, whether that means at the start of America, or at the 2016 elections. Delegates to the DNC were invited to immerse themselves in everything Valley Forge had to offer—from the fairway to its Patriot Trail.

As the brand that invented the swim-in-place pools category, the Endless Pools legacy was assured, but its expression was fractured. We streamlined consumer and dealer web audiences into one solid online presence, created a comprehensive brand look and feel, and defined clear usage categories and benefit-driven product groupings. The outcome? Endless brand momentum.

It all started with a name so simple, it could be expressed with just one letter. The letter “Q” immediately took this emerging brand full circle with its elegant disruptor. Aligning convenience with simplicity was such a pure thought, we built the entire store around this one-letter name, from the floor plan, up—yes, only in Canada can one get away with this. With equity from its Canadian Tire parent brand, Q convenience stores had the freedom to kept things light, spacious, and inviting.

Aiming to cut through the overinflated, boys club world of craft breweries, entrepreneur Dan Hershberg had a vision. Beer made right. His enterprising spirit unfolded in 2018 inside a 70,000-square-foot converted warehouse just outside Philadelphia. With straightforward dedication to craft and customer, Workhorse is an invitation to honor what connects all hardworking people. Pitch some horseshoes. Raise some pints. Workhorse invites everyone to clock out and craft in.

The Koffmans enlisted their guests to help them tie the knot.

Blending the spirit of invention with real-time color theory, Colorlab's cosmetics simply do not exist until you walk up to the counter and invent your very own custom shades. Maximum personalization. Maximum ownership. The marks of custom creation take shape as scrawled formula annotations and color associations powerful enough to lead individual beauty forward.