Posts Tagged ‘logo’
Draplin Drones Defined
WARNING: The following includes design commentary humor, most of which is tongue-in-cheek, you can figure the parts out that aren’t. #DraplinDrone – {dræp-lin drōn} – noun. A graphic designer sporting a thick ‘Yeard’ {one year of growing your beard, without trimming it, shaving it} commonly seen in the wild wearing trucker hats with patches associated…
Read MoreNew Houzz logo – will ya just look at it.
If this was an Onion article headline, it would read: “Renowned graphic designer explains her creative process in coming up with a new emblem for a home design website: “The beach house needs a new porch.”” This week saw the introduction of totally new logo for Houzz, the $4 billion home decor platform. The company…
Read MoreRejected Logo, Hey – Go Find Yourself a Home.
Every designer has at some point thought: “Man, I could totally improve so-and-so’s logo SO much!” Sometimes that desire leaves the creative little choice but to go ahead and create their own version of the new logo and branding out of a desire typically born from appreciating what the company or brand is doing (or…
Read MoreAkua Line of Inks Rebranding Complete.
We can finally show you some of the process from the rebrand project for Speedball Art Products. Akua® inks are professional quality, water-based inks created by two professional printmakers who were motivated to create safe, fume free inks. Once the unique product line was purchased by Speedball, it needed a major upgrade from where the…
Read MoreBrand Spanking New Brand for Brand Spanking New Whiskey Bar.
We are fortunate to get to work on some pretty fun accounts, but some days are even better than others. Case in point: Creating the logo and branding design for a new local whiskey bar? Yes please. Bootleggers’ is soon to open in Hickory. The owner, Matt Miller, has some great plans to carry a…
Read MoreCD Packaging Design Home Run for The Baseball Project.
We are fortunate to come across some really cool projects to get to work on now and again. This design project for the super group The Baseball Project was a real thrill and honor to get to produce. This band is is composed of Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, R.E.M.), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Gutterball), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), and Linda…
Read MoreNew Band Logo Designs
We were recently asked to help this new band with their identity development and to help capture the “feel” of the band and their music. The only specific directive from the band was that we not use ANY imagery of flowers or an actual magnolia. US: “Right, ok, roger dodger, NO magnolias in the design,…
Read MoreEXCELLENT Design!
We recently got the privilege of helping the staff and students at Washington Junior High School in Toledo, Ohio with a T-shirt design. The “EXCELLENT” design is for students who passed both parts of the 7th grade Ohio Achievement Test (reading and math). The Washington Cougars successfully passed the state report card and got he EXCELLENT…
Read MoreLogo design for record label Ramseur Records, woof woof!
We recently finished some logo design work for Ramseur Records new look. Ramseur Records is an independent folk and roots music record label based in Concord, N.C. The label was founded in July 2000 by Dolph Ramseur and has become one of the most respected indie folk labels on the national scene. Heard of The…
Read More5 Heads are better than one logo design.
We really enjoyed helping 5 Head Entertainment totally rebrand its image with this new direction. Part of the challenge we had was taking all the different aspects of what 5 Head Entertainment offers (artist management, promotion, a record label) and create a way graphically that ties them all together, as well as one “umbrella” logo…
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