UNION SPRINGS - Dylan Willis may only be a Union Springs High School student, but he's already made it big in the real world.
Willis has designed a new logo for Jason's New York Pizzeria in Union Springs and will soon see his design stamped onto the front facade and window of the pizzeria's building in the village.
“I imagine I'll be walking by and say, ‘I made that,'” said Willis, 16. “It's going to feel great. I can't wait to see what it looks like.”
With the Italian flag as a backdrop, Willis' illustration includes “Jason's New York Pizzeria” in a curvy font, a picture of a pizza slice on the left and a plate of spaghetti on the right. In the center is a picture of a boat and a wave with the phrase “Boat delivery available” across the bottom.
“I was just excited,” said Willis of his logo being chosen. “I thought, ‘I wonder what my parents are going to think,'” he said.
Willis and his classmates in the high school's graphic design class taught by art teacher Jason Charles each designed their own logo for the restaurant as a class project. While restaurant owner Jason Markel said he could only pick one, he will frame the other designs and dedicate a wall in his building to the students.
“I thought it was great because I know all of the kids already,” said Markel. “They come here to eat. They are good kids and the people here are my family. I know everybody, and who better to design the logo than somebody in the family.”
Charles first assigned the project to graphic design about three years ago as a way to expose students to the real world way of creating and proposing a new logo.
For school Principal Kim Ward, the project served as a great way to coalesce real world experience with academic achievement.
But beyond honing artistic talent, the project meets state standards as it requires students to write a written proposal and oral presentation articulating the logo, said Ward.
“Whenever we can make something more relevant and meaningful for kids, I'm all for it,” she said. “This is a perfect example of it.”
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
“I imagine I'll be walking by and say, ‘I made that,'” said Willis, 16. “It's going to feel great. I can't wait to see what it looks like.”
With the Italian flag as a backdrop, Willis' illustration includes “Jason's New York Pizzeria” in a curvy font, a picture of a pizza slice on the left and a plate of spaghetti on the right. In the center is a picture of a boat and a wave with the phrase “Boat delivery available” across the bottom.
“I was just excited,” said Willis of his logo being chosen. “I thought, ‘I wonder what my parents are going to think,'” he said.
Willis and his classmates in the high school's graphic design class taught by art teacher Jason Charles each designed their own logo for the restaurant as a class project. While restaurant owner Jason Markel said he could only pick one, he will frame the other designs and dedicate a wall in his building to the students.
“I thought it was great because I know all of the kids already,” said Markel. “They come here to eat. They are good kids and the people here are my family. I know everybody, and who better to design the logo than somebody in the family.”
Charles first assigned the project to graphic design about three years ago as a way to expose students to the real world way of creating and proposing a new logo.
For school Principal Kim Ward, the project served as a great way to coalesce real world experience with academic achievement.
But beyond honing artistic talent, the project meets state standards as it requires students to write a written proposal and oral presentation articulating the logo, said Ward.
“Whenever we can make something more relevant and meaningful for kids, I'm all for it,” she said. “This is a perfect example of it.”
Staff writer Alyssa Sunkin can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or alyssa.sunkin@lee.net
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