STEINLY CUP LOGO DESIGN

logo design, illustration | aug 2023

The Steinly Cup is a game played at the Boston Beer Company annual meeting, Beerfest. The game serves as a team bonding exercise and involves beer trivia, along other small beer-related challenges such as stein hoisting. The idea for the logo was initially pitched to work with the name and combine elements from previous Stanley cup logos with our traditional stein form to serve as a playful and unique logo, that still represnted the company’s brand.

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Artwork designed exclusively for The Boston Beer Company under a work for hire. All rights, title and goodwill remain the property of The Boston Beer Company and use of the artwork is limited to designer’s portfolio only.

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FINAL ASSESTS

Adobe Illustrator
Below you can see the final logo that I designed, as well as the assets I created to be used alongside it. Continue scrolling down to see my process and how I arrived at this final design. 

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PROCESS

Inspiration

The initial prompt that I received from the client was to create a logo that uses elements from previous Stanley Cup logos and features a stein. As inspiration I used a few different logos shown below. Some reocurring elements that I noticed across almost all of the Stanley Cup logos included: some kind of shield form, minimal colors (typically silver, black, and maybe a dark blue or red), strong and italicized typefaces, and bold, black outlines. My goal was to do my best to incorporate these elements while still creating something unique. 

First Iteration

For my original designs, I focused on created a simple logo that embodies the essence of the Stanley Cup logos above through typography and illustration style. I sent over these 3 options to the client to get their inital opinions on the idea.

Second Iteration

The client liked the concept of the logo but though that the space in middle of the logo seemed too large and empty in every version. I agreed with this and decided to move the main copy to the center and make it slightly larger so that it really stands out. The client additionally wanted to add some color, so I made a few options that used minimal color because the Stanley Cup logos are mainly silver.

Final Feedback

The dark blue was my team’s favorite because it worked well with the Boston Beer brand colors, so we decided to move forward with that coloring. I also received additional feedback from the client regarding the stein illustration: they wanted to change the mug shaped stein to a more traditional stein that would make it more recognizable. I made some tweaks to the illutration to accomodate their idea and ended with this logo as the final version.