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Published on June 16th, 2008 || 5 Excellent Comments
For the third year in a row, the Portland Lindy Society asked me to design the materials for the Portland Lindy Exchange. The exchange is a huge swing dance event including about 35 hours of dancing, live bands, great venues and dancers from all over the world.
This year I designed the materials with a vaudeville flair. I searched all over the Internet looking for the perfect font and finally discovered Boston Truckstyle. I wanted a font with some flourish, but nothing too extreme. Boston Truckstyle has great options and beautifully simple finishing touches.
Evrim Icoz Photography took the photo in the flyer above at the 2008 Portland Lindy Exchange. I removed a bunch of people from the background for a cleaner look.
The whole job uses black and Pantone 877 metallic silver ink. I have been debating about whether or not I should create a fake metallic effect for the web banners and the header for their website. What do you think?
I’ve also designed materials for the event itself. I’m still working on a poster and the program. I will finalize both once bands and venues are locked down, probably sometime in December. However, I have already designed tickets to the late night dances and the shirts for the event.
The tickets will be hole-punched at the door so attendees can keep them as a souvenir if they choose. Both the promotional and event shirts will be printed on several different shirt styles to appeal to different tastes.
What do you think of my designs? Would you change anything?
Coucou Bleu Poster Design
Published on May 15th, 2008 || 5 Excellent Comments
For those of you who are wondering what happened to me, unfortunately, the last three weeks have been crazy for me. The company I worked for eliminated 600 positions on April 25 including mine. Unemployed life has been quite hectic—applying for jobs, scrambling to make ends meet and wrapping up freelance projects has left me […]
Type Exercise: Designing a Cliché
Published on April 30th, 2008 || 3 Excellent Comments
This is a type design exercise I did while I was attending the Art Institute of Phoenix. It proved to be one of my favorite projects, so I decided to share it with you here.
Project | Typographically Represent a Cliché
Purpose
To understand the expressive quality of words in a phrase and explore type as a […]
My Logo Nominated for Logo Design Love Awards
Published on April 7th, 2008 || 3 Excellent Comments
David Airey’s newest blog Logo Design Love has been featuring various logos from many lesser-known blogs in his Logo Design Love Awards. I am happy to announce that my personal logo was nominated for this week’s competition. You can vote for me here.
If you care to read more about my logo these two posts are […]
Type Exercise: Creative Type Alignment
Published on April 4th, 2008 || 3 Excellent Comments
After generating so much interest with my first type exercise, John at i Love Typography asked me to put together regular exercises for the readers of his blog. I believe he will be turning it into a contest, so if you would like to participate, visit iLT for contest rules. As for me, I’m really excited about […]
Poster Design Inspiration: Nothing Like a Dame
Published on April 2nd, 2008 || Leave Your Thoughts
My main side job is designing for the local swing dance groups. Consequently, I constantly look through vintage and vintage inspired posters for inspiration. Today, I ran across these two posters for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The poster on the left caught my eye while I was searching for cabaret posters on Google Images. The hand-drawn […]
What’s Your Logo Font?
Published on March 26th, 2008 || 9 Excellent Comments
A few people have inquired about the font I chose for my personal logo. When I first chose the font, I selected it because it felt like me. Could I be any more ambiguous?
When I was searching for the perfect font for my logo, I wanted something inviting, somewhat feminine and dealt with the negative […]
Designing Expressive Words
Published on March 20th, 2008 || 28 Excellent Comments
The fifth project in Designing with Type is to explore the expressive quality of words through typography. I remember doing this project on several occasions while I was attending the Art Institute of Phoenix, but this time around, I gave myself greater parameters.
I limited myself to the five classic typefaces the book discussed in […]
Designing with Type
Published on March 18th, 2008 || 2 Excellent Comments
I have been feeling sick for about a week and a half now. Over the weekend my immune system finally said, “You win!” Consequently, the couch became my constant companion except for my short trip to the bookstore for some new design books.
I could probably vent for an entire blog entry about how poorly designed […]
Flyer and Poster Design for PLS
Published on March 13th, 2008 || 4 Excellent Comments
Recently, I offered to design promotional materials for the Portland Lindy Society’s (PLS) regular weekly dance. They are the nonprofit swing dance group in Portland and their flyers needed a bit of design help. Since I was actively involved in marketing their recent large event, I thought it would benefit them if they had flyers […]