sports

KSO Gala

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Here’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, 2009

The 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, 2008

The 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 [...]

Vintage “Bucky Badger” logo t-shirt

Friday, August 29th, 2008

In 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, 2008

Wow, 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.
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Speaking of Opening Ceremonies, it seems that the British Embassy still issues passports with the name “Peking”. So, here’s an alternate “Anglicized” Olympic logo. [...]

Sweden comes to Ohio

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

The epic adventure is here.

Great American Ball Park construction tour

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002

GABP construction images with old Riverfront/Cinergy Field goodness at the end.