Recreate

Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse is a beloved nonprofit thrift store for art and craft supplies you’d never know it from the outside. We rebuilt its identity from the ground up: new name, logo, facade, merch, and app, to finally match the magic inside.

Year

2025

Client

Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse

Service

Brand Identity

Brand Identity

Signage

Signage

UI/UX

UI/UX

Team

Ishita Bhardwaj

Ishita Bhardwaj

Sujin Han

Sujin Han

Brief

A beloved store with a treasure-hunt soul, nothing on the outside showed it.

The Store

Identity

Eight letterforms, each inspired by a material found in the store. Assembled into one.

System

Merch & Community Participation

Handmade wooden stamps with our letterforms and graphic elements, designed to let visitors create their own custom merch while supporting reuse and hands-on creativity.

Mobile Web-App Redesign

Donation scheduling was buried in their existing website. We designed a dedicated mobile experience —
simple, branded, and easy to find.

Donation scheduling was buried in their existing website. We designed a dedicated mobile experience — simple, branded, and easy to find.

Donation scheduling was buried in their existing website. We designed a dedicated mobile experience — simple, branded, and easy to find.