Aviation Design Kitchen Sink

Every golden age element in one place. Pick what you love.

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Split-Flap Display

Solari board — numbers flip in on scroll. Already live on homepage + case studies.

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Boarding Pass Card

Case study cards as boarding passes. Perforated tear line, flight details, class marker.

HEADWINDS FIRST CLASS
PDX Portland, OR
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NYC New York, NY
CLIENT Doc & Glo
FLIGHT HDW-001
GATE A1
SEAT 1A
US Market Launch HDW-001
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Luggage Tag

Work page cards as luggage tags. Brass rivet, routing code, destination.

PDX → NATIONWIDE James Gin Spirits • Retail • DTC
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MIA → GLOBAL Doc & Glo Body Care • DTC • Retail
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Gate Sign CTA

The CTA banner as an illuminated airport gate sign.

GATE A1 NOW BOARDING
Let's talk about your brand. Flight HDW • Departing Soon
Board Now
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Ticket Jacket / Route Map

Services as a journey map. Each phase is a destination on the route.

CONCEPT Brand strategy, identity, packaging design
BUILD Manufacturing, Shopify, Klaviyo setup
LAUNCH Paid media, email campaigns, retail outreach
GROW Scale distribution, optimize, compound
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Safety Card

How We Work as an airline safety card. Numbered steps, sectioned layout.

IN CASE OF BRAND EMERGENCY
1 ✉ Contact Headwinds
2 ☎ 30-minute discovery call
3 ✍ Custom engagement proposal
4 ✈ Liftoff
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Cocktail Napkin

Testimonial or pull-quote on a branded napkin.

"They took us from zero to 150 retail locations in two years. I've never seen anything like it."
— Future Client Testimonial
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First Class Menu

Services as a dining menu. Elegant typography, gold borders.

HEADWINDS Services Menu

To Start

Packaging Design & Engineering Included
Brand Development Included

Main Course

DTC Commerce Build Included
Manufacturing & Operations Included

To Finish

Paid Media & Growth Phase 2
Retail Distribution Phase 2
From $5,000/month • Month-to-month
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Baggage Claim Ticket

Metric or stat cards as numbered claim tickets with carbon-copy feel.

0001 $20M+ Revenue Generated
0002 150 Retail Locations
0003 50+ SKUs Launched
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Departure Timetable

Client list as a departures board. Status column shows outcomes.

FLIGHT DESTINATION CATEGORY STATUS
HDW-001 Doc & Glo Body Care LANDED
HDW-002 James Gin Spirits LANDED
HDW-003 Corkcicle Drinkware IN FLIGHT
HDW-004 Your Brand ??? BOARDING
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Captain's Wings

Logo or section divider as pilot wings badge. Pure CSS.

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Porthole Window

Image frame as airplane window. Rounded inner frame, outer bezel.

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Runway Threshold Divider

Section divider as runway threshold markings.

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Compass Rose

Navigation/strategy element. Pure CSS compass.

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Art Deco Header

Section heading with deco geometric ornaments.

Selected Work

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Air Mail Envelope

Contact or newsletter section as a vintage air mail envelope. Red-blue chevron border.

HDW
VIA AIR MAIL • PAR AVION To: Your Next Brand Partner From: Headwinds, Portland OR

We'd love to hear about your brand. Drop us a line and we'll be in touch within 24 hours.

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Flight Manifest

About/team page as a flight crew manifest. Rank, name, role.

FLIGHT CREW MANIFEST HDW-2024
CPT Adam DiTusa-Brown Packaging, Manufacturing, Supply Chain ACTIVE
CPT Tom Brown Commerce, Marketing, Growth ACTIVE
NET Global Network Freelance specialists, on-demand STANDBY
FILED: PORTLAND, OR CREW: 2 + NETWORK
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Instrument Cluster

Metrics as cockpit gauges. Animated fill on scroll.

$20M REVENUE
150 STORES
50+ SKUS
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Passport Stamps

Client logos as passport entry stamps. Tilted, faded, overlapping.

DOC & GLO MIAMI • 2023
JAMES GIN PORTLAND • 2022
CORKCICLE ORLANDO • 2024
SAMSUNG SEOUL • 2021
COOKIES LOS ANGELES • 2023
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Radar Sweep

Animated radar as a "scanning for opportunities" or loading element.

SCANNING FOR OPPORTUNITIES
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Vintage Travel Poster

Hero or feature section as a 1950s travel poster. Bold type, geometric shapes.

PORTLAND Fly Headwinds Premium Brand Development • Est. 2020
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Black Box / Flight Recorder

Data container for case study details. "Do Not Open" industrial feel.

FLIGHT DATA RECORDER — DO NOT OPEN
CLIENT Doc & Glo
DURATION 18 months
REVENUE $XXX,XXX
STATUS ACTIVE • CLIMBING
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Altitude Indicator

Artificial horizon instrument. Could show brand growth trajectory.

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CLIMBING
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Animated Flight Path

SVG plane following a curved route between two points. CSS animation only.

START SCALE ✈
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Windsock

Animated windsock. Could indicate "market conditions" or "headwinds we face".

FACING INTO THE WIND