I stuck it together with masking tape and staples just for a mock up, but I will use binding screws on my final one for my portfolio.
Dan Lawless 9/11 Memorial
15/12/2011
Brochure Mock Up
I stuck it together with masking tape and staples just for a mock up, but I will use binding screws on my final one for my portfolio.
10/12/2011
Final Logo Process
I wanted the 11 to really stand out in a box of its own, so i came up with the concept, the 11 is like the towers, the square the footer, it ticked all the boxes i needed to tick, but it looked very dark and gloomy so i needed to add colour.
The colours i decided to add were the american flag colours, i choose a range of different shades to see which fit best.
The red i thought was very much like blood, striking and reminds you of horror, so i wanted to stay away from red, but still stick with the patriotic american feel, so i went with blue, the very opposite of red, a calming colour and went with a light shade to be against the dark gloomy past, and once again a fresh new start.

So i had my colour and needed to add type, i was going to go with just the marque above for my final, but i thought it was to vague to know what it was without any prior knowledge.
I went with all caps on top of each other and tried for a bold typeface, i thought the best one was Futura Bold, so i picked that. I thought i could also run this style right through my brochure using the same typeface.
The colours i decided to add were the american flag colours, i choose a range of different shades to see which fit best.
The red i thought was very much like blood, striking and reminds you of horror, so i wanted to stay away from red, but still stick with the patriotic american feel, so i went with blue, the very opposite of red, a calming colour and went with a light shade to be against the dark gloomy past, and once again a fresh new start.

So i had my colour and needed to add type, i was going to go with just the marque above for my final, but i thought it was to vague to know what it was without any prior knowledge.
I went with all caps on top of each other and tried for a bold typeface, i thought the best one was Futura Bold, so i picked that. I thought i could also run this style right through my brochure using the same typeface.
This is my final logo, i made the left and right hand align and changed the colour from black which is very funereal, to a lighter shade.
09/12/2011
First Digital Logo
My final tree logo. Once again the logo ended up like a spoon, and i had trouble with the typography, i couldnt get the characters to sit nice with "the" and "11" as i couldnt leave them on a line on there own, but couldnt get the type alligned nicely with only memorial at the bottom, so i thought i would try and do more with the type.
08/12/2011
Type Logo
I dropped the tree idea, and started to think more on the characters in a typographic way, and how i could build them up into more of a architectural way so it represented the towers being there, from my mind map i used the footprints of the towers as a way forward and tried to incorporate squares for the footprints into my design, as well as the type stacked up.
Here is my initial idea:
Here is my initial idea:
I prefered the all caps and stacked upon each other, but the type wasn't justified in a block and instead it is alligned right, i got rid of the problem of having "the" and just renamed it to National September 11 Memorial, and also the problem of "11" by having in another separate box.
07/12/2011
Ideas and process
These are my initial ideas and mock ups and thought process through the logo.
I decided against my logo as it looked too much like a spoon rather then a shoot of a oak tree.
03/10/2011
Found Mail Packs
These are some packs/packing i found. I really like the way you open the amazon one, i was thinking of incorporating this into my mail pack, if i had 2 strips that opened at the same time to reveal the type, or even incorporate that into the design, making the 2 strips into the 11 of September 11 memorial but you only saw this after opening. The other is an example of how i could put all my leaflets/dvd/posters into the pack.
Brochure Research
I'm Currently looking into different brochure designs to give me ideas on how to do mine, i would like to include the brochure in a pack. The pack could be mailed or gave away on the opening night. Within the pack i was thinking of including a few things like a Dvd, Memorial wall poster, map of the site, timeline of events, i will add to this list later if i think of any more.
Here are some examples of what i would like to include/ideas/research.
Here are some examples of what i would like to include/ideas/research.
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| Map to be included |
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| How everything would be held together in the pack |
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| Different opening then a book style |
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| Another musuem |
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