Tag: Amanda Meares

Daily schedules…check!

As we get closer and closer to Fair time (just 49 days left!), we here in the Press Office start checking things off our Fair lists. One important piece we collaborate on with our designers and Fair staff is the Daily Schedule. This handy guide is available during the Fair so visitors have a complete schedule of events, a pocket-sized map for their back pockets and all of the Frequently Asked Questions all in one place. The Daily Schedule is also available online. To top things off, it’s pretty, well, pretty this year. Amanda Meares, who created the 2009 Fair…

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Behind the scenes with…Amanda Meares, graphic artist

Amanda Meares is one part of the talented in-house graphic designer team at the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that creates all of the Fair’s design material. The State Fair Web site, Premium Book, bumper stickers, notepads, Twitter background, promotional posters, signage, daily programs and much, much more all pass through the hands of our graphic artists. We spoke with Amanda on the inspiration behind this year’s creative treatment, as well as her own personal Fair favorites. Check out her answers (and posters**) below.

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