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Belt It Up

A logo identity for Belt It Up — a belt and accessories brand. The whole mark is one idea, told in a single letter: a "B" cinched by its own belt, buckle and all.

Client
Belt It Up
Scope
Logo design
Year
2019
Form
Letterform wordmark
Role
Identity design
The Belt It Up belted-B mark
01Overview
One letter, one joke, done.

The best small-brand logos say the whole thing in a single move. For Belt It Up, that move is obvious in hindsight and easy to miss until you see it: the stem of the "B" becomes a fastened belt, complete with a metal buckle at its base.

It names the product, carries a wink, and works at any size — from a website header down to a stamped leather tag.

02The Mark
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The Idea

Make the letter do the work.

Rather than draw a belt next to a "B", the belt is the "B" — its vertical stroke threaded through a buckle so the counter of the letter reads as the loop. Routes explored the wordmark horizontally and stacked, but the strongest answer kept it as a single tall capital: a logo and a product shot at once.

04Related Work