playworks & kevin akers design + imagery

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Playworks Playworks is an Oakland-based national nonprofit organization that creates safe, inclusive play for every kid on the playground with its team of coaches and junior coaches. Playworks is currently serving more than 380 schools in 23 cities. Kevin Akers design + imagery has worked with Playworks for more than five years to build a visual brand that brings the joy of play to the many forms of Playworks’ communication. Let’s see what fun looks like...

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Kevin Akers design + imagery has worked with Playworks for more than five years to build a visual brand that brings the joy of play to the many forms of Playworks’ communication. Let’s see what fun looks like...

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PlayworksPlayworks is an Oakland-based national nonprofit

organization that creates safe, inclusive play

for every kid on the playground with its

team of coaches and junior coaches.

Playworks is currently serving more

than 380 schools in 23 cities.

Kevin Akers design + imagery has

worked with Playworks for more

than five years to build a visual brand

that brings the joy of play to the many

forms of Playworks’ communication.

Let’s see what fun looks like...

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Sports4Kids expanded from a

pilot project in a handful of

San Francisco Bay Area schools

to a national program named

Playworks, that has received

nearly universal accolades from

students, teachers, parents

and the media.

KEVIN AKERS design + imagery

created a few projects for

Sports4Kids before the

organization experienced its

phenomenal growth. When

DeSantis Breindel developed a

new logo and identity guidelines

for a rebranded Playworks,

Kevin was charged with bringing

the new program to life.

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Playworks newsletters featured the new branding, colors and fonts.

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A flexible brochure system was designed for multiple uses.

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An array of inserts help to customize each brochure to a new audience.

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Playworks 2010 Annual Report featured the great faces that make play work.

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An oversized annual for 2011 celebrated 15 years with a commemorative logo.

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Playworks likes to add fun wherever it can, even in an annual report!

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Success stories of the 2013 annual appeal direct-mail campaign.

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Save-the-Date cards for the Annual Playworks Gala—Get in the Game!

2011

2010

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Get in the Game formal invitations.

2012

2013

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Playworks believes the power of play brings out the best in every kid.

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Learn more about the Power of Play at

www.playworks.org

If you have a branding or design project on the horizon

please run and tag:

KEVIN AKERS design + imagery

at 925.735.1015

or [email protected]

To learn more about Kevin’s work,

visit www.kevinakers.com and http://issuu.com/akers