MODERN LIFE THROUGH BRIXTON’S LENS

Brixton has been rooted in vintage from day one. Driven by our ethos—“Inspired by the past, built for the present”—we’ve always honored timeless style with a modern purpose. In 2024, we celebrate our community with a fresh, human perspective, focusing on authentic people and real moments. Because life isn’t perfect—it’s endlessly inspiring.



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CHALLENGE

After years of zigging and zagging, Brixton found itself disconnected from the very fans who defined its identity—where they live, where they shop, and how they engage. A deep dive into data revealed gaps in messaging, channels, and connection points, signaling the need for a holistic approach to re-align the brand. By rethinking how we speak to our consumers, we aim to recapture Brixton’s essence and strengthen our connection to the community that inspires us.


APPROACH... LIFE ISN’T POLISHED, IT’S INSPIRING.

Through our deep dive into the data, we discovered the need to reconnect with our younger, bolder audience by reflecting what truly interests and inspires our community. This meant shifting our focus to tell authentic stories about real-life musicians, artists, builders, and athletes—our core brand pillars—while showcasing how our product fits and feels in the real world. Most importantly, we needed to embrace the grit and raw energy of creativity that defines Brixton.

To make a meaningful impact, we also reimagined how we create and deliver content. Deeper, more immersive storytelling became essential, paired with highlighting our product in a more elevated way—"glorifying" it naturally, yet purposefully. Capturing this content in the right medium and delivering it on the right channels ensures we connect with our audience where they live, shop, and engage.

VIDEO-FIRST SOCIAL MENTALITY

Without video, our marketing efforts are wasted. To build and maintain Brixton fans and drive brand awareness, video is essential. Every product story includes video as a foundational element in the plan.

THE NEW EXPLORER

A fresh take on Brixton’s ethos of “Inspired by the Past / Built for the Present” brought to life for the Spring / Summer Brand Campaign.

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CHALLENGE

Fresh out of a newly imagined brand re-positioning “Done Proper”, Brixton needed to bring this value system to life. The direction was clear, it needs to be bright and optimistic, capture the vintage influence, and most importantly confidently play in the same space as other premium brands.


APPROACH

Brixton’s product team finds inspiration from a wide range of sources, but all with a clear point of view. Taking the design teams’s seasonal theme of “The New Explorer” as the jumping off point, we imagined an array of different situations the product line was designed for: The city, the ranch, the roadtrip, the hotel, camping, or anywhere else you can spend your days with your friends and neighbors.

In the setting of a studio we found that premium feel while giving the people and product its place in the spotlight without losing a sense of story and excitement. Here we let the story unfold, character by character, week by week, strategically as the product capsules are released throughout spring and summer.

Welcome to the whimsical world of The New Explorer.

The Holiday Gentleman & Hooligan / Lady Rebel

Strategy
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Art Direction
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CHALLENGE

The holiday season is Brixton’s largest season for DTC sales with 70% annual sales coming in a short 2 month window. This means they have to capture the attention of the consumer has to be fast and in the right way. This season we challenged ourselves to bring the seasonal design theme to life in a meaningful way while creating enough stories and assets to cover all the needs for the long and grueling holiday selling season.


APPROACH

Brixton has a history of partnering with creative and talented people that align with the creative and aesthetic foundations of the company; A vintage inspired aesthetic Done Proper. This season we partnered with genre-bending musician Samm Henshaw and classically trained actress / model Bar Maldonado and met them at their home base in London. Here we expose their personal style and highlight their various talents all set in the everyday textures of suburban England.

SUSTAINING THE SHOPPING SEASON

Brixton has a vast product line and multiple channels of distribution and specifically with a Holiday season. This means we typically begins as a standard season but then pivots into specific channel shopping and promotional messaging required a thoughtful approach to how we fulfill the various needs in strategic manner. Creating deep well of varying assets around key products and promotion strategy was key to the season’s success.

The Bowery: The Flannel For All

It’s as simple as it’s stated. The Bowery Flannel is a timless piece that is wearable for all. See for your self. 

Strategy
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Art Direction
Design

CHALLENGE

The Bowery Flannel is a cornerstone product for Brixton. Besides headwear, flannel is what Brixton is known for. What is not known is the amount different fits, materials, patterns, and extended sizes available. Brixton truly provides Flannel For All.



APPROACH

Brixton has strong roots in Southern California, specifically Oceanside, CA. This small coastal town is a tight-knit blue collar community built around skilled craftsmen, artists, musicians, surfers & skateboarders which has always been the major influence on Brixton’s identity. For the Bowery Flannel campaign we gathered 25 friends of the brand to hangout for an afternoon and have their photo taken. What came of it was portrait of Oceanside and the many walks of life that reside there. And oh yeah, a great illustration of how the Bowery Flannel is worn by all walks of life and is truly a garment for all.

SUSTAINING THE CAMPAIGN

To continue the story of a single flannel wearable by all, we moved from the story of all to a story of specifics. Through print advertising, social media, email marketing, and digital ads we focused on individual people by showing their unique personality through a series of portraits while also featuring the specific Bowery they are wearing with product photos and details. This gave Brixton the opportunity to continue to celebrate where they came from and what they proudly make.

PARTY STARTING TECHNOLOGY

The Launch of the Fanning Low Sandal

Strategy
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Art Direction
Design

CHALLENGE

The blockbuster sandal “The Fanning” is a franchise smash hit for Reef Sandals because of the alignment with professional surfer Mick Fanning, but more importantly the proprietary technology of and integrated bottle opener built into the sandal. It’s defiantly put the “fun” in “functional” After more than a decade of market dominance the sales started to flatten. To make up the dipping revenue the Reef product team developed a new addition to the franchise, the more modern and trend-right Fanning Low.

Our job was to was to introduce this new iteration of sandal to the next generation as their sandal of choice by leaning the modern styling and materials and to not forget the beloved features of the original.



APPROACH

The Fanning Sandal has always been a symbol of fun. In this new iteration we tapped team rider Mason Ho, part of the rising generation of pro surfers, to be the center of the party. With the help of the Fanning Low and it’s bottle opener he is successful in getting the party started while in a fun and creative way we make sure sandals features come to life and are center to the situation.

THE INITIALS COLLECTION


Art Direction
Design

CHALLENGE
DC is known for making some of the best shoes for skateboarding but lesser known for the quality skate and lifestyle apparel. So how do we bring more attention to the apparel already being created and grow this category to a larger part of the business.


APPROACH
As DC is know for shoes, it is also known for their skateboarding team. But not only for being great at skating but generally for their unique and sometimes larger than life personalities.

From the beginning The Initials Collection was designed by and for the diverse group of skaters on the team using existing styles and adding design details that made the pieces theirs. Each capsule needed to feel unique to each person but also needed to feel as a unified collection.

Signature = Authenticity and Uniquness

X = Sign here

MAKING THE MARK
Each individual mart is taken directly from the athlete’s signature and stylized to create a unified collection.