3/9/21 — Meeting the challenge
Four days into the Beecology design project, we realized we definitely have our work cut out for us!
As we had anticipated, this design has proved much more daunting than our previous jobs. Personally, a lot of my skills lie in digital vector art — most of which don’t directly apply to weather-resistant signage (surprise, surprise). Nonetheless, that’s what learning is for.
Although there was a lot of back and forth on what elements should be implemented into the design, we pushed ahead and created an initial draft that implemented the things Rob called for.
A lot of inspiration for this design came from existing pollinator habitat signage that simply included an eye-catching title, a explanation of the site’s purpose, the sponsor’s logo, and a call to action.
My partner, Theo, and I played around a lot with detailing the Beecology Project’s three core platforms but ultimately thought it was informational overload. As such, we focused in on the given requirements by our client and the context of bumblebee conservation.
The typefaces we chose for the sign were Nunito and Nunito Sans. These faces keep the sign true to the Beecology Project website and give the design an educationally playful aesthetic.
Tomorrow, I will be meeting with Rob to get feedback on this sign design. Look out for my next blog to see how that went!
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