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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. . . . Ohio-State Michigan. Years ago there was a gray “O” at midfield, and I greatly preferred it. In fact, I [...]
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 [...]
Flip-flopping the candidates’ logos
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Here’s what happens when the logos and fonts are switched for the candidates… “WHAT?! The symbol of hope and change being used for old McCain? He’d be the oldest president ever at 72! 72 years, people! This design is a mockery! A travesty!” “WHAT?! A military look for two guys with no military experience? The [...]
Vintage “Bucky Badger” logo t-shirt
Friday, August 29th, 2008In honor of the start of a new college football season, here’s a t-shirt I bought in 1988 as a co-op student living and working in Madison. It’s interesting because the logo is unfinished (is it showing the revisions made during the trademark licensing program of 1988?) and because it has non-photo blue (!) grid [...]
Opening Ceremonies!
Friday, August 8th, 2008Wow, it’s finally here–the launch of my full website. THANK YOU to everyone who has offered encouragement to me over the past many months. Thank you, thank you, thank you. – – – Speaking of Opening Ceremonies, it seems that the British Embassy still issues passports with the name “Peking”. So, here’s an alternate “Anglicized” [...]
Patronus logo
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Here’s a logo I designed for a friend’s racing sailboat. Ah, beautiful Trajan From Harry Potter, where the Patronus charm conjures an incarnation of one’s most positive feelings. “Expecto Patronum!” (Latin for “I await a protector”) is related to “pater” (father)–which fits in very well with my friend’s father-son sailing connections.
Phil Keaggy logo contest
Thursday, July 17th, 2008I stumbled upon a logo contest at philkeaggy.com in June, but the entries were all due the next day. So, I cranked out a concept–and won a free CD! I didn’t get the top spot, but was in the top five. “Aspirational! Heaven! The Cross!” And yeah, I’m familiar with his work…
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