[BandChick]

1089 has a generic logo, we make buttons with it, put it on all our official documents, etc. It's on our banner, and our (coming soon!) flag. But we don't use it a t-shirt logo. That logo is pretty "modern," and it's already been revamped once, so I don't see a problem in having it revamped again in the future.

The one logo for shirts we do have standardized is our polo design. It's a simple silver lightning bolt with orange "Team Mercury" and "1089" around it. We know our team logo isn't changing, so making that a simple, yet consistent image choice was easy.

What we do change year to year is our silver soccer jersey logo. Yes, that's right, every year we have new logos. Personally, I enjoy it because our t-shirts become collectables, every year you can take home something new. Our students and mentors vote on a yearly theme (usually something to do with Mercury the planet, Mercury the God, something silver, or at last resort, the game). We usually try to design our t-shirt logos around the game and the theme we've chosen.

Some examples:
2005: Triple Play - T-shirt logo was a Tetra with wings
Tetra = game piece. Wings = Mercury the God reference
2007: Rack N Roll - T-shirt logo was "Mercury Rising"
Arm mechanism = game strategy, planet as the game element = Mercury
2008: FIRST Overdrive - T-shirt logo is Mercury traveling around the sun
Track = game element, planet = representative of our robot (and of course, the planet Mercury).

We also make new game-themed buttons every year.

I honestly think that's enough. It gives new students the opportunity to feel like they have direct impact on the image of the team, while still allowing us to maintain a solid, defined identity. We like being known as the silver kids, and most people who know us associate lightning bolts with us. The rest, well, we can keep redefining with new blood.

Hope that answers some of your questions!