When you cast your ballot in November, you might be sporting a tiny piece of art designed in Grand Rapids. The Secretary of State announced the winners of Michigan’s first-ever “I Voted” sticker design contest this week, with several artists located here in West Michigan.
Bree Tanner, co-founder and creative director at Studio Us in Grand Rapids, was one of nine winners in the contest.
Her design, “Ope I Voted,” was chosen from more than 480 submissions.
“I wanted it to be just excitable and kind of relatable in a very general way; regardless of where you come from, you’re a Midwesterner,” Tanner explained to FOX 17 Friday. “I’ve always loved that idea of regional, kind of microcultural differences within the United States.”
She says she wanted to incorporate both blue and red into her “Ope” design.
Her winning design was the result of everyone at Us Studio sitting down for a short creative session.
“We reviewed the brief, and we set the tone… We put on some patriotic music,” Tanner said. “We just sketched quickly, just what comes to mind when you think Michigan or voting.”