Decal for the Wilderness

A good old friend of mine, living in California and working as a volunteer in the Sierra Nevada Wilderness, asked me to help with one of their projects. It was about making a decal with two purposes.
The first use is by wilderness rangers. This way the decals are intended to be used to encourage conversations with visitors about good stewardship practices, and as a tool to emphasize and make conversation more memorable and positive (the opposite of a Violation Notice.)
The second use is to offer the decals for sale at relevant outlets as a souvenir of National Forest Wilderness.

(The upper right one was chosen from the color variations.)
The goal of the design is to create a decal attractive as both a souvenir and as a back-country wilderness stewardship education tool. I made a small research on, what kind of animals or plants live in the Sierra, and which ones are "popular" amongst visitors. I found that marmot is considered to be a funny creature with its look and behavior, so the decal of it could also be popular.
The print is waterproof and suitable for attaching to windows, water bottles, etc. as is popular with many outdoor enthusiasts.


My friend's boss liked one of my other sketches. He asked me to finalize that design so it could be used as a T-shirt motive for the summer volunteer crew. Though mosquito is quite irritating during the summertime, with a good sense of humor it can be taken.

myBites

I have already made a post about the design of a Hungarian gastro-blog. Robert, the owner of that great blog meant that it was the highest time to make an English version of it, and asked me for some help. After some online brainstorm (we have never met in real life), we found a name of it: myBites. The new site is not a direct translation of the original Hungarian blog, but a complete and structured website with photos, recipes and events. It was me, who designed the logo for it.

I knew already Robert's concept and taste, so it was easy to make the first sketches and he found his favorite one immediately. The final logo's colors are warm and natural, they refer to food. The letter B is a bite from a load of bread, and a similar bite pops up in the menu and in the favicon.



It was Robert, who made the site's programming, but I also contributed with my ideas and advices.
It comes without mentioning, that it also has a Facebook site.

Personal logo

I was invited as a guest to Stella's christening. It wasn't easy to find a present, since a new toy or a new cloth didn't seem interesting enough. But I don't think many little ladies about the age of 3 months has their own personal logos. So it was my present to her.

Experimental Kitchen

A couple of weeks ago I got an e-mail from Beatbull. He is a Hungarian gastroblogger, who lives in Germany, we had already known each others blogs. He asked me to design a logo to his blog called "Kísérleti Konyha", which means "Experimental Kitchen" in Hungarian. I said yes happily, because the blog is so professional, with excellent recipes and photos, so I thought it would be great to contribute with a nice logo.
First we had to define, what "experimental" means in connection with his kitchen. He refused any associations with the molecular line, though once on a while he flirts with it. As he said he'd rather call his style fusion because he is really opened to everything: for example once he surprised his colleagues with a sweet cake which was filled with green peas. But as far as I see, he is very conscious and disciplined, and would never use any ingredients without a good reason.
As a client he was also very proper. It was not enough to use a typeface or a color because I thought it would fit to his blog. I always had to explain exactly, why. And if he couldn't see the reason, the sketch was refused.
It was a long process, but also a kind of pleasure because I learned a lot about, how to communicate with a client who I have never met personally. At least it takes more time to explain things in e-mails.
These are the versions I liked the most:

I chose blackberry because he often uses fruits to his dishes. And I wanted to visualize the process when a concrete ingredient is transformed to an abstract result in his kitchen. But he meant that this logo is about molecules, so he wanted something different.
Finally he accepted this version:

He often creates bubbly scum to his dishes, that's why there are some bubbles. As for the typeface, the starting points of the letters' lines look as they were written with edged pen held at an angle of about 40°, so it refers to the traditions. But the lines end with no angle and the typeface has no serif, so it's a modern feature. I think it shows some similarities with his kitchen where the starting point is often something traditional with a modern twist.

After the logo we had to make the banner and the enter tab to his Facebook site. I came with some suggestions visualized by sketches.



He made some beautiful photos, and I finally put them together with the graphical elements.









The Hungarian TV chanel "Paprika" had recorded a series of Hungarian gastrobloggers. Here is the episode about him.

Budapest Terminal - new logo

I was asked to redesign the logo and some of the visual elements of Budapest Terminal, which is a program site of Hungary's capital. The earlier logo was not characteristic enough. My client wanted something funny and playful, which refers to the function of the webpage: this is the starting point before one plans some programs or activities and goes out in Budapest. Since the logo has to be used in different surfaces, I decided to make 2 versions: a longer one to banners and other horizontal formats and one closer to a square format with the text in two lines. The comet-like star could be used alone, too, for example as a small icon.

After the logo I designed a printed press ad (left), a special format poster (right) and 3 different stickers (below).

Ex Libris

I was asked to design an Ex Libris to my book lover friend. He wanted an old fashioned rubber stamp with wodden handle. Nowadays it's a kind of challenge, but finally I could even find green ink to it. This is the result:



Then I felt like making my own stamp. My first idea was to use the logo I had designed of my initials earlier.

But I found out that printed stickers would fit better to me. This technique required a different sign, which is feminine, more detailed and has one of my favorite color combinations: pink and turquoise.

Hungarian Society in Aalborg

After a long and proper planning process and organizing the Hungarian Society in Aalborg is established. The first assembly was held on the 10 July where the members decided to start up a Hungarian weekend school and kindergarden for children who live in/around Aalborg and a lot of great ideas popped up: film club, book club, excursions, etc.
The virtual meeting point of the whole group is here - the webdesign is still under constuction but the content is up-to-date.
The logo design was my task where besides the name of the society in Hungarian (Aalborgi Magyarok Társasága) I wanted to express our aim by using the Danish and the Hungarian flag: we would like to make some positive changes in our life here, in Denmark by networking, fusion and organizing exciting common activities.



Our second meeting was an informal celebration of the 20 August which is a Hungarian national holiday, the day of our first king St. Stephen (Szt. István) who founded Hungary and the the day of the new bread. Here is the invitation: