At one point, we were looking over samples looking for a graphic to offset the type. (There are a LOT of leaves, seashells, and flowers in there.) Being a minimalist, I was looking for a simple, nondescript shape--something like the airholes in a violin. (I had actually created a little logo for all my handouts back when I was teaching. It never caught on, but I liked the idea of a "corporate logo" on my work.) Later in the evening, I thought of something really cool from an 80s movie that might have worked.
Something I noticed about John Hughes films (back in the greatest decade that ever was) was in the marketing campaigns--specifically, the movie posters. I don't know if Hughes himself had anything to do with it, but three of his movies--three of my favorites--had little stylized logos. "The Breakfast Club", for example:
"TBC," for the title of the movie. What its meaning or purpose is I don't know; it didn;t appear in the movie's titles or anything. It was just a symbol, a "movie rune," if you will. There's one on the poster for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", as well:
(The logo in the corner is, again, the acronym for the title.) I wish that one was more clear, but you get the idea. I can't seem to find a hi-res photo of the movie poster for "Some Kind of Wonderful" anywhere, but if you ever come across one look here:
The acronym logo again. Like I said, it's just a little symbolic accent. And it's just such an accent that made me think of John Hughes movies while I was looking for a graphic for the wedding invitations. One other Hughes film* had one, this time much more prominent in the poster:
Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity. (But the little swirl we chose for the invitations looks good, too.)
* This symbolic line is from the ad campaign for "She's Having A Baby"--my fiancee isn't, so don't read anything into it.
