Re: [Organizers] Logo/flyer design - Musicians

18 Apr 2013

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

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 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

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