09/14/2026
For Blair Police Department’s USA 250 patch, every design element had a job that, when combined, created a super cool anniversary patch.
The original Blair patch shape and identity stayed intact. Then we built the commemorative design in layers while the whole office was chanting “USA! USA! USA!”, it was actually quite magical if you were there.
The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, commonly called “The Blair Bridge” in this area, one of about a bazillion trees in and around Blair, and the Missouri River utilize the existing patch imagery.
And the America 250th imagery, the 1776–2026 dates, fireworks, patriotic colors, and finally the silver border that ties it all back into their uniform.
But the design is only HALF the job…but the fun part
We also have to think about what actually survives production like thread thickness, color separation, small-detail revisions, readability from a few feet away, how it sits on the uniform, and whether the finished patch still looks like the art concept.
Then a machine starts turning artwork into thousands of stitches. Or a really fast and talented seamstress…but it’s probably the former if we're being honest.
The goal isn’t just to make something that looks good on a screen in your emails. It’s to create something that still looks good when it’s real and sewn onto an officer’s sleeve.
And the same thinking applies whether we’re designing a patch, badge, challenge coin, vehicle livery, specialty unit identity, or agency-branded gear.
If your agency has been sitting on the same identity for 20 years because “that’s just what we’ve always had,” we should talk.
We’re awesome at creating updated and upgraded agency branding while utilizing the portions of your legacy branding that you actually love.
We design this stuff specifically for public safety and we know the difference between making something looks cool and making something that actually works in the field.
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