Richard Paris Logo

Recently, a friend of mine needed a logo for his newly launched creative endeavor in which he designs and produces high end jewelry. Earlier, In 1996, I designed a logo for this same friend for his girl-centric surf shop in Hermosa Beach, CA called "Surf Like a Girl". It had a surf board with a butterfly and it was pretty well received by the surf public. After creating several rounds of marks, I revisited the butterfly icon again and found it to be quite a nice pairing with his name "Richard Paris". It creates a memorable icon using juxtaposed elements that communicates strength and elegance.

Sympathy for the Devil

So, In the film "Crumb" by Terry Zwigoff, Robert Crumb states "What's cooler than doing a record album cover for the Rolling Stones?" "NOT doing a record album cover for the Rolling Stones!!" He was actually relating the story with some regret and sounded like he was a little too stoned for his own good in the 60's.
Not living in the 60's, being too stoned nor wanting to pass up an opportunity, I recently had the good fortune to design an icewine package, "Sympathy for the Devil" for Mick and the Boys. It would have been released sooner, only no one could locate Mick Jagger as he was on some obscure French Polynesian island and was the last one to approve the design. Up next? Well, sketches have begun for a red wine called "Jumping Jack Flash" - hopefully Mick will be easier to locate this time... Rock on!