Family crests, logos & branding
The Andaluz family background combines both Mexican and Texan heritage, which is featured prominently in the Mexican/Southwestern style tile background of their family crest. Roosters have always been a recurring theme for the family, so a whimsical and playful rooster stands at the center of the design and mimics the background pattern with its own tail. At the center of the design is the heart, the visual and meaningful center of their lives, and the motivation for their actions and relationships.
This crest was commissioned as a 60th birthday gift to a loving dad from his daughter and gave me the opportunity to work with some new (to me) themes. The chosen design combines his love for the American flag, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and rock and roll. The three stars at the bottom also represent his wife and two daughters, with the guitars also representing his grandchildren.
A crest for two New England nature lovers! This crest combines their love for the outdoors with a symbolic significance. Each of them stands in as a Loon (common in the lakes of NH), and their 6 grandchildren are portrayed as stars in the sky. The fire in the foreground represents the importance of love and connection in their lives. The design is capped off by their initials, which are displayed in the banner at the bottom
Can you guess what the Sturtevant family values might be? I hope it shines through the design! This amazing family shares a love of all things creative, encompassing art, music, and travel. They value how these things help them connect with one another and enrich those around them.
The Church family is bonded by their love for the outdoors above everything else. They love the mountains, they love starry nights, they love the sea…They also wanted to include a secret family insider element that makes sense only if you are a ‘Church’. Can you spot it at the very bottom of the design?
Albania, Scandinavia, and American threads weave together through color and symbol to form the Duka family crest.
A double-sided eagle represents the strength of their love for one another and references the importance of the eagle in Albanian and American culture.
The two-toned background gives space to each of their distinct cultural heritages, but importantly the shield is united by a growing heart and the Duka name.
These central elements emphasize the power of their bond and the positive power of love and connection in their lives together.
The Flynns knew almost immediately which tone they were looking for in their crest design. We began with their family motto, a bible verse: "Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God."
Layering on top of this is their love of medieval art and literature, importance of family time spent together and shared fondness of games. They also emphasized their enjoyment of the outdoor, and classic style.
The resulting design combines a jewel tone color palette inspired by the renaissance era, a Celtic knot reflecting heritage as well as closeness, and a die with each of the 4 family members by a pip (or dot in layman terms).
The Carney family loves travel and nature, especially to places that feature water, whether it be lake or the ocean. A love of adventure is balanced by the importance of warmth and love in their lives which depicted with a heart, taking the place of the sun in a classic sunset beach scene.
The Taylors are most comfortable exploring the world and having adventures that challenge and delight. Their crest combines this yearning with their quirky and clever ‘fox’ nature. The fox wraps his tail around the moon, connecting to and drawing meaning from his adventures, looking out into space to see where the next journey will lead.
The Orwant family prizes the pursuit of knowledge and love of learning most. They actively embrace technology, and believe it can have a profoundly positive impact in our lives. For their crest, we focused on he combination of his field (computer technology and programming) and hers, biology, to show how the two come together to create more than each individual field on its own. This is expressed visually through the combination of the growing plant and circuits into a strong and hopeful flower, suffused with their favorite colors of blue and green.
The Catella family recently moved away from New England for the first time as a family, straying even further from their Vermont homeland than ever. This big adjustment became the inspiration articulating their family values with a new family crest - to be proudly displayed throughout their new Maryland home.
The fir tree harkens back Vermont state official crest, and serves as the visual touchstone for the Catella family. The tree is surrounded by an enveloping heart shape, representing love, service, and acceptance, which the Catellas articulated as being the central values that guide their lives.
The hardest part of finalizing this crest was to decide on a color palette - you can see some of the many iterations we reviewed on display here.