Help Choose The Logo for The Junction!
The teen graphic design students of Ku’umba Community Arts created logo options for The Junction. The students then chose the five designs they felt best achieved the goal of presenting Ensley in a new light. Get to know the designers behind the logos, and help choose the official logo for The Junction by voting in the survey below!
Ashlyn MacMillan
For 16-year-old Ashlyn MacMillan, designing a logo for The Junction was not only an opportunity to represent Ensley; it was also a chance to express something about her larger culture.
Two of the designs that are finalists for The Junction logo were created by 16-year-old Shea Washington. Shea is, as Ku’umba Director Deidre Clark says, “a design force”…a quiet design force.
Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Moore is inspired by Ensley’s jazz history; she hopes her design will inspire community pride.
Sixteen-year-old Destiny Thompson says the cracked lines in her logo represent “the (negative) things that people say about Ensley: the misconceptions, or the things that we don’t have all together.” She highlighted the letters in “junction” that spell “union” to encourage people inside and outside of the community to come together through storytelling and listening: “It brings everybody together – the whole community. And everybody that doesn’t know about Ensley, they can come and join.”
In this interview clip, Destiny talks about representing Ensley with her logo, and how that fits with her goal of starting a community center.
Click here to cast your vote for your favorite on The Junction’s website!
Could calligraphy help with anxiety? This study aims to find out
People have a lot of strategies for dealing with anxiety – medication, therapy or exercise, for instance. But a new study explored a different method – calligraphy.
‘Gore is back, baby!’ Directors of ‘Final Destination’ are pushing bloody boundaries
Co-directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein say they hope audiences will be cringing – and laughing – as they watch Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth installment in the beloved horror franchise.
Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.
A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder
For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder.
Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments
The arguments focused on whether federal district court judges can rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.
‘Caught by the Tides’ turns discarded documentary scraps into a remarkable drama
This documentary-drama hybrid is one of the best new movies our critic's seen this year. It draws on archival footage to tell a story of two lovers separating and reuniting over roughly two decades.
