Co J. Bappe is a CMF & Graphic designer currently working in the power sports industry with a focus on Yamaha’s recreational off-road vehicles, and personal watercraft. Collaborating with Yamaha’s product planning teams and a variety of vendors Co has helped to unify Yamaha’s brand language across their vast product lineup by creating graphics, colors, materials and finishes that are trend leading in the power sports industry.

Co’s past experience includes working in the apparel industry with a focus on men's and boys graphic tees. Over his career, Co has been granted the opportunity to work with some of the world's most recognized brands such as Ford, Chevrolet, General Motors, Jeep, Kawasaki, Pepsi-Cola, Animal Planet and Miller Coors, just to mention a few. As a four year degreed graduate from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Co has had the opportunity to apply his talent for some of the most recognizable and noteworthy companies in Pittsburgh to include; Ten United, The Carnegie Science Center and Trau & Loevner.

Co has the uncanny ability to acknowledge a challenge, deduce the positive and negative conclusions and use that knowledge and understanding to apply to his own work. Co is principally concerned with negative space, visual weight and placement of smaller components. He strives to create balance in problem solving situations where harmony seems impossible.

Co is an accomplished graphic designer that has a tenacious interest in learning and creating. In Co's free time he enjoys his hobbies of designing and fabricating motorcycles, modifying and racing cars, cycling, skateboarding, snowboarding and traveling abroad to experience other cultures. This unique combination of interests and experiences grant Co a deeper understanding of consumer branding and the perception of customer expectations.

Co's motorcycle builds have been featured in major motorcycle magazines: