Brand Collabs

FEATURED CASE STUDIES

“Art has a unique way of bringing authenticity and relatability to a brand. Brands that support the arts generally can expect more amplification and loyalty amongst consumers. 

For over a decade I worked in the advertising industry and learned first-hand the intricacies and strategies of corporate partnerships. This category expertise has served me well as I help navigate artistic intent and key performance indicators. If you’re a brand and would like to work together please reach out. You can learn more about my past collaborations in the case studies below.” - DANKO

 

  • CASE STUDY

    Project: The SPACE APE Mural

    Brand: LEXUS x BEAUTIFY EARTH
    Location:     Santa Monica, CA

  • DETAILS

    Lexus selected DANKO from a roster of Los Angeles based artists for a special collaboration through Beautify Earth supporting local artists. The collaboration yielded a bold and colorful mural titled Space Ape complete with a short documentary/commercial about DANKO’s perspective on the importance of public art. You can watch the short in its entirety here.

  • Detail of the paper airplane wood cutout on the SPACE APE Lexus mural. DANKO's paintings are often multidimensional, and contain sculptural elements that bend reality between the 2D and 3D plane, so it was exciting for him to be able to do this on the mural as well.

  • SPACE APE also became a limited edition 4 color screen print with glow-in-the-dark plate. This print is based on the iconic Los Angeles mural DANKO created in collaboration with Lexus and Beautify Earth. Find more info about this double print release here.

  • CASE STUDY

    Project: Converse Flagship Store

    Brand: Converse
    Location:     3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA

  • DETAILS

    For the launch of the flagship Converse store, at the famous Santa Monica Promenade, they tapped DANKO to create an epic mural as a backdrop to the retail stand, along with a corresponding signature shoe and tote.

  • Detail of signature DANKO Converse Chuck Taylor hightop shoe created for the collaboration featuring the DANKO gorilla icon.

  • Detail of mural created for the flagship store as seen behind the retail counter. This mural features the iconic DANKO Gorilla in one of it's many incarnations.

  • CASE STUDY

    Project: Battlebots TV Series Graphics

    Brand: Battlebots
    Location:     Los Angeles CA

  • DETAILS

    DANKO was approached to design all of the promotional design and merchandising graphics for a season of the hit TV show Battlebots to be used extensively in merchandise and promotional materials.

  • Detail of one of the designs for Battlebots. Notice the "banana used for scale" in the center of the design – a clever visual Easter egg of how engineers famously articulate scale when designing their battle bots.

  • The show wanted only one design for the season but ultimately loved the work DANKO created, as a range of options, so much that they decided to renegotiate his terms to incorporate all three concepts into the season for use in show graphics and as applied to many supporting products and materials.

  • CASE STUDY

    Project: Corporate Artwork

    Brand: Stream Creative
    Location:     Milwaukee, WI

  • DETAILS

    Stream Creative is a prestigious creative marketing agency in Milwaukee, WI. They commissioned a series of work to create a visual narrative for their corporate offices. It had to be distinctly on-brand for the firm and authentically tell the story of the history of the firm and its founders.

  • Each of the paintings created featured DANKO's signature sculptural wood panel cut-outs throughout the works.

  • DANKO was given free reign to interpret the story as a series of images and structural wood cutouts that would mirror the dynamic attributes and aesthetic approach the firm is renowned for.