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The Columbia Club is a beautiful ten-story architectural showpiece located in Indianapolis on Monument Circle. It was dedicated in October 1925 and the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 1983. Because of its privacy and prestige, the Columbia Club is the gracious host for distinguished visitors from political figures to celebrities. In keeping with the Club's origin, every Republican president since Harrison, including McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenshower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush has visited the Club as president or candidate.

All our artwork for the Columbia Club incorporates a vintage 30s/40s typography layout. The text is set in the same manner seen in movie posters and advertisements from the mid twentieth century. The artwork also shares a common structure that in the dense spacing of the letterforms, as well as their variant widths and slightly exaggerated verticality, references the architecture of the city. This graphic language also reflects street typography in its extremely active, unconventional and almost graffiti-like juxtaposition. The combination of "vintage" and "graffiti juxtaposition" we feel best captures the energy of downtown Indianapolis and the rich history of the club.

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USA Gymnastics is the sole national governing body for the sport of gymnastics in the United States. This designation comes from the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). USA Gymnastics has many responsibilities, including selecting and training the U.S. Gymnastics Teams for Olympic Games and World Championships; promoting and developing gymnastics on a grassroots and national level; and serving as a resource center for member clubs, fans and gymnasts throughout the United States.

USA Gymnastics prints two nationally circulated publications and Grant Glas was in charge of all editorial design and layout for both of these magazines from 2008 - 2011. USA Gymnastics is a full color, 52 page, bi-monthly publication with a circulation of over 100,000. Technique is a two-color, 48 page, monthly publication with a circulation of over 17,000.

Drawing from the visual language of the magazine's three decades past, Grant merged the design evolution with sporty, bright and youthful colors, alongside bold photography, to give USA Gymnastics a more contemporary look that would still appeal to its established audience. The main goal being to reconnect with its young energetic audience, but not looking like a kids’ magazine.