Installation has begun on the Northern Virginia Community College’s extensive exterior signage program. Developed by Beveridge Seay and produced by Gable Signs, the new wayfinding system will be completed in mid-September 2010.
2011 marks the 25th Anniversary of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington DC, and also the 25th year Beveridge Seay has worked with NRH! To mark the event, Beveridge Seay is developing graphics to highlight the year-long celebration. Materials include the 25th Anniversary logo, posters, banners, postcards, programs, shirts, and signage for the Herman & Monica Greenberg Skywalk bridge.
As the eyes of the world turn to South Africa to see the best of the best play in the ‘beautiful game,’ one can’t help but take a finer look at the 2010 World Cup branding. More >
In a recent New York Times article “The World as Their Canvas”, the author Steven Heller describes seminal maps in the history of design and cartography, citing Herbert Bayer’s World Geo-Graphic Atlas and Harry C. Beck’s London Underground map map as “exemplary marriage[s] of information, art and design.” These maps are notable for both their easy synthesis of information and for the creative licenses the authors took. More >
Who registered the first .com domain? It was a computer manufacturer based in Cambridge, MA called Symbolics, Inc. on March 15, 1985. Amazingly, only five additional companies registered a domain name that year. www.25yearsof.com compiled a list of 75 honorees whose contributions helped shape the Internet culture. A panel of judges will select the final ”.com 25” who will be recognized on May 26. The list is a an interesting glimpse of the very diverse Internet “world” in which we all reside.
If you happen to be in Washington, DC’s Chinatown, stop by the Starbucks on the corner of 7th and H Street, NW. After you get your coffee, head upstairs to enhance your experience and view original Beveridge Seay artwork. The mural blends local flavor with Starbucks heritage for one masterful brew.
The newly refreshed identity for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights isn’t the only star at this year’s Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Awards Dinner in Washington, DC. This year’s honorees include Senator Patrick Leahy, Karen Narasaki, Gara LaMarche and Harry Belafonte. Please come and support The Leadership Conference!
In only its third year of operations, FoodMinds, a food and nutrition public affairs, science and communications company, was named the fourth largest food public relations company. Back in the fall of 2006, Beveridge Seay helped name the company, and develop its visual brand and elements of its brand strategy. Congratulations FoodMinds!
OgilvyOne Worldwide is combing the planet to find the world’s best salesperson. The challenge? Selling a brick on YouTube. You can read more about the contest or view the submittals. Contest will run from March 29 through May 16.
The Drug Policy Alliance is hosting its second “re:FORM” art auction and cocktail party benefit on Monday, May 17th at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York City. Beveridge Seay developed the program graphics and it’s great to be associated with DPA and artist co-chairs Donald Baechler and Fred Tomaselli. Word has it that there may be some big announcements unveiled at the event. Join us!
