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the work  /  merchandise  /  Community · 2025

A merch line that funds the free repair nights

Tees, totes, patches and a sticker sheet for a volunteer-run community bike shop.

Brand Identity · Campaigns & Print

Bridger Bike Kitchen — merchandise work
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the challenge

The shop fixed three hundred bikes a year for free and paid rent with a donation jar. People loved it; nobody had a way to say so on their jacket.

the approach

A small system of marks — a chainring sun, a hand-drawn wrench — printed two colors at a time so the local screen printer could run everything in an afternoon. Sized to sell at the counter, not online.

the outcome

The first run paid for itself in a month and now covers roughly half the rent. Volunteers wear the tee; that turned out to be the real marketing.