Thursday, April 30, 2009

Chris Nowlan New Funkie Brand

Brand Name: Funkie Industries(Funk Ind.)

Introduction 
Well my brand is going to be a surf brand, which targets grommets, and free surfing mainly dealing with short boards. My brand will targeting Male's,  age 14+, but mainly between the age 16-30, but a majority of the boards will be unisex. Since I'm doing surf as my brand i will mainly dealing with summer as my main season, but will have some other season products. I intend to make the range globally available, though the use of retail and online store's, the range will be promoted by the use of sponsorship of Australian surf events, young and upcoming grommets, and of ASP surfers to promote the brand at home and internationally. 

Product List
Surfboards
Shortboards. May include other types of boards as the company expands 
Clothing
Board shorts, T-Shirts, Singlets, Hats, Wetsuits, Rashie, Thongs, Jumpers, Jeans
Accessories 
Surf board wax

Environmental Issues
Clean Seas

Subculture - Grommets, Free Surfing, Trick Surfing. Big Wave Surfing will be look at as the company expands.

10 Descriptive Words
Individual, Independent, Fresh, Modern, Free, Expressive, Playful, Abstraction, Organic, Abstract   

Colour Palette (Possible)
Red, Yellow, Orange
Blue, Green, Purple
Blue, Orange
Blue, Orange, Red
RedYellowOrange, Black & White
Black, Blue, Red
Black, Green
Possible Names
J Boards, Drift Industries, CSD, NC Surf Design, Funk, Funk Boards,Funkie, Funk Industries(Funk Ind.).

Influences 

Surf Companies
JS Industries(JS Surfboard), Quicksilver, West, Billabong, Jacks, G'n'S, Rusty, Industries.
Art Movements/Styles
Abstraction, Cubim, Pop Art, Art Deco, Graffiti, Street Art
Artist 
Wassily Kandinsky, Picasso, Andy Warhol 


More to be Added 

6 comments:

  1. Sounds good Chris, I'll tell my customers to shop with u when they grow up. I like the whole funk idea, maybe Funk Industries, Funk Ind. ??

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  2. Is NC Surf Design Chris nowlan backwards? melissa

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  3. funk essentials was a cool brand with great prints by bruce slorach and sara thorne.

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  5. sounds funky......

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  6. I like your ideas and the name Funk Industries, Chris.
    Have you considered replacing "F" for "PH"= phUNK, PHunk, phunk or does it look too much like punk??

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