Client
Maingear
Disciplines
Branding
Sector
Gaming
Suit & Tie.

As brands grow they often wrestle with how to welcome the future while honoring the past. We were thrilled to partner with Maingear to help define their evolving brand as well as their products.

We went back to Maingear’s roots, they build slick gaming computers and they make it personal. What better way to embody that concept than to have a slick communicative logo that speaks to the consumer with levity, brevity and relevance. As we designed the MG-1 to be able to speak many languages from clean iconic to hardcore military machine and we wanted the logo to be able to change face just as easily.

Introducing the 5 x 5, living logo.
young man gaming at gaming event
vintage arcade game with pinball and air hockey

STRONG, RETRO, PLAYFUL

Maingear Brand identity mother board PCB traces
young man with Maingear gaming jersey on
Maingear brand identity and web design displayed on apple mac monitors and iphones
man wearing maingear t shirt industrial design firm and consultancy los angeles california award winning studio
man wearing white smile face t shirt industrial design firm and consultancy los Angeles california award winning studio

HOW MUCH CAN WE PACK INTO AN M?

We wanted to communicate so many things - custom computers, fun , gaming, we wanted to pay respect to the history of the brand and at the same time we wanted to give Maingear the ability to communicate to their customers in a fun engaging way.

maingear merch hat inspired by pac man

SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE M

Inspired by the cult classic "Space Invaders" and its movement, this icon of a computer comes to life with ticks and clicks; morphing and building itself into well... whatever they need. The new grid, which we lovingly named "5 x 5" is also an old measure of communication, how loud, how clear? "Five by five." This new system inspired a collection of animations in which the logo is personified to help guide the user through the website.

Maingear CES custom hat mockup logo design
girl wearing maingear hat industrial design firm and consultancy los Angeles california award winning studio
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