Class Inspiration:

2:12:46 PM Cara Lichtenstein: -------------------------------------------------BRYAN-------------------------------------------
2:13:14 PM Vanian Roy: What if your project promoted Rivedancing?
2:13:18 PM Vanian Roy: Riverdancing*
2:14:26 PM Vanian Roy: What if your league contained only obese people?
2:14:51 PM Mariah Tarvainen: what if your designs appealed to non sports fans
2:14:51 PM Bryan East: team Lb for Pound
2:15:00 PM Cara Lichtenstein: what if you used preexisting sports team colors from each city
2:15:04 PM Alex Glaeser: What if you performed dancing experiments with deaf dancers / simulate lack of hearing by ear plugging your friends and making them dance when they cant hear the music being played
2:15:09 PM Jessica White: what if these leagues weren't related to sports? maybe chess
2:15:26 PM Dave Colson: What if your logo's could be used as a way finding system— for example a logo for a dance crew, and where you can par your car?
2:15:28 PM William O'Connell: what if the league was related to cheese?
2:15:29 PM Vanian Roy: What if every routine was done to Brittany Spear's 'Toxic"?
2:15:34 PM Ece Ciper: what if you aimed the design towards cheerleaders
2:15:37 PM Dave Colson: park*
2:15:41 PM William O'Connell: I like david's idea
2:15:42 PM Cara Lichtenstein: what if you made jerseys
2:15:52 PM William O'Connell: what if the losers of the league had their heads cut off and made into a wall?
2:15:54 PM Vanian Roy: What if the jereys made dancing harder?
2:16:12 PM Alex Glaeser: i thought you meant new jersey
2:16:13 PM William O'Connell: hey, Mayan's did it.
2:16:21 PM Vanian Roy: What if there's fire, lots of fire?
2:16:33 PM Dave Colson: what if the dance crews faced off in an anti gravity chamber?
2:16:43 PM Vanian Roy: What if every team has the words "Funky Fresh" in their name?
2:16:46 PM William O'Connell: what if the dance crews faced off in a frictionless room
2:16:49 PM Mariah Tarvainen: what if there were steroids involved
2:17:06 PM William O'Connell: what if you had to take shots every time you won?
2:17:19 PM Cara Lichtenstein: What if you wrote a style guide for the league
2:17:20 PM Dave Colson: I want my dancers like my video games
2:17:24 PM William O'Connell: what if your designs were unreadable
2:17:28 PM Alex Glaeser: What if you made people dance to NPR
2:17:30 PM Jasmine Sarp: what if there were dancing cheerleaders for the dancers
2:17:35 PM Vanian Roy: What if the dancers are covered in bees?
2:17:53 PM Vanian Roy: What if the cheerleaders are butt ugly?
2:17:58 PM Cara Lichtenstein: what i you use local landmarks as jumping points for your logod
2:18:01 PM Cara Lichtenstein: logos
2:18:04 PM Cara Lichtenstein: if
2:18:09 PM Bryan East: good idea!
2:18:09 PM Dave Colson: what if the logos only existed when the crews were in a certain position?
2:18:13 PM Ece Ciper: what if the jerseys are patterned with the logos you design for them
2:18:13 PM William O'Connell: what if you use stereotypes?
2:18:18 PM Jessica White: what if the uniforms are made of honey
2:18:21 PM William O'Connell: I.E. Washington Redskins
2:18:28 PM Bryan East: LOL
2:18:34 PM Bryan East: (on the inside)
2:18:37 PM Mariah Tarvainen: what if the uniforms are edible
2:18:38 PM Vanian Roy: What if your dance teams promote turf wars?
2:18:46 PM William O'Connell: What if your dance teams don't dance?
2:18:47 PM Cecilia Oh: what if the jerseys have their own signatures on it
2:18:48 PM Cara Lichtenstein: what if you use gang names?
2:18:58 PM William O'Connell: what if they had to wear their jerseys only in new jersey?
2:19:04 PM Jessica White: what if pompoms were attached the jerseys
2:19:04 PM Cara Lichtenstein: WHAT IF YOU MAKE A FANTASY LEAGUE OF GANGS
2:19:07 PM Vanian Roy: What if the dance teams just watch TV for 10 minutes?
2:19:14 PM Cara Lichtenstein: except gangs are real
2:19:21 PM Cecilia Oh: what if they all weared the same jersey
2:19:39 PM Jessica White: what if there is no jersey
2:19:40 PM Vanian Roy: What if a death cage of some sort was involved
2:19:41 PM Alex Glaeser: What if you changed the environment of the dance (ie: a church setting)
2:19:49 PM William O'Connell: what if the dancers wore the cheerleading uniforms and the cheerleaders the dancing uniforms?
2:19:54 PM William O'Connell: what if there were rapid tigers?
2:20:17 PM William O'Connell: because rapid makes sense...
2:20:21 PM Cara Lichtenstein: what if your teams were based off of state birds
2:20:24 PM Jessica White: cheerleaders are dancers. don't hate.
2:20:25 PM Vanian Roy: Rapid tiger gun
2:20:27 PM Dave Colson: what if Mario Lopez wasn't involved?
2:20:34 PM William O'Connell: what if this took place underwater?
2:20:37 PM Alex Glaeser: What if you went to a local rehabilitation center and recruited old people that workout in the swimming pool and turn that into a coreographed dance
2:20:41 PM Vanian Roy: What if George Lopez is involved?
2:20:45 PM Bryan East: YES!
2:20:46 PM Cara Lichtenstein: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Regions: Cities

EAST:
New York
Washington, DC

WEST:
Los Angeles
San Francisco

MIDWEST:
Chicago
Detroit

SOUTH:
Houston
Miami

Logo Studies:

Over the recent "Snow-pocalypse" I've had a chance to look at some of the logos from the MLB (Major League Baseball).

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I found the evolution of certain logos to be interesting. It was subtle changes in the Dodger's logo that fascinated me being one of the oldest teams in baseball. To be honest, I am not baseball fan. But, I discovered that studying the teams/logos of this particular league was in my best interest. The history behind the choices made in designing these uniforms, logos, and merchandize give me a wider perspective of how/what I choose in designing my own.

Dodgers:


compared to The DIAMONDBACKS est. 1998: