lucas wentzel | creative lead

IDENTITY SYSTEM & SIGNATURE MARKS

Strategic marks built to scale across retail, digital and cultural touchpoints

The Challenge

Designing Marks That Endure


A logo is not decoration. It is a structural decision.

I design marks that anchor brand systems, distilled, intentional, and built to scale across packaging, digital, retail, and cultural environments.


Each identity begins with strategic clarity: defining positioning, extracting essence, and translating complexity into a form that feels inevitable.


The result is not just recognition, but authority, marks designed to last, adapt, and lead.


Concevoir des marques qui durent


Un logo n’est pas un simple symbole, c’est une décision structurante.

Je conçois des signes épurés et intentionnels, pensés pour ancrer un système de marque et exister durablement sur tous les points de contact.

Chaque identité traduit une stratégie claire en une forme simple, mémorable et scalable.



PERFORMANCE BRANDS

— PROJECT NAME

Boomsy

— ROLE

Art Direction

Graphic Design

Branding

— DATE

2026

BOOMSY

Hybrid Sports & Lifestyle Venue


Context

A hybrid venue blending gym culture, recovery, bar, restaurant and curated merch.

Intent

Create a bold mark balancing athletic energy and lifestyle sophistication, scalable across space, apparel and experience.

Role

Identity strategy, mark development and spatial brand system.

Business Value

Built to unify gym, hospitality and merchandise under one scalable lifestyle ecosystem, driving both experience and retail revenue.

LUXURY / PREMIUM BRANDS

— PROJECT NAME

NOBLE

— ROLE

Art Direction

Packaging Design

Branding

— DATE

2017

NOBLE

Luxury Cannabis Concept


Context

A West Coast cannabis brand conceived as the Apple of its category — restrained, design-led and culturally elevated.

Intent

Develop a timeless, minimal mark capable of anchoring a premium packaging system and long-term brand governance.

Role

Identity architecture, packaging direction and brand governance system.

Business Value

Designed to position the brand as a premium category leader, enabling controlled retail presence and high-margin product perception.


RETAIL / CPG BRANDS

— PROJECT NAME

THREE JERKS JERKY

— ROLE

Art Direction

Packaging Design

Branding

— DATE

2014

THREE JERKS JERKY

Premium CPG Disruptor


Context

A craft jerky brand built to disrupt a traditionally macho category with bold personality and premium positioning.

Intent

Design a distinctive, shelf-dominant mark balancing irreverence and retail credibility, scalable across SKUs.

Role

Brand identity and retail packaging architecture.

Business Value

Optimized for shelf impact and SKU scalability, strengthening brand recognition in a competitive grocery environment.

CULTURAL / EXPERIMENTAL BRANDS

— PROJECT NAME

HYPERSONIC

— ROLE

Art Direction

Packaging Design

Branding

— DATE

2022

HYPERSONIC

Cultural Venue Concept


Context

A high-energy venue merging sports, live shows, music and rotating pop-up retail experiences.

Intent

Create a kinetic identity capturing speed, hype culture and immersive urban energy while remaining structurally scalable.

Role

Concept direction and experiential identity system.

Business Value

Engineered to generate cultural buzz and cross-channel visibility across events, merchandise and digital environments.

SELECTED MARKS

IDENTITY ARCHITECTURE

— PROJECT NAME

NOBLE

— ROLE

Art Direction

Packaging Design

Branding

— DATE

2017

Minimal does not mean simple.


The Noble mark was developed through months of exploration, from heritage research to structural grid refinement. The objective was to create a symbol that could carry cultural authority while remaining visually disciplined and modern.


Every element serves a function: balance, symmetry, optical weight, and reproducibility across materials. The result is a logo built like a product, engineered, not illustrated.

True refinement is intentional.


A logo should not just represent a brand.

It should define its system.