Gretchen Chern | Design Research & Strategy

Building a New Brand

Set­ting the Foun­da­tion With my back­ground in Graph­ic Design, I have designed visu­al iden­ti­ties for exist­ing brands, but I’ve nev­er had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op the frame­work for a new brand from the ground up. At SCAD, I was able to work with five oth­er stu­dents from dif­fer­ent dis­ci­plines in a spon­sored col­lab­o­ra­tive design class […]

Citi Trends Store Rebranding

Citi Trends is a val­ue-priced fam­i­ly appar­el retail­er with over 350 stores in 22 states. The com­pa­ny is head­quar­tered in Savan­nah, GA. Using the cur­rent Citi Trends logo and col­ors, I cre­at­ed a new iden­ti­ty for in-store sig­nage and print.