Maison Bodega

11/20/2025

New work for in Staples, MN. Built in 1907 by Charles Batcher it is an excellent example of a rural opera house, originally built for both civic and cultural life. Situated along the historic Jefferson Highway and the Burlington Northern Railway, it is the gem of Staples.

Brand and strategy in service of preservation initiatives, including an Accessibility Capital Campaign, focused on an elevator to expand multi-generational access.

The Accessibility Capital Campaign lifts more than people from floor to floor in our space, it lifts our whole community. By funding a new, fully accessible elevator and inclusive upgrades at the Batcher Block Opera House, we remove physical barriers and widen the circle of belonging.

“Accessibility isn’t just our architecture, it’s our ethic.”

04/11/2023

Lilith NYC founder, Sarah Sukumaran, set out to design footwear for womxn. After a childhood of sneaker obsession, and a background working at Nike, Sukumaran yearned for versatile and durable sneakers that celebrated womxn’s confidence and beauty in the same way men’s sneakers do. We were asked to design the branding, messaging and products surrounding her footwear.

The brand is rooted in Sukumaran’s ties to Elmhurst, Queens and Sri Lanka, and the regions’ respective histories and cultures. A collective message in support and representation of womxn is woven-throughout.

Lilith NYC is about searching, questioning authority, and never settling. In ourselves we trust.

Lilith NYC founder, Sarah Sukumaran, set out to design footwear for womxn. After a childhood of sneaker obsession, and a background working at Nike, Sukumaran yearned for versatile and durable sneakers that celebrated womxn’s confidence and beauty in the same way men’s sneakers do. We were asked...

03/21/2023

Join us at Maison Bodega for an afternoon dedicated to the Eastern European Spring Equinox tradition of creating wax-resist dyed eggs. - 1911 Pleasant Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55403 Saturday, April 1st 1pm - 4pm - The pysanky folk art celebrates the generative nature of Spring, setting intention

02/14/2023

by making an appearance in special Kitchen & Bath issue on newsstands now. Thanks 🧡

02/08/2023

The Only Agency (.agency) creative direction and branding with partners on web 🪄

02/07/2023

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02/03/2023

“Victory Redefined” capsule collection 🌸🌺🌷🌼💐🌹🌻

02/02/2023

We’re in a rare moment in history where everything is being redefined
How we work, how we play, how we love, how we compete, how we see each other
We’re in a rare moment when we can fix our systems to work for everyone
A time where we all can win
The spoils no longer only go to the victors, the spoils are for all of us
Trophies can no longer sit in cases, gathering dust, feeding egos
Victory is shared
Victory inspires
Victory is a privilege
Victory is an opportunity
Victory brings joy
Victory brings freedom, teaches lessons and builds the foundation for change
So what are you playing for?
Who are you playing for?
This is bigger than you
This is bigger than me
This is bigger than us
We are all connected
Until we all feel heard, seen and safe, our work is never done
So let’s keep winning
There’s plenty to go around
This victory is for everyone
Victory Redefined.

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The “Victory Redefined” manifesto resonates as receives the Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2022. 🏅

02/01/2023

x "Victory Redefined" campaign positioning and manifesto translated Rapinoe's point of view:
“Victory redefined means sharing the spotlight and really appreciating and valuing people for who they are and what they bring to the table.”
A movement sparked by Megan Rapinoe that’s creating space for everybody to feel safe, seen and heard. Because until we can all win, our work is never done.

02/01/2023

BLNCD Naturals () is a women-owned and operated beauty and wellness company creating high performing luxurious products from plant-based ingredients, including CBD.
The brand’s mission, bringing the body into balance, is rooted in the research and science of wellness from plants. The array of product blends offer targeted benefits from relief to bliss. The notion of a spectrum is important to BLNCD Naturals, as are concepts of balance and equilibrium.
We chose to visually represent this spectrum of offerings as a color gradient ranging from healing blends like Relief and Recover to energizing blends like Bliss and Boost. Each blend receives its own hue on the spectrum, which translates to packaging and digital promotional highlights, reinforcing individual product identity.

See more here: https://www.bodegaltd.com/design-portfolio-blncd

02/01/2023

For SENTi, we created a taxonomy for color and scent to help identify fragrance families: fresh, floral, floral amber, fourgère, woody, chypre, and gourmand.
This palette not only impacts the digital expressions of the brand, like the website, but also the sculptural scent testers that were created in collaboration between + .
The mixture of muted + electric tones is reinforced through historic imagery like, The Birth of Perfume, filmed in 1967 in Grasse, France.

See more here: https://www.bodegaltd.com/case-study-senti

01/14/2023

For our branding update and web re-design project for we tapped into the temporal relationship Brielle’s objects have with the elements of nature.
Specifically, light interacts with her finishes and forms in a very ephemeral, fleeting way. IT IS A VISUAL EXPLORATION OF TEMPORARY BRILLIANCE.
As material offerings expand within her collections, this visual language not only speaks to the artistic essence but is also functionally useful in differentiating between satin ivory, hand sanded, imperial danby marble, and matte charcoal finishes in a digital environment.
“DAYLIGHT, THE LIGHT ON THINGS, IS SO MOVING TO ME THAT I FEEL ALMOST A SPIRITUAL QUALITY. WHEN THE SUN COMES UP IN THE MORNING – WHICH I ALWAYS FIND SO MARVELLOUS, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC THE WAY IT COMES BACK EVERY MORNING – AND CASTS ITS LIGHT ON THINGS, IT DOESN’T FEEL AS IF IT QUITE BELONGS IN THIS WORLD. I DON’T UNDERSTAND LIGHT. IT GIVES ME THE FEELING THERE’S SOMETHING BEYOND ME, SOMETHING BEYOND ALL UNDERSTANDING. AND I AM VERY GLAD, VERY GRATEFUL THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING.” ✨