Differentiating a new school in a traditional market.

Differentiating a new school in a traditional market.

Bricolage Logo Design

We researched and designed a new charter school’s institutional identity, and helped visualise the design of Bricolage’s most authentic brand message and positioning in one of our nation’s most historic, culturally rich, and typically segregated city.

Good Deeds
  • Inclusive student body
  • Non Profit 3C
  • Supports Local Education
  • Promotes the inclusivity of all voices, races, and ethnicities
Credits
Bricolage Academy logotype applied across various color backgrounds

How We Think > Creative Process

Research methods and design solutions can develop over weeks, months and even years. The goal here is to show a snippet of research, concept plus style, and a significant result.

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auditing, investigation and strategy
1
Discover Problems
Branding new thinking in a traditional school market.
2
Define Hypotheses
Re-envision the typical the charter school space.
3
Identify Opportunities
Showcase growth and innovation within a socio-economic, racially and ethnically diverse target audience.
Bricolage students engaged with innovative school projects
Concept, visualization, and design
4
Develop COncepts
Advocate for Educational equity on a personal level — the up’s and down’s of a growth mindset.
5
Design Prototypes
Create a logo and mark that visualizes the idea of tinkering and progression.
6
Implement & observe
Establish confidence and familiarity for all while relocating to five different campus locations throughout the years.
HOW we SOLVED THE CHALLENGE CONCEPTUALly

The identity draws on Bricolage’s advocacy for educational equity. It begins by making a personal investment in the inner flame all students possess no matter their background. This bold forward-thinking direction reinforced the idea of ascension upward (acknowledge successes) or downward turns (examine failures) as a young mind grows, plays, and develops.

Ideation & experimentATION
Ideation & experimentATION
Bricolage student engaged with innovative school project
PROTOTYPE Sketches
PROTOTYPE Sketches
How we solved the challenge visually

The word bricolage typically means a ‘mash-up’ or a creation from a diverse range of available things. The distinctive spiral “I” is is an active mark visualizing this idea of tinkering and progression. The 3 “iii” symbol is a stylized representation conveying a spark, burst, or a new idea of innovation or play. It can be used in combination with the logotype; a fixed pattern, or emoticon/profile image in digital uses. The distinctive ‘I’ symbol makes an impact across various sizes and uses, from annual reports to athletics uniforms and signage.

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What Clients Say

As Bricolage’s de-facto brand manager for the last ten years, Mary Louise Killen led a discover and define process to design our initial logo and brand that pushed my team to clearly articulate who we were and who we were not as a school, an organization and as a community.
Josh Densen
Founder
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Bricolage Academy of New Orleans
Our Role + Scope
  • Audit and Strategy
  • Logo design
  • Brand Identity
  • Stationery Suite
  • Brand Standards Guide
  • And more.
Credits
Location

bricolagenola.org

Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

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