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AMS Logo and Banner

June 23, 2016 By Teresa Cagle

I am helping the American Studies department redesign their logo and banner for their homepage.

After a couple changes made that the client suggested, here is what the logo looks like:

Screen Shot 2016-07-19 at 11.50.06 AM


The client liked the first design, but felt that there needed to be an indication that this year is the 75th anniversary for AMS on the logo. Here are my latest drafts, with an added element: the 75th anniversary.

Screen Shot 2016-07-12 at 10.22.24 AM


These are the options I sent to the client on 6/30:
Screen Shot 2016-06-30 at 11.44.25 AM

–Version of 1 color & 1 b&w
where the AMS dominates the combined shape (AMS bigger)
Screen Shot 2016-06-27 at 12.45.55 PM
–1 b&w version
where “AMS” lettering is white on black squares
 Screen Shot 2016-06-27 at 12.46.05 PM
–Versions where you are treating
  • the western hemisphere
  • “American Studies In The World Today”
  • AMS
as a well balanced all in one logo.
Screen Shot 2016-06-27 at 12.45.46 PM

Here are my drafts from 6/24/2016.

Screen Shot 2016-06-24 at 1.45.09 PM


Here are my first, very rough drafts. What I focused on with this draft was just the placement of the western hemisphere and the AMS sign.

Screen Shot 2016-06-23 at 11.45.18 AM

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