It's voting day tomorrow here in Portsmouth (and many surrounding cities), and in addition to updating my Local Politics info page, I thought I'd give a shoutout to our creative city's sign designs.
The first really cool design I saw was on Tristan Law's campaign handouts, drawn by the talented Kenley Darling:
I love the concept—warmly embracing the seaport city.
Next, I noticed Chris Dwyer's sign on a walk around town the other day:
Is it me, or does the arrangement of buildings and negative space in the letters of her name suggest a steeple? This tickled my fancy quite a bit. I just love our North Church.
Another candidate with well-designed materials is Stefany Shaheen. I've admired the clean, friendly look of the few mailings that my roommates and I have received at our house, but really loved this design I saw on Facebook today:
The first really cool design I saw was on Tristan Law's campaign handouts, drawn by the talented Kenley Darling:
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| Artwork by Kenley Darling |
I love the concept—warmly embracing the seaport city.
Next, I noticed Chris Dwyer's sign on a walk around town the other day:
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| Designed by Lisa Noonis. |
Is it me, or does the arrangement of buildings and negative space in the letters of her name suggest a steeple? This tickled my fancy quite a bit. I just love our North Church.
Another candidate with well-designed materials is Stefany Shaheen. I've admired the clean, friendly look of the few mailings that my roommates and I have received at our house, but really loved this design I saw on Facebook today:
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| Design by Brown & Company |
I love the mix between modern typeface and the old newsprint style of the iconic Piscataqua waterfront (hi, new bridge!).
Lastly, talk of creative signage cannot exclude Jim Splaine. Sadly, I haven't yet snapped a photo of these signs, as I generally notice them while driving and I do NOT condone phone usage while operating a moving vehicle, but I'll shoot one later and update here. [UPDATE: thanks to Jason at the Patch for sending in this great pic!]
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| Photo by Jason Claffey, Portsmouth Patch. |
Splaine has reused handmade signs from past elections, and even had some local young artists help out in the making of his signage. Creative indeed.
I would expect no less from our wonderful city. Be sure to cast your vote this week for your next community leaders!
Check out my Local Politics page for voting locations, candidate info, and other voting info.
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