Charpie

Way back when I was a freshman in college at the Savannah College of Art and Design I hooked up with three like minded achievement addicts: Josh Lind, Britt Spencer, and Kevin Phillips. We all got a long great and each saw a skillset in the others that offered a unique blend when we combined our effort toward a project. We knew we wanted to some day work with each other professionally, so as an excersize we formed a group called Dandy Dwarves.

Within this group we made up fictitious clients and produced work for them as if they had come to hire us in the real world. The work ranged from a simple logo to websites to television production. From this we gathered great experiences in understanding how each of us worked and what roles we naturally fell into. The Dandy Dwarves did eventually become a business and now operates out of San Rafael, CA and is lead by Josh Lind. Although Lind is the last remaining ‘original’ member, we all still work closely on projects together.

History aside, I recently created this minor facelift of our old emblem, the lollipop, to tide the Dandy Dwarves image over until the complete overhaul already in the plans. I did it mostly for fun, but also wanted to see how far I could push the idea.

Here you see the original logo developed by myself and illustrator Britt Spencer, a member of the group. It’s got a fun, quirky and whimsical sense to it that we’ve always loved. The lollipop remained a recognizable symbol of the group during our college years as the stenciled emblem began branding a lot of our acquired equiment.