Amy Melissa Bennett

Aerostep: A Sustainable Brand Experience System

Structures physical, digital, and social touchpoints into a coordinated brand system.

an ai generated image of an Aerostep pop-up event, featuring shoe displays, design elements, and interactivity

My Role in the System

I defined Aerostep as a connected brand system rather than a single campaign, establishing how physical, digital, and social touchpoints operate as a coordinated structure.

My role focused on organizing how users move between environments and defining how each component reinforces a consistent sustainability narrative across contexts.

System Overview

Aerostep is structured as a system of interconnected components spanning physical, digital, and social environments. The Aerostep brand was defined as part of the system, including its product concept, audience, and positioning, allowing its visual language, messaging, and interaction model to be developed in direct alignment with the overall structure.

The system is built around three primary layers: a pop-up retail environment, an interactive product storytelling layer, and a short-form campaign system. Each layer operates independently while reinforcing a shared structure, allowing users to move between in-person interaction, digital engagement, and social content without breaking continuity.

Together, these components create a coordinated system where brand values are communicated consistently across contexts.

Approach

I structured Aerostep as a coordinated system by defining how physical, digital, and social touchpoints operate as interconnected layers rather than independent experiences.

Each layer was designed with shared constraints, including consistent visual language, simplified interaction patterns, and material choices aligned with sustainability goals, ensuring continuity as users move between environments.

Project Goals

The system maintains continuity across physical, digital, and social environments while communicating sustainability as a structured signal.

It supports direct user interaction, ensures clarity across touchpoints, and maintains a cohesive visual and experiential identity as users move between contexts.

Project Highlights

• Structured a multi-environment brand system across physical, digital, and social layers

• Defined a pop-up retail environment as the system’s physical entry point

• Implemented QR-based product interaction to connect physical and digital layers

• Developed a short-form campaign system to extend messaging across social platforms

• Established a shared visual language to maintain continuity across all touchpoints

Process

Artifacts defining how the system is structured, expressed, and extended across environments.

Aerostep brand identity showing two color variations of a wind turbine-inspired logo on blue and teal backgrounds

Defines the visual language that maintains continuity across all touchpoints

Aerostep pop-up retail display featuring sustainable footwear, QR-based interaction, and AR product experience elements

Establishes the physical–digital interaction layer through product display and QR-based engagement

AI-generated image of a nine panel TikTok ad spot using phrases 'Powered By Wind' and 'Step Lightly'

Extends the system through structured, short-form campaign content across social platforms

*AI-generated visuals are integrated as part of the system. Their use is explicit within the interaction model.