THE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY WAS BUILT AROUND KEY ELEMENTS THAT CAPTURE AND SHOWCASE THE UNIVERSITY’S IDENTITY, holistically PAYING HOMAGE TO GRambling state through sport.
THE TONAL TIGER STRIPE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE UNIFORM TO HONOR COACH EDDIE ROBINSON, FOR WHOM THE MASCOT "EDDIE THE TIGER" IS NAMED. I WANTED THE STRIPE TO CONVEY SPEED AND FEROCITY WHILE DISTINGUISHING ITSELF FROM EXISTING TIGER STRIPE DESIGNS. BY ELIMINATING SMOOTH CURVES, I CREATED A FASTER, MORE DYNAMIC LOOK. TO KEEP IT A ZERO-DISTRACTION GRAPHIC, I NESTED IT INTO THE BACK OF THE UNIFORM, ALLOWING THE STRIPES TO STAND OUT WHILE MAINTAINING A SUBTLE PRESENCE THROUGH THEIR TONAL APPLICATION.
GRAMBLING FOOTBALL GAMES DELIVER 75 MINUTES OF INCREDIBLE ENTERTAINMENT, BROUGHT TO LIFE BY THE TALENTED FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE WORLD FAMED BAND (WFB). KNOWN FOR THEIR SIGNATURE SOUND, FLAIR, AND PRECISION, THE WFB PROVIDED THE PERFECT INSPIRATION FOR INTEGRATING KEY DESIGN ELEMENTS INTO THE FOOTBALL UNIFORM. THE PATTERN FEATURED ON THEIR BIB, WHICH EMBODIES BOTH FLAIR AND PRECISION, WAS A NATURAL FIT. ADDITIONALLY, THE GSU CHARACTERS INSPIRED THE CREATION OF BOLD BLOCK LETTERING, FURTHER CONNECTING THE UNIFORM TO THE UNIVERSITY’S RICH TRADITION.
