51st State Band is probably the largest band in South West London, and most of its members are aged 7 to 18. The band is funded by local authorities and sponsors, providing instruments and tuition, as well as great opportunities to perform.
Purple is the band’s colour, and they had a very simple logo which I jazzed up a little. The client wanted a 1930’s “speakeasy” style, but light and fun enough to appeal to kids. The impact is mainly visual; the band provided plenty of great images and videos, which I supplemented with stock drawings to create texture and atmosphere. This is probably one of the most inspiring projects I’ve been lucky enough to work on!
I also do regular advertising print work for them — you can see a couple of posters and leaflets in the gallery above.
Kudos from 51st State Band:
“I am so pleased and proud of our websites. Sumangali has captured perfectly the dynamic and inspirational quality which we needed. She has conveyed the message that music can make an enormous impact on young peoples lives and attitudes and not only gives children and young people confidence, beauty and inspiration in their life, but also music fosters their aspirations to achieve goals and beleive in themselves.
Sumangali has also designed posters and flyers for various 51st State Band music projects and each one is not only beautiful and inspirational but very appealing to the young people who I need to engage with.
What I also really like is that Sumangali picks up immediately on the feel and joy I would like in the designs without fuss and she creates the work quickly. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She is in the web and poster design-world my best discovery. Thank you very much.”