Planet 5 × Peak Design — The Mountains Are the Brief

Planet 5

Built in the field.
For thirty years.

Planet 5 is a luxury mountain preservation platform founded by Dirk Collins — Emmy-nominated filmmaker, co-founder of Teton Gravity Research, and fine art photographer with three decades in the world's most demanding mountain environments. We work at the intersection of preservation photography, high-altitude specialty coffee, guardian memberships, and origin expeditions.

Our founding belief: the people who love wild places most are the ones best positioned to protect them. Every product we make, every expedition we lead, returns directly to the ecosystem it came from.

Years in the field

Continents

750K

Images archived

92K

Hectares preserved

Origin Expeditions

Planet 5 leads an ongoing program of fine art preservation expeditions to the world's great mountain ranges. Each produces imagery, film, and stories that fund the ecosystems they document.

Nepal Himalayan Coffee & Wildlife Corridor

Patagonia End of the Earth

Kenya The Northern Reaches

Swiss Alps The Original Guardians

Your gear.
These mountains.
This photographer.

Peak Design equipment used and documented by Dirk Collins and his team in the field, at altitude, across Nepal, Patagonia, Kenya, and the Swiss Alps. Not a brand shoot. Not a studio arrangement. The gear doing what it was made for, in places most cameras never reach, in the hands of one of the world's great expedition photographers.

Bags, capture clips, straps, and tripod in active use throughout each expedition

Authentic field documentation — real conditions, real altitude, real access

Behind-the-scenes footage of Dirk working with Peak Design gear in the field

Photographer's notes on gear performance at extreme altitude — real editorial content

Content formatted for Peak Design's channels, newsletter, and retail environments

Images that earn
their place on
the wall.

Museum-quality archival prints from Planet 5's expedition photography program, available for Peak Design's NYC and San Francisco flagship stores, your digital channels, and internal creative environments. These are not product lifestyle shots. They are fine art from active preservation expeditions, shot on Peak Design gear, in landscapes that cannot be replicated.

Limited edition archival prints for NYC and San Francisco flagships, numbered and signed

High-resolution expedition imagery for digital channels, email, and editorial use

Rotating seasonal collections tied to each expedition destination

Co-branded print packaging and certificates of preservation

Office and studio prints for Peak Design's internal creative spaces

Two brands.
The same
conviction.

Peak Design has been Climate Neutral certified since 2018, B-Corp certified, and a 1% for the Planet member since 2010. Planet 5's model — preservation photography as a direct economic engine for mountain communities — is a story that sits naturally inside everything Peak Design already stands for. This is not a cause partnership. It is a values alignment that your audience will feel immediately.

Climate Neutral 2018

B-Corp Certified

1% for the Planet

Planet 5 Preservation Model

Every expedition directly funds the mountain ecosystem it documents

92,000 hectares preserved through the Himalayan Coffee & Wildlife Corridor

Mountain communities are partners, not beneficiaries — named, credited, compensated directly

Verified, measurable impact available for Peak Design's sustainability reporting

Shared narrative: gear designed for the mountains, used to protect them

Content that moves
between both
audiences.

Planet 5 and Peak Design share an audience: serious photographers, outdoor professionals, and people who believe the gear they carry should mean something. Co-promotion across both platforms creates real reach — and a Summit Shot contest gives that audience a reason to participate.

Shared Content Program

Expedition dispatches from the field, co-branded for both channels

Photographer's journal entries — Dirk on gear, altitude, and access

Behind-the-scenes expedition footage for Instagram and YouTube

Seasonal campaign drops aligned to the expedition calendar

Email newsletter features for both Planet 5 and Peak Design lists

The Summit Shot Contest

Community photography contest using Peak Design gear in mountain environments

Judged by Dirk Collins — winner receives a signed Planet 5 fine art print

Winning image featured across both brands' channels and Peak Design retail

Drives list growth, social engagement, and earned media for both brands

Reinforces Peak Design as the gear of choice for serious mountain photographers

One conversation.
Let's see where it goes.

A thirty-minute call to walk through the full expedition program, the fine art portfolio from past expeditions, and what a field gear partnership would look like in practice.

We share the full expedition brief including destination timelines, team composition, deliverable formats, and content calendar for co-promotion across both brands.

We agree on an initial expedition to activate the partnership, align on the fine art print program for your flagship stores, and confirm the Summit Shot contest timeline.

We build something that both brands are proud of — and that your audience, and ours, can actually feel.

The Mountains
Are the Brief.

Built in the field.
For thirty years.

Your gear.
These mountains.
This photographer.

Images that earn
their place on
the wall.

Two brands.
The same
conviction.

Content that moves
between both
audiences.

One conversation.
Let's see where it goes.

The MountainsAre the Brief.

Built in the field.For thirty years.

Your gear.These mountains.This photographer.

Images that earntheir place onthe wall.

Two brands.The sameconviction.

Content that movesbetween bothaudiences.

One conversation.Let's see where it goes.

The Mountains
Are the Brief.

Built in the field.
For thirty years.

Your gear.
These mountains.
This photographer.

Images that earn
their place on
the wall.

Two brands.
The same
conviction.

Content that moves
between both
audiences.

One conversation.
Let's see where it goes.