2012 Visual Identity for the Paris RollerGirls

What better way for starting the year than unveiling the official shots of the PRG players? 30 girls, 30 personalities, 30 different stagings.

The displayed photos on the website are full length but there are complementary head shots for the rosters... be patient!

Enjoy the browsing HERE

All shots © Carole Dodeman

Let's not kick the habit of talking about ME, because this is my space and I say whatever I want in it! I chose to be represented reading a book about Janis* because she rocks, with my headphones around my neck because they just live there -- and for the record, with my mp3-player in my pants because my clothes were too tight and without pockets. I painted the logo of my band Akouphën on my shoulder because there's no reason why I can't proudly display my tattoos like everybody, and let kicked cones lying on the floor because I kind of broke my slalom-skating chains with success thanks to derby!

* A book that I strongly recommend by Jeanne-Martine Vacher entitled "Sur La Route de Janis"

Paris RollerGirls Logo

So, this is it! Our final logo.

We had had problems with our very first logo because it showed the Eiffel Tower in a circle -- which reminded too much of the Paris Saint-Germain logo. We had a provisory logo (the same but without the circle... which I found was still perfect: sober, symbolic and efficient).

 

I'm summarizing a bit here. But finally we had a contest, for which we received lots of logos. We then had a vote, after a first selection by the head of the association. And this is the one that was selected.

 

Personnaly, I liked the old one far better. This one is too common. I think that somehow it's a shame because it doesn't reflect anything. But on the other hand I just don't care because I'm here to play derby, not to sell t-shirts with logos on. 

Paris Saint-Germain | First PRG Logo | Provisory Logo

"Paris Brings the Passion!"

This is the slogan of the League. Don't ask me how they came to this, I'm sad enough not to have been there when it happened -- I was giving a slalom workshop the whole weekend...

But here it is, and Man it rules!

 

EDIT: Ok so now I learnt how it came from... Amelia went to a bootcamp in Germany and described us as very tactile, always hugging and kissing each other, caring when one of us falls or takes a hit... which kind of stroke her at first. And she concluded her description with "Paris brings the passion".