S. Bradley Askew
Creative Direction
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Work/Big Boi

Big Boi

ClientBig Boi
RoleCreative Direction / Design
DisciplineGraphic Art / Design / Creative Direction
PeriodArchive / date pending

Apparel Graphics & Concepts for Hip Hop legend Big Boi (Outkast)

What the pictures cannot say alone

The thinking behind
the finished work.

01 / The challenge

Build apparel graphics for a globally recognized artist with enough attitude to feel specific rather than licensed.

02 / Human insight

The work needed to behave like music: layered references, quick recognition and details that reward a second look.

03 / Organizing idea

A set of bold, collectible emblems that fused Southern identity, pop symbolism and tour-merch immediacy.

04 / The system

Illustration, lettering and iconography were developed to work independently or as a flexible family across apparel.

05 / Outcome

A compact graphic world with the speed of merchandise and the authorship of an artist collaboration.

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