Over the past week I had asked my fellow graphic designers if they’d be interested in submitting their favorite designed logos to be featured on TDC.
They were also asked to submit a short description, inspiration or other relevant information that would give meaning and provide understanding of the logo, as I feel it’s important to have an understanding and purpose for every design and is in good practice to get into, if you haven’t already.
So without further a due, here’s what TDC readers have to showcase.
Tanner Christensen
“This was the first logo design I ever did for a paying client (about seven years ago, when I was 16), and it is still getting quite a bit of attention today. The design originally was meant to resemble a head wearing earphones - thus the reason the two “d”s are combined.”
Imativa Design Consultants
“Logo made for a sofware company - Typo is custom-made for client and is meant to express hi-tech. That was client´s unique requirement.”
Niki Brown
“My favorite logo that I have worked on recently has been the branding for my freelance business: Tiny Mouse Design. I wanted to make a logo that was text only and whimsical. I used a typeface called Romero that is big, blocky and bold to contrast with the tiny little mouse type illustration.”
R27 Creativelab
After initially following a very tight brief, which I created and supplied, I produced one more just to get it out of my system because personally I thought it was the right. The concept, simply a cross section of a tree and the age rings.”
Pixelmagic
“A progressive book keeping enterprise, Ms MoneyPenny, wanted their corporate ID to reflect the fun, feminine flourish they bring to their level of professionalism.”
psdtolife
“Designed for a new online company I setup that specialises in PSD to xHTML conversions. I went for an organic look to tie in with the name of the company, this is also shown throughout the website.”
Menachem Krinsky
“Made for company who deals with biodegradable products.”
Sleepy Hero
“I designed this logo for my portfolio/freelance brand. I took the name Sleepy Hero because I felt it was a fun/comfortable name and it sounded inviting.”
Andy Jacobson
“[...] Together, the elements create a modern design treatment that identifies with the beliefs and values of The New Shul community.”
Siah Design
“Office Strategies is probably one of my favorites designed logos. I love its simplicity yet having such a strong concept. This logo was designed after the concept popped into my head. Haven’t found a buyer yet”
Acorn Creative
“This logo was created for PaladinID a company that specializes in bar code systems and printing. The owner of PaladinID is what we would consider a “raving fan”. He embraced the process of creating a logo as well as his entire brand.”
Dezinerfolio
“The whole site is design oriented so I planned to have something very creative and fresh. The butterfly symbolizes the freshness of design, and the wings of it are Deziner & Folio”
Lee Graham
“This is a logo I created for another startup of mine. The design idea is based on TRI/right pyramid (building blocks) and the bright green and blue represents education and innovation.”
Barretto-Co
Brainchild Collective, LLC
“…part of a total re-branding effort which included a new logo, stationary, literature and a website. Other than a dated logo, this company had no other means of promotion or marketing.”
Arron Lock
“I designed this long ago for the Ozark Folk Center in my hometown of Mountain View, AR. It was one of the first non-vector logos I had done.”
Lay Creative
“The thing I like about the logo is it simplicity, but still has a good conceptual foundation that relates to the Gold Club. It’s stylized P & G, a pin flag and a sense of late afternoon on the greens all unite; works well across all required applications.”
David Airey
“It’s for an architecture firm in Tokyo, Japan. My client wanted a custom logotype that fit with the company style.” See David’s process here
Joseph Allen Kohlhas
“This mark was a concept created for Barduson Architects, an architectural and interior design firm with a strong portfolio of churches and worship spaces. This design embodies the golden or “devine proportion” implies the letter “B” for Barduson and incorporates the vesica pisces a symbol rich with mystical and religious significance.”
Just Creative Design
“My favourite would have to be my own logo because of the amount of effort I put into it and the end result! Wrote about it in full on my blog here.”
The Holmesian
“A logo for my new freelancing business. As for inspiration- I just started doodling logo designs and continued playing with my favorites until slowly this was made!”
Sasha Endoh Photography & Design
“The main idea for the design was to combine elements of art deco, etching (The Flammarion Woodcut) and Hindu culture while maintaining a modern look.” See more of Sasha’s design brief here.
GetSmoked, LLc
“The logo was created for a new local nursery that had recently opened. [...] I really didn’t have any inspiring art to take from, I really just sat in photoshop and doodled till I found something I liked.”
Lifesize Studios
“This is a logo I designed for my personal branding. The idea is to get your message across in a big way.”
fudgegraphics
“This logo is for a local photographer who specializes in concert phtography. The silhouette is actually me and first and only one I’ve designed so far.”
krush design + marketing
“Transfers easily across the many applications it was designed for including stationery & collateral, clothing, stickers, outdoor signage, vehicle wraps, invitations and other promotional items. It integrates readily with the support graphics (including striped socks & feet poking out of a ball pool) to appeal to children & adults alike.”
