Visual strategy · Identity · Presentation design

The Caine Group

An industrial identity with a personal connection.

Design by Josh Gooch · Created through Best Branding Solutions

A clear brief.
A meaningful connection.

The Caine Group is a parent company of businesses in the roads construction industry. The brief called for an identity that felt industrial while including an atlas reference with a personal connection to the owner.

My work covered visual design strategy and identity development through the finished logo. We also designed a branded presentation for the company.

01 / Finding the visual idea

From an atlas reference
to intersecting letterforms.

I explored literal atlas and globe imagery before finding a direction in the rounded forms of C and G. Intersecting the letterforms brought the reference into a mark built around the company’s initials.

Early explorations used red and black. Through collaboration with the client, the final palette developed into blue and silver.

02 / The finished identity

A mark and name
that belong together.

The final identity pairs the intersecting mark with a strong wordmark. Together, the initials, typography, and palette give the company a recognizable visual foundation.

Hard-hat images are presentation mockups showing the identity in context.

03 / Presentation design

Carry the identity
into the conversation.

We designed the eight-slide “Roof to Road” presentation for Jim Russell’s talk at the Carolina Recycling Association’s 33rd Annual Conference & Trade Show.

The deck carries the identity’s blue-and-silver palette and logo into layouts that combine technical information, industry photography, and clear visual hierarchy.

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Roof to Road

Wet blending recycled asphalt shingles to manufacture asphalt paving.

Presenter: Jim Russell · 8 slides · CRA conference presentation

A focused identity.
A practical expression.

The project connects a personal brief to an industrial visual identity, then applies that identity to a presentation. Its story is in the design decisions and the finished work.

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