Brighton Bear team launch new logo to accompany Brighton Bear Weekend 2019 celebrations.
DESIGNED by talented local artist, Richard Denne from Big Bad Brighton Bear, the three bears design (daddy, bear and cub) features hints of Brighton Pavilion and, of course one of the ever-present seagulls.
The new 2019 T-shirts come in red and navy from small to 3XL, cost £14 and are available from Prowler in St James Street, Brighton and brightonbearweekend.com where you can find all the information for the big weekend that this year takes place from June 13-16.
This year Brighton Bear Weekend is once again proudly supporting The Rainbow Fund who give grants to local LGBT/HIV organisations who deliver effective services to LGBT+ people in the city.
Graham Munday, Chair of Brighton Bear Weekend, said: “It is always an exciting time for us at BBW HQ to launch our new logo for the year. It is great to be able to support and shine a light on local talent. I want to say a big thank you to Richard for giving his time and skill to us free of charge allowing BBW to raise more money for The Rainbow Fund with every T-shirt that is sold.”
Richard Denne, this years creator, explains: “I’m an artist who works out of my studio in Hove. Designing and making T-shirts happened by accident. One day I was making some large paintings which usually involved screen printing some elements onto them and I needed to clean the screen and there was a T-shirt laying around and I used that. The result was very interesting and I was hooked. I made a few more T-shirts and then friends asked would I make them one. Always with an eye for a brand, I realised that I needed to design a logo to separate them from my fine art work and the bear head evolved. Again by accident, a friend asked me to print a large version on the front of a shirt. He was a big bloke (bear) so I teased him by writing BigBadBrightonBear on it and BigBadBrightonBear.com was born.
“Jump forward five years and I was asked by a friend (Andrew Tull) on behalf of Brighton Bear Weekend to design this year’s artwork. It is an honour to be asked to design and I am looking forward to the weekend, even more, this year.”
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