Katherine Bjelke

Made for the people
behind space

Apparel design as an
extension of branding

Space Generation

Illustration | Apparel

Space & apparel

Space Generation needed apparel designs that reflected the space community’s identity while aligning with both their brand and that of their B2B partners. I created a series of themed T-shirts and merchandise, including a flagship design with hidden space milestones, an ERC anniversary shirt highlighting a Mars rover location, and a board game collaboration for the AGE of the Moon. Each design balanced wearability with story-driven visuals.

The apparel has been worn across industry events and outreach activities, helping strengthen brand presence within the space professional community.

Space Generation

This flagship T-shirt was designed to reflect the identity of Space Generation while celebrating the legacy of human space exploration.

The central logo is subtly integrated using negative space. Around it, the graphic traces three defining “generations” of space: Sputnik, ISS, the James Webb Space Telescope, each marking a key milestone in how we explore and understand the universe.

Age of the moon

Designed for the launch of the AGE of the Moon board game, this T-shirt visualizes elements from the game while paying tribute to real lunar history.

The graphic highlights one of the Moon’s key locations featured in gameplay, along with subtle crosshair markers inspired by those seen in original Apollo mission photographs.

ERC 10th Anniversary

To mark 10 years of the European Rover Challenge (Europe’s leading Mars rover competition) I designed a commemorative T-shirt.

Showing circular graphic divided into four key elements: Valles Marineris (the simulated Mars terrain), rover tracks, orbital paths, and a robotic arm symbolizing the engineering tasks central to the challenge. One shirt, signed by astronauts and ERC speakers, ended up auctioned for PLN 16,300.00, supporting a charitable cause and demonstrating the design’s strong reception.