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I was contacted by the IAFP (International Association for Food Protection) to help them create a logo for the their 2011 Annual Meeting. The meeting is to be help in Milwaukee, WI and they will be celebrating 100 years in the food protection industry.
We first created a logo for the 100th Anniversary. They are going to use this logo over the next year to help bring awareness to this wonderful business achievement. We wanted it to be universal enough yet eye catching so association members would see the value in the achievement. The logo also needed to be able to blend with all their current marketing materials. To the left is what we came up with. I was really happy with their choice. Like many other times, I gave the client three to choose from. This client just happened to choose my favorite one! Always nice when that happens. Makes me realize that we might have similar taste and this process will move smoothly!
Next our challenge was to create a logo for the annual meeting. This ended up turning out just like we needed but it didn’t come with a little sweat. The challenge I was facing was trying to tie together, International Food Protection, 100 years, and Milwaukee Wisconsin. What do they all have in common??? I decided to just do a logo that was based on font and text and bring the look and feel to the materials instead. So, I proposed to my client this logo but I showed it to them in a piece so they could get the feeling that I was wanting.
Here the Invitation to Exhibit for the annual meeting. It showcases the feeling that I am looking for and the logo all together. This was helpful to assist my client with getting the big picture. In the background, you will see pictures of the five most popular attractions I found when I Googled this location.
It is always nice when you can create material for clients and they are hosting in place like CA and you can use palm trees or in CO and you can focus on the mountains. But for Milwaukee Wisconsin, how do you pick just one thing that will target your whole audience. We went with color and lines that all tied together a common feeling.
This project is going to consist of many different pieces. Some to be mailed and some to be set out during meetings and in the office. This piece was created to be taken with them to the meeting that was held this year. A perfect place to target your audience for next year! It is rather hard to understand the layout so I will do my best to describe it.
Once it is printed and folded this is a tri-fold landscape handout with a finished size of 5×7. The first picture is the inside and you can see dotted lines where it is to be folded. The second picture is the front cover, back cover and the first piece they see when they open the handout.
Once I get one of the final versions in the printed form, I may take a picture so it will better help you understand the layout. Small but packed full of information all tied together in an eye catching way!
I am in dire need to update my website right now with my latest works! Is it a good problem when I don’t have (or make) the time to keep my site updated but can spend hours working on all my clients materials!!!??? So, before I update some projects, logos, and websites on here. I will give you a sneak peak through my blog.
IAFP – International Association for Food Protection
I have had the pleasureof assisting these awesome people with their latest project, creating a theme around their 2011 Annual Event in Milwaukee. They are also marking their 100th year of service and were in need of a logo to state this. While these two events are completely separate, we needed to make sure the “looks” worked well together.
Here is the 100th Anniversary logo we came up with.
I will post the annual event material soon! The colors aren’t coming through correctly this morning…
studio 3
We have been busy getting business cards, letterhead, flyers and everything else in order for Amanda at studio 3. Below is a taste of what their business cards are going to look like. Very happy with the way things are turning out for her! We are doing a front and back full color business card.
I could upload more, but instead I need to get working on studio 3′s newsletter! Yes, another thing to add to my list of capabilities. I am designing newsletters and sending them out every month for clients. Calling myself their “Virtual Assistant!”
It is small business week and the blogs that I am reading this week are packed full of great useful tips for me and many of my clients. The one that is on my mind right now is regarding how to choose you business name.
When I look back at choosing my companies name, I can honestly say, I started with just my name being business name. Then, I moved on to my initials. Pretty common moves so far… Then, I added 26 (my anniversary date) to my initials. It was starting to feel better but we were still not there. Then, my husband called one day and said, “I got it, Design 26!” I loved it right away. It sounded catchy yet creative yet it was going to require someone to think “I wonder what the 26 stands for???” For me, I felt that would bring my customer closer to building a relationship with me. They would reach out and ask what the significance was of the 26.
My company name stayed that way until I re-organized my website. In that process, I was consulted to add the word “Graphic” to my name. Design is a very broad word and adding the word graphic to it would give my customers that much more knowledge in what I offer. It also would help Google find me when that customer searches for a graphic designer as opposed to just a designer.
So, my name has been changed now for a little over six months. My business cards haven’t changed yet. They will once this stack runs dry. I would love to hear your thoughts regarding my process. Recently I had someone ask me what a graphic designer even did. That made me think again about whether or not I had chosen the correct name…
I recently listened to a conference call over the internet put on by a lady who is literally obsessed with folding! I have to admit, I haven’t really given folding so much thought but listening to her really changed my mind. Her first piece of helpful advise was to mock up your piece and fold it the way it is going to be folded. Then, watch your audience member view the piece. Are they catching the key points that you are wanting them to see in the order you are intending? Sounds like a novel idea, but I don’t think we always find ourselves doing that.
After seeing her many examples of amazing work (very jealous designer here…) where the items are designed around a particular fold, I have to admit, they caught my attention. Let’s be honest, how many tri-fold brochures really capture our attention and make us want to “Read more!” Just turning your tri-fold horizontal is enough of a change to capture the audience’s attention.
My favorite fold has to be with the double gate fold. I received a small piece that came folded down to a 4×6 size. But when I opened it up, it was so captivating and I couldn’t help but read more!
Check out her site for some interesting info on folding – www.foldfactory.com. Confirmed to me that there really is someone obsessed about EVERYTHING!!! My wheels are turning with ideas on how to fold that next marketing piece!!!