University Campus Sign

By Ryan Haworth | | No Comments |

In Idaho Falls, University of Idaho and Idaho State University share a campus. The sign by the entrance is old and out-dated. This was an attempt to refresh the sign while keeping branding standards for both schools.

The original sign.

    Issues with the original sign:
  • Broken plastic parts of Idaho State University
  • Branding for both universities is outdated
  • No one uses “University Place” anymore
  • Both universities use “Idaho Falls” in location name, but it is obscured
  • university names are not memorable in this configuration
  • Idaho State University seems more prominent as it is above

Here are some of the ideas that were tossed around for the new sign look.

Simple is best. It was determined that the existing stucco matches the other architecture on campus. So, we’re going to simplify the design. Also, this was the point when it was decided to drop “University Place” because no one uses it.

I offered this alternative as the Idaho State University logo here uses the same ratio of name to “Spirit mark” as another configuration, but it was deemed an inappropriate use.
So the final will be the one just below.
I still have issues with this design. It appears that University of Idaho is more prominent.