I think Seattle's design esthetic at its best,
and it's, you know, it tends to be why we focus on so much historical design
because it was definitely different.
It's whimsical and idiosyncratic and weird, but also really bold
and functional and it, and it does its job really well.
We tend to pull a lot of stuff from
kind of the '70s and '80s and early '90s.
You know, it's a time of Seattle when, I don't know, things
feel really optimistic.
Seattle, through it sort of civic designs trying to sort of aspire to be bigger,
but also sort of identify the things about it that make it unique.
And a lot of times feels very celebratory,
like in the parks logo, especially you see that.
Then we have to find out it was designed by Tim Girvan, who did logos
for Nordstrom and Nintendo in "The Matrix" and all that kind of stuff.
And he's really famous for his calligraphy,
which makes complete sense when you think about it.
And like the letters.
You know, we were both commenting on the things people wear in other cities
that can so often tie them to the place,
and how we wish that Seattle had something like that.
Some kind of, you know, clear insignia for for itself.
Or are these these wearable kind of tokens of
of what the city is that extend past, you know, corporate sports teams.
And so we really wanted to create those things.
Either, you know, you live here and you grow up with this stuff and things
like the Washington Apple logo mean a lot and tie you to a specific place and time.
But or, you know, I mean, Seattle has a lot of people who are new
and a lot of transplants, and they maybe aren't sports fans,
but they want a way to sort of support and celebrate this new home.
Design or visual
culture's way of kind of representing something much bigger than itself
and and being able to wear that or embody in some way, as is,
it seems to be increasingly like a big part of what it means
to be a part of a place, or part of a culture in general.
And civic design is something that's for everybody.
And that's what makes it, you know, beautiful.