When I Wish Upon a Jewish Star

I found a thoughtful write up on Jewish graphic design from a designer named Rev Cruz. He entered a logo design contest we sponsored on Worth1000 to design ModernTribe's logo. We asked the contestants to reinvent the Star of David.

Rev Cruz was one of many many (40+) submissions and it was one we really liked. We didn't end up choosing his design for our brandmark but we did purchase the design and will be using it somewhere -- I think it would look great on a t-shirt! What do you think?

Here is Rev Cruz's post:
Perelandran Chronicles: Logo Design: Center for Jewish Values and ModernTribe

and here is his super design he writes he emulated from club music innovators Hed Kandi:

Welcome Fellow Heebs!

Today is opening day at ModernTribe.com. It's been a long few weeks working with our webnerds trying to get the site up in time... in time for the banner ad? No. In time for the email blast? Sorta. You, dear Heeb readers, get to see our site first. Voila.

If you can take a minute to say shalom, tell us who you are and what you think of the site and products so far, we would appreciate it. Be nice: your shopkeepers are tired.

Pointing Guns and Knocking Skulls

Guns and skulls are hot. Through our 11 hour tromp through New York's Midtown neighborhoods, we saw these motifs over and over (e.g., 3Guns Vase by SuckUK). I soon found myself searching for skull tees.




Grave motifs for a country supposedly obsessed with safety and peace. Maybe it's an expression of our unspoken desire to be carrying that gun.

I wanted skulls for ModernTribe and was wondering... are there skull + star of David motifs? Yah. I hunted them down and you can find them here.