::  Funfact: Yes, that BMW-Logo has its blue-and-white from just that signet. Little did I know that decades later I would even present Logodesigns for another project to BMW-Owner Susanne Klatten (I designed the original Logo for the SKala Initiative - the "SK" in "SKala" stands for "Susanne Klatten" - and presented the designs to her; we even talked about the BMW-Logo. That happened after her team was so amazed about my designs for the new initiative in the first presentation round, that they said they would invite her next time. And so it happened. I´ll add a bout about that project later, just good to see that people with possibilities engage by really putting money and efforts where it is needed to change things for the better. She even asked for more projects to support for the elderly herself during that time. And has my respect :) ).

Kinda circle closing - one of the most famous signets and and of the most famous cardesign and carmaker brands. BUT, now also one of the biggest donors for good Causes in Germany. Beautiful to see how that business woman grew into the projects and found a new purpose with all the projects she supported through my employer. So next time you hear "BMW" you also know: They do a lot Good (and had one of the coolest first electric roadsters with the "i8" AND ... that Logo has deeper roots in Bavarias famous white-blue-pattern from an old family signet. And as a designer it´s also impressive to get again and again to know the people behind those brands - and their striving to do something Good too, often never reported about in the news.

The initiative also got recognized by UMWELTBUNDESAMT - the ones with "Blauer Engel" (means Blue Angel"), one of the very first signets to mark products for customers that are produced clean and carefree for customers - since I grew up with that one in the news it was quite a honour to see that Logo of the initiative all together with their first call for the first 100.000 EUR grants on their website. I´ll add a sccreenshot here for you :)"). ALSO: The printing company which printed the SOCIAL IMPACT NAVIGATOR aka KURSBUCH WIRKUNG (the 150.000 copies book that I designed, layouted, illustrated and made real both as printed version and as eBook, see my other design cases) was the VERY first printing company in Germany to be certified for that Blauer Engel Signet throughout their whole printing process - on top of the multi-certified recycling papier we used. A good fit, since the book was also the first of its kind in Germany. And soon translated into more languages.

... I wrote this. People smiled anywhere reading this. Boring shirts do nothing. Entertaining shirts encourage, give energy and create smiles - thats my experience after many years taking part myself. (I once saw someone running dressed up as a dishwasher among several superhero lookalikes every year - it really depends on your imagination. In my case the company would pay the start fee, the production fee for the shirts and anything else was up to the runners. In this case here I even payed 3 of the shirts myself to make things happen. So I created designs over the years for each event in my free time, deleloped cartoons (see my illustration page). The pic is from the moments before the start.

Back to the bib: The bib on the left reads "don´t call it stain, call it IMPACT baby" referring on the positive impact of doing Good and charity. The other one reads "Thats ART!" already including later probably freqent random stains created by the bambinos eating meals