About Designing Springfield

I'm a graphic designer - illustrator - cartoonist with a fondness for typography and a liking of the Simpsons. It seems only natural to put them together and have a little fun with the world of Springfield. It might also lead to paying work....

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

IBOJDPCNT Local No 643


Homer's union, the International Brotherhood of Jazz Dancers, Pastry Chefs and Nuclear Technicians, Local No. 643, is the latest Springfield entity to go under my mouse for an identity.

Nothing says "Union" like a gear, so that's where I started. I dropped in simple iconic graphics representing the three different fields the union represents, and finished off with some workmanlike typography.

The font in the gear is Garamond Bold Condensed. The typefaces in the title area are Franklin Gothic Condensed, Futura Light Condensed, and Franklin Gothic Heavy. Dull as dishwater, but all union logos are.