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.

Ayn Rand School for Tots

This was one of my favorite gags from one of the best episodes ever.

The goal here is to create a logo as bleak and oppressive as Rand's diseased philosophy. (Sorry, but just about every Objectivist I've ever met could most charitably be described as a jerk.) I knew it would be a harsh and rigid design, and originally it was strictly black-and-white, in keeping with the Objectivist worldview, but when I saw it on the gray background I knew it was right.

I looked at a bunch of geometric, constructivist and Art Deco fonts (including Anna, Bodega Sans several of Nick's Fonts) and before settling on Bureau Agency Bold. Even the name is oppressive.