Jacob McAdam
Product Designer
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Brand Design
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Logo Design

The Anemoi: The Four Aeronauts

A logo design to promote an exhibit featuring the gods of wind.

Project Brief

Background & Objectives

The exhibit will feature the physical remains of each God. It will also feature artifacts reflecting their roles and lives before they expired. The exhibit will retain unique architecture that gives the audience a sense of flight and aerial direction.

Goal: Design a logo and stationary system for an exhibit featuring the role and lives of the four Greek Gods Boreas (North), Notus (South), Zephyrus (West), and Eurus (East).

My Role & Stakeholders

I was the sole designer.

Skills & Tools Applied
Illustrator

The exhibit will be targeted toward high school students (ages 14-18) who are studying Greek Mythology. The exhibit will also target Mythology enthusiasts (ages 18+). The exhibit will be family oriented, but the information presented is intended for an older audience. The exhibit is intended for a more mature audience. The logo should be expressive and clean. Each personality must be identified individually from the other three using the elements of design (line, shape, and color specifically). The audience must feel like they are going to experience an elegant fantasy-type world.

Research

Subjective research of Greek wind gods known as the “Anemoi” was conducted through reference images. Sketches help to explore potential concepts.

reference images
Reference images

Sketches

sketchbook
Sketchbook of ideas
composite sketches
Composite sketches

Iterations

logo color exploration
Color exploration

Final Logo Design

The logo uses a complimentary color palette and builds from a modern sans-serif typeface. The logo communicates the various qualities of air: hot, wet, and fluid. The phoenix image and contrasted typeface weight juxtapose a concept of soft and hard; light and heavy forms.

final logo design
Final logo design
Portrait of Jacob McAdam looking into the distance with cubes of light behind him.
project by Jacob McAdam

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