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Friday, November 18th, 2011Bo knows baseball, but T-Bo knows prayer! Based on Nike’s “Bo Knows” ads (from 1990) for their cross-training shoes, here’s a parody update with Tim Tebow praying. Cross-training indeed!
Photo image: Tim Tebow prays right after scoring the dramatic winning touchdown on November 17, 2011. Parody ad bonus: Reebok and Nike logo confusion.
More Tebowing.
Vader Vest t-shirt design
Saturday, June 4th, 2011What a week for Buckeye Nation. After Jim Tressel’s resignation, we now try to figure out if he’s good or bad. This reminds me of another good/bad icon, Darth Vader–whom the younger generation sees as generally good, but the older generation does not.
After the OSU press conference debacle earlier in the year, it was obvious [...]
Cincinnati Magazine photo contest
Saturday, June 4th, 2011I submitted three photos for the Cincinnati Magazine photo contest for the American Sign Museum, and one of them was chosen as the winner!
Here are all three of my entries; the first one is my favorite because we drive by it daily.
Battle of the Blue Dogs
Monday, April 4th, 2011Tonight’s NCAA Finals between Connecticut and Butler feature two blue dogs as the mascots. The blues are very similar, but UConn’s blue (Pantone 281) is warmer (has more red) than Butler’s blue (Pantone 541) which is cooler (less red). Just remember the in-game personalities of the two coaches–UConn’s Jim Calhoun tends to get “warm” while [...]
Super Bowl XLV: Packers Gold = Steelers Gold
Saturday, February 5th, 2011The Packers and Steelers share the same yellow gold color, Pantone 1235:
This would make a decent flag…
…for my friends, whose house is divided:
Another flag option, a horizontal tricolor:
Jamaica flag!
A car logo you’ve never seen before
Monday, August 10th, 2009Alright, it was one that I had never seen before–which is saying something. Steyr-Puch is Austrian and their Pinzgauer is one of the coolest vehicles I’ve seen around here. Thanks to Lee at European Auto Specialists for the tour.
GM’s new divisions (banana republic style)
Monday, April 27th, 2009If this were a banana republic, the recent removal of GM’s CEO and board would open up all kinds of possibilities—like renaming the divisions for cabinet members! Here are some revised logos with actual (often humorous) taglines.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets Chevrolet, the largest brand.
Vice President Joe Biden, the old guy, gets Buick—the maker [...]
KSO Gala
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Here’s a sign I designed for the Kentucky Symphony’s annual Gala. (The ladies here—I think they were Ben-Gals—did not know this, and I didn’t mention it.) When they asked if I wanted to be in the picture with them, I replied “No thanks.” Thankfully, they did not cover up the sign–otherwise I would’ve had to [...]
College Football Rivalries
Thursday, January 8th, 2009The 2008 college football season ends tonight (a battle of two Ohio boys), so here are some random design observations from two games I attended–arguably the two best rivalry games in the country.
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Ohio-State Michigan. Years ago there was a gray “O” at midfield, and I greatly preferred it. In fact, I think Ohio [...]
College football team colors
Monday, October 27th, 2008The top four teams in this week’s AP poll have uniforms that use only one team color and white. There are other teams that do this (Michigan State’s dark green and white comes to mind), but most teams use a combination of two (Scarlet & Gray, Maize & Blue, Garnet & Gold, etc.) Since many [...]
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