6bdesign
“This is the logo that I created for the pop-culture blog Blendetta.com - because I wanted a unique look, I decided to go with something graffiti-esque. The logo was hand-drawn with pencil and paper, scanned, then digitized in Photoshop.”
Jake Mates Design
LevelOrange
For information about Robert’s logo visit http://levelorange.com/2008/11/vivaio/
Jeff Fisher LogoMotives
“I like to create logos that are graphically simple, sometimes have a sense of humor, may be a bit controversial, perhaps tweak people a bit and - as in this case - also tell a story. The client, an avant garde theatre company, likes to push the limits with its productions and did so with this self-described erotic stage show, set in New York circa 1987, about men looking for some sort of warmth in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. The logo appears in the books New Logo & Trademark Design (Japan), The New Big Book
of Logos, and Logo & Trademark Collection (Japan).
The design made a great graphic for a T-shirt - which I wore quote often. Once, without even realizing it, I wore the shirt to the grocery store. A women came up to me and said “What a great T-shirt design.” It was kind of fun watching the expression on her face change as she realized the sexual nature of the design - and quickly walked away.”
DesignFacet
“Logo was designed for the Oklahoma Technical College”
Conan Robbins
“Logo for a home automation and home theater company. Red and Black colors requested by client. Logo was created to attract big ticket clients.”
Calvin Lee Design
“My inspiration comes from the simplicity of things in life. I wanted a logo that is minimal, simple with clean text design. I love using basic elements like brackets on the keyboard as a design element.”
Mayhem Studios
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“Inspiration came from listening to all different sorts of music. Infuse the idea of downtown with the beats of music - I love when a logo can give several ideas as one. The results: combining downtown landscape with beats and notes of music listening on headphones.”
Kristi Colvin & Graham Smith
“My company is developing an alternative web-based interface for Twitter called Twitterface. Graham Smith and I collaborated on the logo and can be seen used in different ways here.
I think we’ve created a solid logo that gives me lots of branding options, yet retains the basic focal of the logo for memorability which is the yellow bird. [...] I have mostly designed the schwag so that the words “twitterface” and “tweet me up” could just be something that applies to the buyer and I haven’t put site url’s etc.”
Damien Basile
“This logo is for the nightlife event marketing company The Agency NYC. The brandmark is made up of 2 mirrored capital N’s & lowercase I’s, creating the word “in” which visually looks like two people holding a velvet rope granting you access in to the event. The words “The Agency” are mirrored around the letter Y, which has the logo strategically placed above it to create a subtle play on the “NYC” utilizing the “CY” in Agency and the “N” in the logo.”
Andy Sowards
“The logo came about when I needed to build myself a website. I wanted something original that I haven’t seen anywhere really on the internet so far, so I chose to go with a ‘post-apocalyptic/futuristic’ world theme. That way I could build the rest of the site around it to be themed that way, to give an overall effect of being a part of ‘my world’ that I have created.”
Tiki Toon
“Sometime ago it wore friends nerves how passionate I was about the Flock browser. It’s true! O passionate user’s are ‘flockstars’ and the official website offers it’s logo png and gif images for making Flockart. I was inspired.”
Sparky Firepants Images
“Created for a client who does scenic design for theater and amusement parks. His existing logo was pretty good and he liked the colors. However, he contacted me to create a new one with more energy and something that looked a little like him.”
William Biwer: The Design Lab
“The logo was designed for self promotion for my portfolio and blog. The goal was to create something simple that complimented the idea of a ‘design lab’.”
Sean Farrell
“…designed was for a lounge/VIP restaurant specializing in a variety of drinks. It was featured on a number of sites, and also placed top 15 in incsprings ultimate branding challenge.”
Feel free to share your thoughts, comments - please BE FAIR; no negativity here
Big “THANKS!” to everyone who submitted this time around (keep up the great work!) and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter or subscribe so you don’t miss out on the opportunity again.
Past reader submitted posts
» 29 Inspiring Print Design Projects Submitted by the Designers Themselves
» 26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
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Nice collection!
i especially like Vivaio and Earthen Care!
That office strategies one is pretty nice - my favorite
These are really great, good to see other peoples work
Nice collection of designs - clever take on the recycle logo for earthencare, but the brown jesus might take the cake…
Keep in mind it’s just a critique, but most of these “logos” are rather unremarkable. 1st year art school quality. Other are just a flat out mess. Bevels and drop shadows and PS filters and clip art OH MY!? I wouldn’t even classify a lot of these as logos, rather designs that should be seriously rethought. There are a few top notch, professional looking stand outs though.
Office Strategies and See Nick Design are my two favorite. Definitely some nice work listed here. Thanks for gathering these together.
Interesting collection of designs - fun to see what images designers select as their own favorites. Really appreciate the Marquis Services take on a traditional monogram, Airey’s customized type treatment, Brown Jesus, Cal’s Downtown Entertainment imagery and the illustration style of Sparky Firepants.
