Branding for the Columbia Club by Grant Glas:
The Columbia Club is a beautiful ten-story architectural showpiece located in Indianapolis on Monument Circle. It was dedicated in October 1925 and the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 1983. Because of its privacy and prestige, the Columbia Club is the gracious host for distinguished visitors from political figures to celebrities. In keeping with the Club's origin, every Republican president since Harrison, including McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenshower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush has visited the Club as president or candidate.
All my artwork for the Columbia Club incorporates a vintage 30s/40s typography layout. The text is set in the same manner seen in movie posters and advertisements from the mid twentieth century. The artwork also shares a common structure that in the dense spacing of the letterforms, as well as their variant widths and slightly exaggerated verticality, references the architecture of the city. This graphic language also reflects street typography in its extremely active, unconventional and almost graffiti-like juxtaposition. The combination of "vintage" and "graffiti juxtaposition" I feel best captures the energy of downtown Indianapolis and the rich history of the club.
Texas Hold'em: Poster, Table Tent and Flyer
Indianapolis 500: Posters and Flyers
Breakfast with The Bunny & Mother's Day Brunch: Flyers, Table Tents, Print Ad
Chef's Cooking Class & Red Hat Luncheon: Poster and Table Tent
Print Ad for New Member & USS Indianapolis Luncheon Poster
Columbia Club wedding booklet October 2008
2009 Blood Drive Poster & Spring Wine Dinner Poster and table tent