What's in a name

The former Harrogate and the Dales society of Architects dissolved in 2003. As part of a Yorkshire-wide focus on architecture communities in 2012, the society reformed. The first task was to decide whether the former name was appropriate and design a new logo.

Architects were invited to put forward their suggestions. Below are a few.

Mixd creative design agency looked through the designs, and decided that the latter design was the simplest and most effective.

Following much deliberation, we then decided that the name North Yorkshire Society of Architects abbreviated NYSA was much more inclusive yet snappy name than the former "Harrogate and the Dales Society of Architects."

Mixd then worked up our current logo for use as a favicon and header logo.