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    Cortland Harvest

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    Cortland Food Project

  • Cortland Harvest

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    Overview

    The project consists of creating a visual identity for a local produce and agriculture initiative.

    The team at Seven Valleys Health Coalition wanted a new logo for Cortland County Agriculture that is appealing to millennials and promotes buying local produce and agritourism, as well as supporting local farmers and local economy.

    Cortland Harvest branding on table with steaks

    Deliverables

    A set of logos and visual brand guidelines with logo specs and variations, color palette, and typography.

    Logos

    Standard, simplified, and various lockup orientations in the brand's primary colors, alternate-use colors, and grayscale-use colors.

    • Standard logo

      Standard primary logo Standard grayscale logo Standard black outline logo Standard black solid logo Standard white outline logo Standard white solid logo
    • Simplified logo

      Simplified primary logo Simplified black outline logo
    • Vertical lock-up

      Vertical primary logo Vertical black outline logo
    • Vertical lock-up with tagline

      Vertical with tagline primary logo Vertical with tagline black outline logo
    • Horizontal lock-up

      Horizontal primary logo Horizontal black outline logo
    • Horizontal lock-up with tagline

      Horizontal with tagline primary logo Horizontal with tagline black outline logo

    Visual Brand Guidelines

    Describing the logo's meaning, its variations and alternatives, how to apply and set, and the colors and typography.

    • Alternate logos page
      Brand alternate logos
    • Color palette page
      Brand logo color guide
    • Typography page
      Brand logo typeface

    Process

    The project spanned 8 months but included a break in between where the team at Seven Valleys Health Coalition asked their community for feedback and selection.

    Finding an Identity

    For the first phase we met on a weekly or bi-weekly basis for feedback and discussion on the new branding effort. Through a provided research branding report and a series of meetings, themes around 7 valleys, the sun, and agricultural growth, as well as a minimalistic aesthetic surfaced as traits the team wanted the new symbol to have.

    Illustrative and geometric ideas
    logo idea with rolling hills landscape and circular sun rays logo idea with rolling hills landscape and diagonal sun rays logo idea with criss-cross landscape logo idea with egg-shaped landscape

    Providing options

    A combinations of the different attributes selected by the team was put together so that their community could have some input.

    • Idea explanation
      Page describing the idea
    • Diamond shape logos
      Page showing the logo in a diamond shape
    • Circle shape logos
      Page showing the logo in a circle shape

    Finalizing the design

    After a break of over 3 months and with the community feedback, the design with the logo enclosed in a circle without crown icons became the final design. The color palette increased in saturation and warmth, conveying a ripe and fresh feel the organization was going for.

    With a chosen brand name and tagline, the typography was set and kerned.

    The final standard primary logo

    Finvo

    Sections

    Overview

    This ongoing project involves building a website using end to end UX/UI work for a group promoting financial education for women.

    Finvo mobile wireframe on device held by woman

    Deliverables

    A prototype, iconography, illustrations, usability testing, and research.

    Prototype

    This wireframe prototype is for exploring how users move through an event sign up and rsvp payment flow.

    Please full-screen the prototype for a better viewing experience.

    Iconography

    Large 80px icons relating to finance and community

    Iconography

    Illustration

    Illustrations are meant for the above-the-fold area of the homepage.

    Illustrations

    A colored version of the Piggy bank illustration

    Colored-in illustration of piggy bank

    Cortland Food Project

    Sections

    Overview

    The project consists of creating a visual identity for a multi-disciplinary local food projects group.

    The team at Seven Valleys Health Coalition wanted a logo for a committee called Cortland Food Project within their organization. Its intent is to be community-facing and for the suppliers in the industry. The group promotes economic opportunities as related to agriculture, sustainability in the food system, and hunger and nutrition for all.

    Cortland Harvest branding on table with steaks

    Deliverables

    A set of logos and visual brand guidelines with logo specs and variations, color palette, and typography.

    Logos

    Main and alternate logos in the primary brand colors, inverse logo colors, grayscale-use colors, black, and white.

    • Main logo

      Main primary brand color logo Main inverse logo Main grayscale logo Main black logo Main white logo
    • Alternate logo

      Alternate primary brand color logo Alternate inverse logo Alternate grayscale logo Alternate black logo Alternate white logo

    Visual Brand Guidelines

    The book describes the logo's meaning, its variations and alternatives, how to apply and set, and the colors and typography.

    • Backside of cover page
      Brand alternate logos
    • Color palette page
      Brand logo color guide
    • Alternate logo page
      Brand logo typeface

    Process

    The project spanned 3 months.

    Finding a logo form

    After discussing some different concepts, we found that the logotype form was most applicable because with the removed o's, many ideas can be represented. Other logo ideas revolved around food, community, and produce.

    Illustrative and geometric ideas
    logo idea with CFP forming a plant-like form enclosed in a circle logo idea with a tomato bearing the CFP acronym in it logo idea with Earth formed with hands and resembling a fruit logo idea with removed o's in a logotype

    Finalizing the design

    With the typography set and kerned, the main and alternate logos were finalized.

    The final main primary brand color logo The final alternate primary brand color logo