Great ideas, Dana. I've always loved David Kaynor's flyers, and your work looks great too.
Interesting that there is a difference between logo and a term that I was unfamiliar with, a wordmark. As far as I'm concerned, either one would be fine with me. I just want something that would be recognizable when my "audience" sees the announcement for a dance in a beautiful space. Paul Rosenberg Albany, NY www.homespun.biz 518-482-9255 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Logos or flyer designs (Dana Dwinell-Yardley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:25:05 -0400 > From: Dana Dwinell-Yardley <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Organizers] Logos or flyer designs > Message-ID: > <cam1rjttl6zzjzm-xfafyq6ocplocw34for46qrfitmzfe_f...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hi Paul, > > Sounds like a lovely series! > > I'm a graphic designer in my non-dance life, and the first thing I would > recommend you consider is this: do you actually need a logo? Here's a great > article that talks more about that: > http://www.mcwade.com/DesignTalk/2011/11/does-this-need-a-logo/. > > Perhaps you just need a consistent look to your flyers ? our dance series > in Montpelier, VT, doesn't have a logo, but has an effective flyer design > that's been consistent for many years. Our regular dancers could all > probably pick our flyer out of a table-full of flyers at 50 yards! :) > > I don't know if David Kaynor's on this list, but he creates beautiful, > often hand-lettered flyers for his dances in Greenfield. Very elegant, > old-fashioned feel that might fit really well with your historic spaces. > > I'd also be happy to work with you! I'm not an illustrator, but I do like > good typography. Send me a private message if you're interested. You can > see some of the stuff I've done here: http://danadwya.daportfolio.com/. > > Good luck with the series! > > Dana Dwinell-Yardley > Montpelier, VT > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Paul Rosenberg wrote: > >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm looking for suggestions for clipart, or for someone who is a good >> graphic designer I could pay to make a design for a new dance series that I >> am creating. >> >> The two series that I organize are family dances and community (easy, all >> ages welcome, longways, squares, circles) dances. >> >> In addition to these series, I am hired for some special events that are >> open to the public. My email list for of interested dancers is well over >> 300 subscribers. For a while now, I've had an idea of getting people >> interested in coming to these "extra dances" that are not part of my >> regular series. Many of these dances are in beautiful, unique spaces. >> >> For example, in 2 weeks we are playing in a hall that is over 100 years >> old, and very much looking like it probably did in 1900. Lots of nice >> woodwork, pretty stage, etc. Then, 2 weeks later, we are playing in the >> "Octagon Barn", built around ten years ago (it's about 100 years newer than >> the other hall). Gorgeous floor, ceiling, windows, etc. We have some >> other annual or occasional or one-nighter events like these in all sorts of >> incredible spaces. >> >> So, my idea is to have a series of dances with a name like "Unique Spaces >> for Delightful Dances" or something like that. Any ideas for a better >> title? >> >> Does anyone have a nice design they can share that we could use as a logo, >> clipart, or does anyone want to create one that I can use? >> >> Paul Rosenberg >> Albany, NY >> www.homespun.biz >> 518-482-9255 >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers > > > End of Organizers Digest, Vol 43, Issue 7 > *****************************************
