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Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Today, we are very excited to announce that Gemini Crickets has a brand new logo and website.
THE NEW LOGO:
It’s a boy! It’s a girl! It’s boy/girl crickets - twins! We are pleased to announce that our much desired new logo has finally arrived. Several months in the making after dozens of wardrobe changes and one eyelash lengthening treatment later, they are here, dressed adorably and on their best behavior to meet the club. Gracing our brand new logo, may we present the new and improved Gemini Crickets crickets. Feel free to coo!
About the Designer:
Thanks to designer and club member, JJ Barber from Scarlet Dolphin Designs, Gemini Cricket has a fabulous new logo. JJ created crickets that are similar but with different clothing to show that multiples have unique identities. They are looking at each other and smiling because multiples are always each other’s best friends, and finally, their antenna are intertwined to represent the twin or multiple connection or bond that started in the womb. It’s not easy to render a cricket cute so kudos to JJ Barber for accomplishing this task.
JJ Barber does great design work and has designed many an item in the past, including t-shirts and ads for AVAC Swim School, fun stuff for twins or about twins. She also does photography, greeting cards, photography, websites and more! Thank you, JJ - we love our new logo!
About the old logo:
It was a tired old black and white GIF file. Without the original illustrator file, we weren’t able to effectively create design elements around it. So it was high time for a logo makeover. The new logo has color and punch, and a dash of cuteness, lending a fresher, more modern visual appeal to our club. We added the tagline “of Silicon Valley” (part of our official club name) to better help the public identify our club geographically, and to set us apart from other clubs in the area. We wanted the logo to be simple, yet memorable so we went with clean lines and minimal detail.
Why boy/girl multiples?
The logo is meant to be a visual representation of the organization, not a literal translation of the types of multiples in the club, of which there are many. Many! Initially, we tried to keep the crickets looking unisex, but they kept looking slightly more like boys. Additionally, our club’s name is derived from two words: Gemini (meaning twins) and Crickets (from the Disney character Jimini Crickets, a play on words), so the name inherently gives off more of a twin vibe, even though we are a multiples (twins or more) club.
Coming soon:
Look for club member and graphic designer Carla Razura to splash the new logo onto t-shirts, posters, fliers and more. We hope you’ll like what you see!
THE NEW WEBSITE:
There is a brand new look on the website, including a cute new banner designed by Carla Razura from using the new Gemini Crickets crickets designed by JJ. The website structure has been completely redesigned. Geminicrickets.org is now a purely public-facing website and all of our members-only information will be managed through Big Tent. We hope this new website will attract new members by giving them a great feel for our club and allowing them to find events and information very easily. New members are also easily able to join the club and Big Tent right on the website. There is also a new portion of the website which is a club blog. This adds a little personality to our website and should be a fun endeavor.
Thanks to the great team who worked hard to make this all happen!
Posted by Linsey K (Decemberr 03, 2007)
