WordCampUK 2010 Tshirts
The WordCamp has been and gone. All in all pretty successful. You can read about it elsewhere of course. Just search for wordcampuk and follow the links. A whole plethora of reviews and comments from the experienced, the virgins, the technical and the codeless. I’d just like to round off the event by sharing the tshirt designs we did for the event. Again echoing the musical heritage of Manchester. Completely redrawn and reimagined for the event. They still have a few available if you’re interested! As you can see from the...
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It’s the eve of the conference, or rather the ‘un-conference’ so a good time to highlight the work done on this year’s logo for WordCampUK. Last year we had dragons as we were in Cardiff, this year due to being in Manchester and the people putting the event together being of a certain age (and musical heritage) we went for a Factory Records inspired logo. The roundel is a core part of the WordPress and WorkCamp identity, the stylised W is very recognisable within the community so it made sense to blend that with the...
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