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Creative process for September 2002 design
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Stage I
Our designs usually start as doodling sketches and scrawled ideas in a notebook or on an obliging napkin. The core concept for this design was to demonstrate visually the idea that even though there are many turnings, there is only one path. The labyrinth, a single winding path leading to the center, is the perfect symbol for this concept.
 

Stage II
Often as we explore designs, we go wandering into the hinterlands, playing with type and investigating a variety of concepts. Here the concept was going in the direction of the labyrinth-as-moon and the type-as-water, but the very complexity of the concept was already getting in the way of communicating the central message.

 


   
 

Final
We returned to our original idea of type encircling the labyrinth, using many beautiful alternate characters of the typeface Galahad. The decorative corners and dingbats add just the right touch and focus the eye on the center of the design. Just as all roads lead to Rome, all design elements lead to the center, which represents the spiritual Center around which all life revolves. Pretty deep for a T-shirt, but we like it!