Hey Brian thanks for the opportunity to submit my logo. Very cool to see everyones favorite/best logos. Thanks Jeff for the compliments
Why is there always that one hater in the group (same person) with posts like this. To cowardly to leave a link back to their site/work. You have to wonder.
What is great is that we all have different styles and each one is appealing in its own way, plus Brian has a good eye and taste for logo’s so his selection is great as usual.
Thanks you very much ! Great list
I have to agree with Jason G.
I would note Earthencare and Office Strategies as my two favourites, hoping that the client wich buys the Office Strategies concept would be a two visually similar words in length.
Great post! Thanks for putting it together!
great work everyone. It is really cool to see other designers work.
favs are Office Strategies and Life Size. Design Lab is cool too. Good work everyone!
thanks for including mine! some really nice ones in there!
great site!
sean
Earthen Care is stellar and that berthier is by far the one that resonates with me the most… really nice to see such a wide range. Top notch.
Thanks for including LifeSize in there!
Good job everyone.
Thanks so much Brian for including my “little legs” logo. There’s some fantastic designs here - my fave’s are earthencare & marquis.
This logo is not necessarily my ‘best’ one - but definitely my favourite because of the process and the clients I had the opportunity to work with.
Congratulations to everyone on the list!
~ Lisa : )
Thanks for the inclusion Brian, great to see such a varied range of logos. Well done for all included.
Thanks Brian for including my work. I I have to say th the carefully selected simplicity of ” “Brown Jesus” makes it the strongest one for me.
excellent works! too bad I arrived too late to submit mine
Fantastic collection. I especially enjoyed The Holmesian logo.
Some really inspirational logos here. The Vivaio logo really stands out to me because of it’s simplicity and clean design. Of course, the MindDead logo also looks great.
Thanks for featuring my logo! good work everyone!
Once again really great creative logo’s - I love seeing the creativity!
Brainchild Collective’s “Marquis Services” = outstanding concept, elegantly combines symbols, connotes premium stature, and a refined execution to boot!
Siah Design’s “Office Strategies” = brilliantly simple and “unbreakable.” A great deal for $500.00!
Great logo collection! …and thanks for featuring mine too!
Cheers!
Awesome stuff, dugg!
Thanks for taking the time, Brian. It was enjoyable viewing the logos of everyone else featured here, and I greatly appreciate those who have commented kindly about my Berthier logo.
Wow… That list came out pretty good & Thanks for adding my logo.
Thanks for featuring my TRImagination logo.
Cheers,
Lee
I gotta say, there’s some great design going on here. Sure, there are a few with some design choices I wouldn’t have made, but it’s pretty cool to see all the effort. Thanks Brian for including me with the bunch!
Great job to everyone who submitted! Brian, thanks for including me and thanks to everyone who commented on my work. Like the mark of Priddis… I caught the “P” and “G”.
I’d hope that those who choose to voice opinions about others work do so as a critique and not criticism. Everyone who submitted their work has done so out of pride for what they’ve done and a desire to learn from others. It’s just my opinion, but if you’re being negative about another’s work and not presenting yours, it’s quite petty…. By the way, I misspelled “stationery”.
What an awfully terrible bunch of designs, proving once again that ‘designers’ can’t design for themselves, at least the bad ones. Shockingly bad.
Thanks again to everyone that submitted - couldn’t have done it without all of you!
Clem -
It serves nobody any good to provide a response like that. First, not everyone is a “master” designer like yourself and we all strive to better ourselves through practice, critique and continued learning.
And could we please get an undisputed definition for good, as you say “bad” design. What makes bad design bad? Or good design good? - a question to all.
@Brian, good design is in the eye of the beholder. What is bad to someone may be great to others.
Do you guys have actually an idea of what a “logo” is? Most of those are not logos, not even poor illustrations (which are supposed to ILLUSTRATE something). Adding styles and filters to a DaFont.com free font DOESN’T make a logo.
As a reminder: http://www.davidairey.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/
Some very inspiring work over here! I like the office strategies logo.
I love those designs, can I be taught how it’s done?
OMG. I agree with some of the previous posters. Most of the logos are not logos at all. A style treatment or illustration does not a logo make. My eyes start to hurt looking at some of them. Though it may be overlooked, the Office Strategies logo has something conceptually interesting. It’s just the execution needs to be refined, a strange imbalance typographically is occurring. The earthencare logo is interesting conceptually as well. It’s near the edge of being overly stylized. One more element and it would have gone over to the dark side. I wonder how the tagline holds up at a small size.
Kern, kern, and avoid the cliche and the irrelevant.
olle me parece super dedicado tu trabajo podrias ayudarme necesito una especie de logo para unos aerosoles si pudieras ayudarme de verdad te lo agradeceria mucho hasta pronto