I was able to be a part of CreateAthon on Campus at UTC last weekend. The juniors and seniors plus some local designers got together for over twenty four hours to improve Dalewood Middle School. Some of the design work included a redesign of the school art room and lobby, student reading level charts, web presence, and branding.
I was lucky enough to end up on the branding team, where I helped to design a useable logo for the school. Dalewood already had a mark, a knight riding a horse, and we wanted to keep the look and feel of that, but make it more versatile. We ended up with two marks, a shield for the main mark and a knight’s helmet to be used mostly for sports.
Going into the CreateAthon, I had expected it to be challenging to stay focused (and stay awake) for an entire twenty four hours, but with all of the people around that shared our passion for design, it was easy to keep our energy level up. We got a lot more done than was even planned beforehand, and I think Dalewood will benefit greatly from the work we’ve done.
