{"id":19548,"date":"2026-01-28T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=19548"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:20:44","slug":"winter-term-course-why-sports-brands-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/winter-term-course-why-sports-brands-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College Winter Term course aims to understand why sports brands succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”19564″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Senior Amelie Brazelton works on her customized Eckerd College branded t-shirt for her Designing Icons Winter Term Course. Photos by Penh Alicandro ’22<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”news_subhead” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]The New York Yankees and pinstripes. The University of Michigan and wolverine helmets. The Seattle Storm and the Space Needle jerseys. All iconic sports uniforms and logos.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]And all part of Designing Icon: Sport and Fashion, an Eckerd College Winter Term<\/a> course taught in January by Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Rachel de Cuba<\/a>. The course was far more than simply admiring uniform designs.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents studied the historic connections and brand development that have created the iconic names we wear today,\u201d de Cuba explains. \u201cThe focus is on textiles, fashion and branding, and also hands-on design. We talk about how we create connections to those designs and logos within sports apparel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey also focused on our customization, and how fashion, design and sports intersect through readings, film, and case studies of iconic campaigns. The students learned the design theory as well as customization techniques through hands-on activities culminating in the creation of their own custom sportswear.\u201d<\/p>\n

An interdisciplinary artist who grew up in Sebastian, on Florida\u2019s east coast, de Cuba received her bachelor of fine arts degree in studio art at Flagler College in 2013 and her master of fine arts in digital art at Indiana University Bloomington in 2019. She later served as an instructor of art at IU. Most recently, she was an assistant professor of art at Clemson University.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin_tablet=”32″ top_margin_phone=”32″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”19565″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Rachel de Cuba (left) reviews student work.\u00a0<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]In 2019, she was invited to create new media artworks for the New Orleans Film Festival<\/a> with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation. Her work has been shown nationwide.<\/p>\n

The Detroit Red Wings, de Cuba points out, have used the same wheel-and-wings logo since 1949. But this year, to celebrate their 100th year in the National Hockey League, the team introduced special logos and uniforms featuring a reimagined winged wheel with a “1\u201d in front of the wheel and a \u201c0″ behind it.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”2%” bottom_padding=”2%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”top” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”19563″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]The course encouraged students to examine what works visually for a brand’s identity and try and create some of that magic on their own.\u00a0<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\u201cThey\u2019re fantastic at branded identity,\u201d de Cuba says. \u201cAnd it carries it over to their centennial year. 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They\u2019ve done really well.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]And then there are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. \u201cWe consider the context and meaning when we see that retro creamsicle color,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s nostalgic, a harkening back to times of glory. You\u2019ve got to know that as a designer. A fan will know if it\u2019s not the right orange color on a hat. Those details matter to a fan. 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How the adidas and Nike brands developed and how different logos work. Teams want a logo and color that\u2019s distinctive and something people can connect with and get excited about it.\u201d She cites the Hartford Whalers, a former NHL team that incorporated an H, a W and the tail of a whale into an unforgettable logo.<\/p>\n

The course also offered Amelie something more personal. \u201cSewing was something that was passed down and isn’t done that much anymore,\u201d she says. \u201cLike mending something. I want to make sure my clothes last longer. But it’s also customization.\u201d Her final project? \u201cIt\u2019s a t-shirt with Eckerd College in teal appliqu\u00e9 on the front and an orange chain stitch border,\u201d she explains. \u201cI thrifted the material to make the teal cut-outs and the t-shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marco Patzia is a sophomore film studies<\/a> and visual arts<\/a> student from North Redington Beach, Florida. His final final project was a crest of embroidered roses and tulips he embroidered onto a pair of jeans. \u201cThey represent places I\u2019ve lived,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe roses represent Pasadena, California, and the tulips represent where I was born\u2014Pella, Iowa, which is famous for its Dutch heritage and Tulip Time festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wanted to own a print shop or a custom design shop that makes banners and t-shirts, and I definitely learned how much time it takes to produce these things. The last time I embroidered something was in middle school. This was definitely fun. I can express my creative voice and show my life experience through the designs on the clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Sam Shin was a child, he got to see the NBA\u2019s Philadelphia 76ers play a home game. Now a junior biology<\/a> student from North Wales, Pennsylvania, the Designing Icon class brought back memories of the 76ers uniforms. \u201cThe class made me think more about brand identity and what it means. It made me more aware of the conscious choices teams and the fans make. I also wanted to take a class that was outside of my normal interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam\u2019s final project was to embroider a red flower onto a pair of jean shorts. It was his first attempt at embroidery. \u201cI was pretty proud of how it came out,\u201d he says. \u201cI could see myself doing it again.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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