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WisCowChip

Humans long for competition, and I sometimes wonder how competitions like WisCowChip develop. Who knew you could make a competition out of throwing dried cow poo!

Client

Wiscowchip

Designer

Erik Shirk

Professor

Pamela Barby

 

Branding
Print

Client

Wiscowchip

Designer

Erik Shirk

Professor

Pamela Barby

Branding
Print

Humans long for competition, and I sometimes wonder how competitions like WisCowChip develop. Who knew you could make a competition out of throwing dried cow poo!

This project was to create a branding package for a bizarre event. We had pulled events out of a hat and I chose Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw. For those who are farm illiterate cow chips are dried pieces of cow poop. No gloves but you can lick your hand for a better grip – tasty! 

The concepts for the logo ranged from flying brown blobs, to cows with exploding behinds. While this was a fun exercise I landed on making a cow chip out of the state of Wisconsin.

The inspiration for this project was David Carson’s approach to typography. I wanted to experiment with unconventional forms of typography that also kept the theme and feel of the event but maintain clarity and hierarchy.