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Design Category
Brand and identity systems design, 1995
Design firm
Margo Chase Design (Los Angeles, California)
Collection
(1996) A Decade of Sports Graphics
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This series of three directional concepts for a new line of graphite snowboards was presented to a Japanese manufacturer known for their golf and tennis equipment. The designers named the brand "Gatta," Japanese slang for "Gotta," and created board graphics that would convey a California aura – edgy but not too extreme – to a Japanese audience. Outrageously proportioned Western-style eating utensils, old-fashioned chrome appliances, and an LA disaster scenario complete with fire, smog, and earthquake put a whimsical, slightly disturbing spin on American iconography. Of the three proposals, the client mass produced the silverware series to rave reviews and better-than-expected sales.