The year has come to a close and with that comes our announcement of the winners of the 2017 Creamer Awards, our sixth annual recognition of the best in new sports logos over the course of the past twelve months. Before we reveal the results I’d like to take a
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The Open Branding Project: Q&A with Makers of Sport
This is part 6 of a multi-part series chronicling the real-time development and design of a new logo for Baseball New Zealand. Check out our past “The Open Branding Project” posts here. *** It’s time for another Q&A session here at the Open Branding Process. Both Brandon Moore and Brian
Nominees Revealed for 2017 Creamer Awards, Best Logos of Year
As the year starts to wind down it’s time for us to take a look back and remember the best that happened in the world of sports logos over these past twelve months. Today we’re announcing the finalists for the 2017 Creamer Awards, our 6th annual recognition of the year’s
The Open Branding Project: Sketching Constellations
This is part 5 of a multi-part series chronicling the real-time development and design of a new logo for Baseball New Zealand. Check out our past “The Open Branding Project” posts here. *** Last week we were able to spend some time talking with Dave Bishop, a tattoo artist and
Colorado Rockies Announce New Home Cap, Patches for 2018
The Colorado Rockies will be have a new look at Coors Field next season. In 2018, to help celebrate the 25th (or “silver”) anniversary of their first season, the Rockies will be wearing a version of their cap without any purple on the logo. The “CR” logo on the front
The Open Branding Project: Maori Traditions and Silver Ferns
This is part 4 of a multi-part series chronicling the real-time development and design of a new logo for Baseball New Zealand. Check out our past “The Open Branding Project” posts here. *** Hey everyone, Brian here with another update on the Open Branding Project for Baseball New Zealand. We
Giants Celebrate 60 Years In San Francisco
The Giants are getting set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their first season in San Francisco. Unveiled via their social media channels, the San Francisco Giants will have a 60th anniversary logo going into the 2018 season; it is not yet known if this will be worn as a
Thief Caught Stealing Jersey from Roy Halladay Memorial
A terrible human being has been caught stealing a jersey left at a makeshift memorial to former Major League Baseball star pitcher Roy Halladay. Jerseys as well as other memorabilia had been left outside Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, where Halladay played his final four seasons with the Phillies. The
The Open Branding Project: Q&A #1
For our first Q&A, Brian and I have taken questions sent through SportsLogos.Net, Twitter, and BrandNew about Open Project: Baseball New Zealand. We’re just getting started on the project and will officially start in the coming days, so a few of the questions we were asked might have to wait
Los Angeles Dodgers 2017 Phantom World Champs Merchandise
Congratulations to the Houston Astros on winning their first-ever World Series title, a true Fall Classic coming to an end tonight in Los Angeles with the Astros topping the Dodgers 5-1 in the seventh game… So, this ends the Sports Illustrated cover jinx thing forever right? Houston Astros 2017 World
The Open Branding Project: The Windup and The Pitch
Well here we are, week two of documenting this little experiment of ours. If you read Brandon’s original article last week, you’ll recall that we posted this idea on Twitter that we were looking for a partner to do a rebrand all in the public eye. It didn’t take long
The Open Branding Project: A Crazy Idea & Baseball
“Subjective opinion is the rule of the day. ‘I don’t like it therefore it must not be good’. The public is not invited to sit in the lab. Design [has become] about communication with a public that’s unaware of motivations behind a design” – 99% Invisible, podcast It’s all too