Author: Mike Diegel

Photo from barbarajpeters.com We’re now down to just eight contestants left in the Source’s County Council campaign sign challenge. Today’s poll will determine who makes Monday’s Final Four signs, just before Election Day. With the competition stiffening, we thought we’d remind you of what our design consultant, Eric Robbins, said in his initial review of these eight contestants: Brandy Brooks—Good concept but difficult to read the first name, and border of county lines interferes with last name. Evan Glass—Good name typography. Simple and direct with non-traditional color scheme. Will Jawando—Good, classic high-contrast color scheme with blue and orange (War...

Photo from barbarajpeters.com You’ve studied the at-large County Council candidates to make your choices for the best. But what about their signs? Who has the best, most effective art and message? We asked the candidates for examples of their campaign signs and collected 22. We’ve randomly seeded them in the poll below for the Tournament of Signs; some candidates were matched against those for whom we were unable to collect a sample. The Round of 32 is today. Tomorrow, look for our Sweet 16, the Elite 8 will post on Saturday, and Sunday we’ll have our Final four before...