The Making of a Logo

by Sandra Campbell

In the early days of Spring semester, Nancy Gonzalez emailed me about creating a logo for the Boy’s Soccer team. Two of the players had a specific ‘look’ in mind. They wanted to surprise their coach and see if they could get their ideas out there.

A problem-solving challenge is always welcome and can be a great learning experience for students - both the players and the digital design students.

After meeting with the two players, the class and I set to work researching World Soccer logos. I drew a couple of pages of concepts and did a select few from those in Adobe Illustrator before calling the players back. While they appreciated the concepts shown them, it was a random rough thumbnail sketch that really lit them up. I had been trying to do a forward facing falcon but didn’t think it was working. I was wrong.

They loved it and begged me to make that one. We like it too. Thanks Coach Clow for your support.

Restrooms, everybody needs them. Using the restroom during school hours is a necessary task for all students.

However, many students have stated that when using the restrooms they face challenges. Whether it is due to the cleanliness, problems with privacy, or the facilities being vandalized. Because of all these issues the restrooms can often be frustrating or uncomfortable. In this article, a closer look will

by Josh Krajnik