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= Brandiose = Brandiose is a creative ideas company specializing in storytelling and branding for Major League and Minor League Baseball teams. The San Diego-based company was founded by Casey White and Jason Klein.

History
Partners Casey White and Jason Klein grew up in San Diego and became beat friends in kindergarden. The two attended Helix High School where they designed the character artwork and costume for the school mascot.

Upon graduation White attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn while Klein received a mascot scholarship to perform as "Big Al" at the University of Alabama. The duo launched the company under the name, Plan B Branding, out of their college dorm rooms in 2000, designing logos for high school teams.

In Summer of 2000, they sent letters to 150 Minor League Baseball teams extending their services. Only one got back, the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, their first professional sports project.

In 2011, Klein and White renamed the company Brandiose, to "more authentically represent the heart and soul of the company."

Notable Sports Teams
Klein and White have developed team names, mascots, and looks, including top selling logos for the El Paso Chihuahuas, Richmond Flying Squirrels and Lehigh Valley IronPigs. In 2007, the duo modernized the logos and uniforms for America’s oldest baseball club, the Cincinnati Reds.

Innovations
Klein and White are credited with several firsts in professional sports design. These include inventing the first glow-in-the-dark on-field baseball cap for the Casper Ghosts, and the first On-Field Rally Cap design in history for the Altoona Curve.

Popular Culture
In 2014, actor Cheech Marin wore a Brandiose designed El Paso Chihuahuas T-shirt with his tuxedo to a Hollywood red carpet event.