All work
2020 & 2024 Olympic Games

2020 & 2024 Olympic Games Jerseys

Team USA archery jerseys for the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games.

Project
USA Archery
My role
Apparel design & creative direction
Format
Olympic competition apparelTokyo 2020 · Paris 2024
A Team USA archer competing in the Olympic jersey designed by Shelby Klein
Team USA archery competition apparelView image
THE PROJECT

Team identity, made for the field of play.

I designed Team USA archery jerseys for the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The work carried a national identity into competition apparel, from early concepts and visual direction through production-ready artwork.

My contribution

SCOPE OF WORK
  1. Concept development

    Exploring how Team USA’s identity could take shape across the competition jerseys.

  2. Visual direction

    Balancing national identity and Olympic branding requirements with the needs of performance apparel.

  3. Production artwork

    Preparing the designs for manufacture in collaboration with athletes, USA Archery, and apparel partners.

DESIGN & INTENT

Identity with practical constraints

Competition apparel has to work as clothing and as a visible expression of the team. The design process considered performance requirements alongside national identity and Olympic branding standards. Those constraints shaped the visual direction as the concepts developed.

BUILD & CONTEXT

Carrying the design into production

The work continued beyond concept selection into production-ready artwork and collaboration with the people wearing and manufacturing the garments. The photographs show the designs in their intended setting: Team USA athletes competing.