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FC Cincinnati brand foundation

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FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati was a young club still defining what it stood for. The work was early brand strategy, art direction, and creative direction, setting a foundation the brand could grow from.

Context

A new club needed a clearer sense of what it stood for before the brand hardened into a full system. The work sat at the beginning: strategy, direction, and creative frame — not a finished identity roll-out.

What the work held

  • The club was still defining itself while public attention was already growing.
  • The brand had to feel ambitious without losing local energy.
  • Direction had to set a useful foundation that later partners could build on.

What was built

  • Contribute early brand strategy thinking before execution locked the story in.
  • Use art direction and creative direction to make ambition and place feel coherent.
  • Leave a clearer foundation for identity work, rather than owning a full visual system.

Outcome

TODO: confirmed outcome not on file.

Visuals

Work in view.

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Connected patterns

Related patterns show up across the work.

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