Branding 10,000 Lakes

In my job, it's part of my duty to have an opinion and give guidance on logo design to the designers in our team before I present them to our clients. I like to think I know a good logo when I see one and yet I can't do graphic design for toffee.

A friend recently showed me a website where one very talented Graphic Designer has made it her personal mission to design a new logo to represent a new Minnesota Lake each day. I could spend hours scrolling through these andwill certainly look to them for inspiration in the future - what a talented and dedicated lady!

Jaime Ibarra

"I am a professional Flamenco guitarist, graphic designer, web designer, and photographer. As a result, I do not sleep much. 

"I like colours as I see them with my eyes... but I LOVE colours as I see them with my mind. Welcome to my colourful world, it is a happy place. 

"I love photographing people wearing whooshy things that fly in the wind.

"I am rather fond of elipses"

Window Shopping

Check out this amazing project by graphic designer Chris Clarke, "For the Public by the Public".

In Chris's small home town of Bedminster, he felt there were too many boarded up shops. Being unpleasing to the eye, it was having a negative affect on community spirit.

Chris asked local shop owners to write a message about their experiences of the local area. These messages were communicated in graphically designed posters and placed in the windows of the derelict shops for all who passed to see. What a beautiful idea, this shows how designers can make a visual difference to shops which are no longer even in use!