Speak Up > Design Cliches

I’d like to declare some highly-localized graphic ideas dead. I’m sure a lot of other small towns have their own examples.

Living in Montana, stylized mountains and rivers should be KILLED. The woodcut illustration should have its life-support plug pulled. Even more locally, there is a mountain range at the north end of the Helena valley called “Sleeping Giant,” due to it looking - you guessed it - like a giant lying on his back. That silhouette has appeared on everything from beer to dentist offices and beyond and 99% of the time it’s executed poorly (that being said, someone has asked me to do a logo and, you guessed it, it has to have the sleeping giant in it - I guess I don’t feel strongly enough about the cliche to turn down the business).