Very excited to share Chronicler Studio's new logo, launching just today! A curvy combo of C and S in the icon, and a playful-but-not-too-playful wordmark to match. This logo says I dot my i's + cross my t's; friendly, but down-to-business; clean, modern + a hint of classic; & smooth and organized.
What do you say?
If you're passing through Denver International Airport (DIA) between now and June 2016, don't go through the crazy security lines... take the Bridge Security on level 6. Not only is it more relaxing, but you'll get the joy of checking out a breathtaking exhibition by local artists Wopo Holup, Heather Patterson and Mindy Bray while you and your luggage traipse across to TSA. It's a series of abstract interpretations of the Colorado landscape.
If you're still killing time, head down to the newly-constructed Westin Hotel at DIA. On the bottom level where the train comes in is a giant mural, also by Mindy Bray, entitled Strange Continents. Mindy photographed splashes on the Platte River (which runs through Denver) then traced the shapes as vectors and recombined them into this 150-foot long, 14-foot tall composition. She then projected the composition onto many sheets of butcher paper, traced the shapes by hand using colored chalk, and used squeegees to rub the shapes on the chalked-up paper onto the walls at the hotel. With that stage finished, it was then an enormous paint-by-number endeavor. Because of the scale of Strange Continents, Mindy hired me and two other local artists, Lynn Suyeko Mandziuk and Brian Napier, to help with the production stage in the fall of 2015. It was a fantastic team, and a very...shall we call it entertaining?... setting with construction noises happening all around us and curious people walking through. We also had to wear safety goggles the whole time, which is nice for safety, but quite the obstacle for painting detail work.
Over the last few weeks I had the pleasure of working alongside Denver artist Hadley Hooper (her website is www.hadleyhooper.com) at the Denver Art Museum to install an actual masterpiece Hadley designed during the first few months of 2016. The installation, titled Tableau, transforms an entire room into a magical land, crossing the lines between a theater set and a pop-up book... and the best part is, you're meant to interact with it! There are benches and swings and holes to peer through and photos to be taken. We brought the entire piece to life using wallpaper paste to meticulously glue over 500 individual sheets of 30 X 20 inch copy paper to the walls and wooden creatures.
Tableau will sit on the second floor of the Hamilton Building (the crazy pointy building) at the DAM for the next year. It's sophisticated, but it's also fun. Go play with it.
Check out the Instagram/Twitter hashtag #TableauDAM to see more. Opens to the public on May 8, 2016.
Chronicler Studio LLC is open for business! Operated by Sophia Brown out of Denver, Colorado, we offer a variety of graphic design and illustration services for small businesses, non-profits and independent professionals. Whether you need a logo, a brand, event design, a website design, or custom illustration to differentiate your story from competitors, we offer an organized and personalized process to make you stand out.
Our website www.chroniclerstudio.com is up-to-date with the latest portfolio work. Stay tuned to this blog to hear more in depth about the process behind some of these projects + to get news about exciting personal projects (A.K.A. non-client work, but projects I, Sophia, am passionate about).
For consultations, please email Sophia at sophia.brown AT chroniclerstudio.com