{"id":1024,"date":"2021-10-18T20:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T00:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2021-10-18T20:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T00:53:04","slug":"the-n-c-state-fair-by-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2021\/the-n-c-state-fair-by-design\/","title":{"rendered":"The N.C. State Fair, By Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No matter where you are on the fairgrounds when the N.C. State Fair is in town, chances are you will see the the work of Amanda Morris \u201803. No, Morris is not a groundskeeper or a custodian. She\u2019s not a carny or one of the countless vendors selling candy apples or deep fried Twinkies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morris, 41, of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., is a graphic designer for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. As such, she designed the familiar logo for the State Fair. \u201cObviously, it has to be catchy,\u201d she says. \u201cBright colors, bold, easy to read, something that evokes fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morris has been designing the logo since 2005, when she went to work for the department after majoring in graphic design at NC State (she loved art, but didn\u2019t want to be a \u201cstarving artist\u201d). She also has a freelance graphic design business<\/a>, doing work for the likes of the Salvation Army of Wake County and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n