ESPN The Magazine Next Look Book

July 17, 2023
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ESPN wanted a high-end look book to promote their Super Bowl NEXT events. This 16-page casebound book is filled with past event details, celebrity quotes, and bright, vivid imagery showcasing the people, music, sponsors, excitement and energy that make these events so significant. The book cover design, a composition of an audio equalizer and a…

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Welcome Back March Madness

March 15, 2021
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We missed you! As we ponder how can we show our appreciation of your return, we visit our archives for inspiration. Here’s a past project that shows appreciation in a BIG way. To thank Acura for sponsoring the college basketball Tournament Challenge, ESPN wanted to send a premium gift…something fun, something reflecting basketball, something that…

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ESPN Social Video in Print Brochure

March 5, 2021
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We upped the “wow” factor with this unique ESPN Social brochure created in partnership with video producer, Nitrous. This dynamic marketing collateral merges print and video to deliver content with impact. Both incorporate a watercolor-themed ESPN social brand design we’d created for previous ESPN social marketing materials. The brochure features a 7-inch high resolution screen,…

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Runway Meets Center Court

February 13, 2021
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It’s Fashion Week. But the latest trends aren’t always found on the runway. We went deep into the archives to dig up some of our vintage projects for ESPN The Magazine. In 2013, we designed ESPN The Magazine Style…Button up, the first edition of The Mag’s style book to promote its sports-meets-entertainment initiative, fashion-forward vision,…

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Year of the Rooster Client Gift | Tactile Marketing, Holiday Mailers, Curated Corporate Gifts | Barbour Design

Happy Chinese New Year!

February 12, 2021
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As we begin celebrating the year of the ox, we thought we’d share a “hot” project from our archives. Rather than sending clients the usual “thanks for your business” holiday mailer, we opted to surprise them in January with a mailer celebrating the year ahead. The 2017 Chinese New Year which began on January 28 welcomed the Year of the…

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ESPN Mountain Dew Knicks Invitation

January 16, 2021
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The ESPN sales team was hosting an event in their Madison Square Garden suite for the Knicks vs. Lakers game and asked Barbour to create fun printed invitations resembling Knicks game tickets to send to their Mountain Dew partners. The high quality invitations were printed in full color with spot gloss finish on heavy silk…

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Wish You Were Here Postcards San Diego Tourism ESPN | Tactile Marketing, Custom Promotional Postcard Design, Creative Sales Materials | Barbour Design

Wish You Were Here!

January 12, 2021
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If you’re like us, you’re probably starting to think about your much needed spring vacation. Here’s a fun project from our archives to inspire your travel planning. A couple years back we created several sets of custom postcards for ESPN to distribute at an upcoming meeting with the San Diego Tourism Authority. Nine high quality…

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Shake It Cocktail Mailer Barbour Design | Tactile Marketing, New Years Mailers, Branded Client Gifts, Branded Merchandise, Curated Client Gifts

Happy New Year from Barbour Design!

January 1, 2021
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We wish you all happiness and, especially, healthiness in the upcoming year. The year 2020 was tough and reflecting on it may require a stiff drink which made us think of a “spirited” New Years mailer we created back in 2012. Clients and acquaintances of Barbour Design were the lucky recipients of our 2012 New…

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Burger Packaging Marketing Collateral Burger King ESPN | Tactile Marketing, Promotional Packaging Design, Presentation Materials | Barbour Design

Get some fries with that shake

November 19, 2020
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It’s National Fast Food Day! Check out this fun fast-food-packaging-meets-marketing project we created for ESPN awhile back. We produced this unique marketing collateral for ESPN to present to Burger King in efforts to continue their partnership in 2019. Custom burger boxes were designed to mimic Whopper packaging and cleverly present ESPN’s messaging. Inside the box,…

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