{"id":1247,"date":"2019-03-16T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T17:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.bristol.wordcamp.org\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2019-03-17T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T15:24:22","slug":"announcing-our-street-art-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/announcing-our-street-art-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing our street art theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the most fun jobs as a WordCamp organiser is picking a theme that you will use to give your WordCamp a brand identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is important on so many levels and merits a few paragraphs on why&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is picking a theme a big deal for a WordCamp?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, did you know there were 149 WordCamps in 2018? Have a look at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the full list of past WordCamps (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/central.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/past-wordcamps\/\" target=\"_blank\">the full list of past WordCamps<\/a> if you want to check for yourself. With so many other WordCamps happening, it helps to set ourselves apart from one another so we don&#8217;t give the impression that WordCamps are just following a cookie-cutter template. Every WordCamp is different as the organising team are local, and whilst needing to work within guidelines, have complete freedom to organise a WordCamp that best reflects the needs and uniqueness of their local area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another important part of choosing a theme is to give others the opportunity to get an impression of what your city or local area is like. For many going to a WordCamp is a chance to visit a new city with instant friends, who will be delighted to visit the sights with you or show you the best hidden parts if they are local. Anyone as excited about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WordCamp Europe in Berlin (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/2019.europe.wordcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamp Europe 2019 in Berlin<\/a> as we are? For anyone putting on a WordCamp, you are likely to be as proud as punch of your city and want others to know that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Another factor, perhaps less important is to help set your WordCamp apart from others years if you are a city lucky enough to have had several WordCamps grace your streets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing our theme, &#8216;street art&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bristol is well-known for its street art, graffiti and creativity. Most people have heard of a pretty famous guy called &#8216;Banksy&#8217; who also hails from our fair and colourful city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seemed a no-brainer that we should choose street art as our theme. Not only does it reflect well the values and culture of Bristol (arty, creative and a little bit edgy) but we also knew that we could create a really fun and colourful brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.bristol.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/01\/wcb19_wapuu_@1x-265x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/01\/wcb19_wapuu_@1x-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/01\/wcb19_wapuu_@1x.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we created the visual identity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are super lucky to have the fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benham_Benham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ben Hamilton (opens in a new tab)\">Ben Hamilton<\/a>, from <a aria-label=\"Atomic Smash (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atomicsmash.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Atomic Smash<\/a> as our design lead for WordCamp Bristol 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben has written a really interesting and in-depth article on how we took our theme of street art and turned it into a brand that we are all so very proud of. Click the button below to visit the Atomic Smash website and read all about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atomicsmash.co.uk\/blog\/creating-a-visual-identity-for-wordcamp-bristol-2019\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read Ben&#8217;s article on the Atomic Smash site <br><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most fun jobs as a WordCamp organiser is picking a theme that you will use to give your WordCamp a brand identity. This is important on so many levels and merits a few paragraphs on why&#8230; Why is picking a theme a big deal for a WordCamp? Firstly, did you know there &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/announcing-our-street-art-theme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Announcing our street art theme&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14556714,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papmd9-k7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14556714"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}