Recreation

We started Recreation because we could never understand why mind-blowing, life changing innovations were not matched with brand strategies and design that were equally innovative — and mind-blowing.
Some of us have spent years at agencies. Others have spent years as clients working with agencies. We understand the goals you have, the challenges you face, your frustrations, and most importantly, the will it takes to create. And ultimately have what you create make an impact on your customers, your employees, and the world.

It all started in Sun Valley, Idaho in 2008, JD Simpson and Todd Ransick met while producing a short film on the medical innovations incubating in Silicon Valley. Over the next four years, JD and Todd collaborated to design, create and execute a variety of branding initiatives for a medical device startup. Those initiatives included brand architecture, identity systems, websites, mobile applications, print materials, packaging, environments, short films and motion design. They knew that it was a unique opportunity to have complete end-to-end control and build a brand from the ground up. What they didn’t know is that they were laying the foundation for something larger.

In 2013, the collaboration finally fused itself into Recreation, a brand strategy and design agency headquartered in San Francisco. The agency was founded on the guiding principle that great ideas and great stories can come from anywhere no matter the size of the budget or type of business. And with digital, print and motion they would build relevant and impactful brand communications that not only inspire customers, but entire organizations as well.