St. Augustine Legal Affairs (STALA) Issue 1 | Page 42

What inspired you to create this logo?

The idea of forming a Law Society was one that intrigued me quite a bit. It is what motivated me to place my name up for consideration to act as the Sports Committee Chairperson( which I did for the first year of the Society’ s existence). When the Publications Chairperson made it known to me that no one had submitted a logo during the Logo competition, I decided that this was a great opportunity for me to contribute to the Society in an even bigger and more permanent fashion. It took me over a week to create the logo and I submitted it the day after the competition deadline date so as to avoid breaking the rules of the said competition, which prevented members of the Steering Committee from entering.

My plan from the very beginning was to create something that represented not just UWI, but UWI, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The inspiration for the design came from the UWI logo and the Trinidad and Tobago’ s national colours. The logo of the Sydney University Law Society was also used as reference. The national colours are all there, while the purple was used to give

42 a unique and vibrant flair, which is representative of the hardworking and persevering spirit of the Committee and its members. The shape of the logo itself, the placement of the artwork and the font used were heavily influence by the UWI logo.

Do you think this logo adequately represents the St. Augustine Law Society?

I believe the logo has a Caribbean feel to it while still maintaining a professional edge. It is as unique as its members and so it is quite representative of what the Society is about and aims to achieve: Reaching for Worldwide recognition, while remaining firmly rooted in our Caribbean heritage and influence.

How does this logo give the Law Society that element of authenticity that it was missing?

The society needed something that was genuinely‘ us’. What this