POP IN DESIGNS × ELEVATE ON THE AVE

IDEAS
YOU CAN
WEAR.

Custom apparel, sneaker concepts, client merchandise, and one-of-one pieces—built with the hands-on retail experience to take an idea from conversation to finished product.

POP IN DESIGNS
EST.2020ELEVATE ON THE AVE
EST.2021

The workspeaks in color.

This is a growing archive of the journey from Pop In Designs to the retail brand ELEVATE: On The Ave—from in-house setups to a 3,000 sq ft storefront, and the continued mission to expand the vision.

ELEVATE on the Ave storefront exterior — **The shop.**The space where ideas started taking shape and the culture came to life.View archive →

Hat wall inside the original ELEVATE shop — **The process.**Printing, pressing, testing, fixing, learning. Every piece earned its place.View archive →

Heat-transfer vinyl rolls inside the ELEVATE shop — **The process.**Printing, pressing, testing, fixing, learning. Every piece earned its place.View archive →

Meyer Inc. customer hoodies on a rack — **Client merch.**Customer jobs, branded apparel, team orders, and bulk runs—not just one-offs.View archive →

Meyer Inc. bulk hoodie order packaged for delivery — **Client merch.**Customer jobs, branded apparel, team orders, and bulk runs—not just one-offs.View archive →

THE STORY SO FAR

From the seed
to the storefront.

A timeline of creativity meeting necessity—and becoming something much bigger.

Late 2019Back to school

Returned to graphic-design courses to sharpen the visual foundation.

Early Jan 2020The conversation

Sat in on a long conversation with an experienced apparel-production specialist and absorbed the practical game.

Mar 2020Building anyway

COVID changed the job situation. Graphic design and newly learned production knowledge finally met in real life.

2020–2021The build

The house became a hands-on production lab—more practice, more equipment, more capability, more confidence.

2021Established

ELEVATE: On The Ave was established and the work stepped from the house into a real storefront.

THE EVOLUTION

From 500 sq ft
to 3,000 sq ft.

One year in, the vision outgrew the space. More room. More equipment. More capacity. More community. More possibility.

THE FIRST SHOP500SQ FT

Small space. Big vision. The first year.

Merchandise display inside the original 500-square-foot ELEVATE shop

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THE EXPANSION3,000SQ FT

More room. More create. More room to grow.

Original ELEVATE 3,000-square-foot shop interior

Tie-dye apparel with original custom sneaker project

MORE THAN
APPAREL.

It wasn’t just about clothing.
It was about creating a space where ideas, community and culture could live together.

Design stopped living on a screen and became something people could wear, buy, touch, gift and build a business around.

What’s next?

The apparel journey is just one chapter. The mission continues to create, connect and elevate through design, technology and real-world experiences.

Explore the universe →

CUSTOM APPAREL INQUIRIES

What are we
making?

Tell me the idea, quantity, and timing. If the details are still loose, that is okay—we can start with the vision.

IDEASYOU CANWEAR.

The workspeaks in color.

From the seedto the storefront.

From 500 sq ftto 3,000 sq ft.

MORE THANAPPAREL.

It wasn’t just about clothing.It was about creating a space where ideas, community and culture could live together.