In 2021, I worked with an external graphic designer to update the cathedral's style guide. The existing guide had been created 10 years previously, and had not been followed since.
The designer had already been working with the cathedral on Trinité Magazine, the volunteer-produced biannual community magazine. We started with Trinité's style and built on that, creating updated logos and other brand standards. I then followed the new standard in all print designs, allowing flexibility for creative design choices.
The new style was dignified, simple, and modern, incorporating our long-time brand purple as well as an (informal) secondary palette of red, blue, and gold. I hired photographers throughout the year to capture key events, architectural details of the cathedral, and focused on using imagery of community members.
Below: posters for the A-frame sidewalk sign outside the cathedral.
In early 2023, I produced all graphic elements for the cathedral’s centenary weekend, celebrating the parish’s history, the convocation's history, and the historic signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Episcopal Church and the Church of Sweden. The weekend's events were attended by community members from all over Europe and the United States, and hosted by key leaders in the Episcopal Church (including the Presiding Bishop), the Church of England (including the Archbishop of York), and the Church of Sweden (including the Primate).
I produced graphics including a logo (below, in various images, circle of sun rays behind a church and 100 Years) for roll-up posters, flyers, banners, social media posts, tote bags, and more. This required working with the style guides of three organizations (the American Cathedral in Paris, the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and the Episcopal Church) and responding to the needs of shareholders in multiple organizations, at multiple organizational levels. After the centenary weekend, I produced a page on the cathedral's website to capture the weekend and thank everyone involved (see web design page).
A banner to hang on the front fence of the cathedral in Paris.
Outside of tri-fold flyer promoting the celebrations.
Inside of tri-fold flyer promoting the celebrations.
Tote bag and roll-up banners at the Saturday event.
Blank version of the cathedral's Tapestry of Our Future. One thematic focus of the centenary was how to build the community's next hundred years. Inspired by the Bayeux tapestry, which details the past, we created this tapestry to detail our hopes and prayers for the future. Above, images of community members filling out the tapestry.
Below: roll-up banners for the convocation, the Episcopal church, and the cathedral, used as decorations for each event space through the weekend.
