About

Your friendly independent Brand Studio. We specialize in Entertainment, Consumer Products, & Sports.

Our team is comprised of kind humans using modern tools and timeless techniques to build connection.

That’s a fancy way of saying we’re focused professionals that know how to put in the work,
but we’re also real people that enjoy connection and finding
the more joyful parts of this messy little life.

Much fandom. Very heart.

Agile.

With Expo 86 Design Co. you get an agile brand studio where you’ll know the whole team on a first-name basis. Our focused approach allows us to solve your problems quicker, because we act as an extension of your own team.

Experienced.

While our studio is young (4 years old), our team is quite literally packed with decades of experience. We’ve worked with clients of all sizes (from local to global), and are no strangers to partnering with agencies to bring an added dose of bespoke creativity to the table.

Genuine.

At the heart of our studio, we are genuine fans ourselves. Our passion for our own interests allows us to connect with our clients in a way that lets us understand what their audience wants to see/hear/buy before they even know it themselves. We leverage our creativity to help brands transcend, and craft fearless stories to strengthen fandom + community.

MEET THE TEAM

CHAD SUGG

PRINCIPAL DESIGNER • FOUNDER • DAD
Chad has been illustrating since he was about 4 (hand-drawn Ninja Turtles, of course), and professionally designing for the past 13 + years. While his background consists mostly of the music industry and screen printing, every bit of his human career has been underlined by design in some way. He’s the happy/proud/sleepy father of a 10 y/o, 8 y/o, 3 y/o, and 1/2 y/o, and is married to our Director of Operations. Chad loves Halloween & Christmas, and half of his life is a dizzying flurry of him trying to decide which is his absolute all-time favorite.

@CHADWSUGG
JULIA SUGG

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS • MOM
Julia has experience in the childcare and beauty industries - and as a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with a major in Child Development and a minor in Office Management, she's a perfect fit for helping Expo 86 be a well-oiled-machine.

@_JULIASUGG
EXPO

TEAM MASCOT
Here to keep us all in line. Expo is the glue that holds this studio together.

@EXPO86CO