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Inspire Oakland billboard designed by Jack DeJesus above an Oakland street.

Inspire Oakland

Billboards belong to the community.

2010–Present

  • Founder · Program Design · Visual & Community Design

Every display in this city tells a story.Priced out, it was never ours to tell.15+ years of lifting diverse voices 60 feet wide.

BRIDGEGOOD's iconic Inspire Oakland Design Challenge changing lives since 2009.
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Reclaiming the skyline.

Every year, BRIDGEGOOD asks Bay Area creatives one question: What about Oakland inspires you? Their answers deserve the same stage as any brand, so BRIDGEGOOD covers the cost: $50,000 in media a year, $800,000 across sixteen years, all of it free to students. Artists keep their work and their name. On International Boulevard, a kid waiting for the bus glances up and sees a face from their community. They start picturing an answer of their own.

  • Launching Bay Area creative careers.
  • Uplifting 500+ student artists.
  • Showcasing 140+ public works.
  • Earning 104M+ public impressions.
  • Transforming 43 neighborhood bus benches.
  • Brightening 35 Oakland intersections.
  • Lighting up forty 60-foot screens.
  • Investing $800K in student visibility.
  • Supporting design education for 16 years.