By Go Washington Redhawks!  Website

Year: 2017

DISCLAIMER: This website is a parody and is not endorsed by the Washington football team, the NFL, Dan Snyder, or any of their affiliates because, in 2017, these people think it’s still OK to use a racial slur for their mascot. This website was created by Native advocates to help us all imagine how easy and powerful changing the mascot could be.

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – On December 13th, The Washington football team franchise announced an updated team name and logo, coming Fall 2018.

The WASHINGTON REDHAWKS is a team EVERYONE can cheer for. The Franchise is proud to be a leader in bringing people together in the DMV and in our country during a time of growing divisions.

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By Addison Foote - Graphic Designer  Website

Year: 2015

My favorite off all past Redskins logos was a logo that they only had for one season. It is an "R" instead of the Indian inside of the circle. I based this design off of that concept and styled the "R" similar to the "R" in one of their old secondary logos.

By Max O'Brien - Graphic Designer  Website

Year: 2013

Well it was going to be controversial either way. At least with the Chiefs you can have some leeway. I’m not here to start an argument though, it’s a name that has been around for ages, has stuck and I don’t think will change anytime soon. The Redskins name means well despite having the subtleness of a cinder block through a window, so I tried to follow in its intention: to honor a proud people.

I did consider the return of the spear as an option but what are you really hiding? Better to tackle the issue head-on (oh the puns). A proud Native American in a respectful, noble pose is what I wanted to use and a key shape to tie it all together, that shape being the letter ‘R’. 

I can be quite stubborn in certain situations, this whole exercise being one of them. If I have an idea that I think is clever I’ll keep attempting it in the hope that it will work out. Sometimes it doesn’t but this time I was fortunate. I drew multiple iterations of the face from different angles trying to conform to the letter. If it’s too blatantly obvious as to what I’m trying to do so that each motif is compromised in the attempt then I won’t use it. Poor executions of intertwining elements means it becomes cheesy, unintelligent and at the very least, putrid. But after many sketches (most horrible) I hit a stroke of luck and the result is what you see.

By Wes Kull - Graphic Designer  Website

Year: 2012

A logo rebranding of the Washington Redskins NFL football team.