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10 tips for a logo design
Posted on: December 15, 2009
Designing logos is just like any other type of design work, to be professional you’ll need to pay attention to details. Even a great idea can be ruined by not thinking about simple things, the following tips will help you to keep your concepts safe.
- Work with vectors
This probably sounds obvious to most designers out there, but it isn’t to everybody so I repeat it as often as I can to avoid receiving those damn jpeg logos. Vector formats are the ones that will allow the most variations for your logo. - Don’t use more than 2 fonts
There is many nice fonts out there and we would all love to use as many as we can. Unfortunately using too many fonts will most of the time result in a loss of coherence. Using two different fonts can be good to create a contrast, catching the eye. - Keep it readable
If people can’t read your logo, it’s useless to have one. This sounds like dumb advice again, but it’s easy to get caught in creating letters or distorting a font until it becomes unreadable. Always stay aware of that when working on your logo. - Test sizes
Your logo should resize well at any size, whether it’s huge on a truck or tiny on a badge. - Adapt it for dark backgrounds
So you’ve got a wonderful looking dark logo, but now your client want to get it on his black car. It’s usually not too hard to adapt it, but you’ll look more professional if you already got that case figured out. - Make sure it works well in black and white
I have a very simple technique for that: I work every logo in black and white before adding any colour. This way choices are made judging by the shapes and you are not distracted by anything else. It makes it much easier to know that your logo will work well in shades of grey afterwards. - Don’t include photos in your logo
Well… this one goes along with the first tip. First, photos are not vectors. Photos also don’t scale, have no branding value and are hard to adapt for any use. - Look at it upside-down
This is a tip I got from my teachers in graphic design school, looking at your logo (or any printed design really) will get the meaning out of the way and give you a new look at the design’s balance and white spaces. Try it! - Don’t follow trends
It’s often hard to escape trends, especially if you’re passionated and love to look at inspiring logos on design sites. Your logo has to work on the long run, so try to avoid the web 1.0 swoosh or the web 2.0 reflection. - Get specific feedback
Asking people’s opinion is worthless if you don’t know what informations you want to get, so when getting feedback, try asking specific questions (eg. does your logo expresses the industry of the company?).
To take your logo design skills one step further, you should check out these great sites:
- Logolog, blog dedicated to logo design.
- Brand New, opinions on corporate and brand identity
- Logo Pond, identity inspiration.
- Logo Design Love, another blog dedicated to logo design.
- Logo of the Day, daily logo design inspiration.
Source:http://www.designer-daily.com/10-tips-for-a-logo-design-that-works-1555
Logo Design Inspiration
Posted on: December 15, 2009
01. LogoPond
My favorite web presence for showcasing, and viewing, logo design work is Logopond. LogoPond is a gallery site that exists specifically for logo design inspiration. You can find big number of logos created by designers all over the world and this maybe can help you to catch some ideas which will help you develop better logos.
02. Faveup
Favup is a design inspiration gallery that allows visitors to vote on their favorite designs. The site features logo, biz card, flash sites, and css site designs for the uninspired.
03. LogoSauce
LogoSauce is another portfolio site where users can submit their own work, featuring only logos. The logosauce website has the cream of the crop and there are featuring over 5,000 designers with profiles on the site.
04. LogoLounge
LogoLounge is another great website for logo designers who are looking to display their work, and therefore a great place for design inspiration. It has become one of the pre-eminent online and print resources for great logo work.
05. LogoGalleria
Logo Galleria offers a clean layout, with a nice logo and large previews for featured logos. You can get inspiration for a logo and you can showcase your own work. The best feature they offer at Logo Galleria is large previews of current logos in the showcase.
06. LogoGala
LogoGala is another logo design gallery showcasing fresh logo inspiration. They have plenty of good samples to browse through and you can submit your logo designs into LogoGala features gallery.
07. LogoOfTheDay
Logo Of The Day is a high-profile logo design award scheme that rewards the best professional logos and trademarks designed throughout the world. Logo Of The Day is an excellent resource for inspiration. Check it out if you want to see what other designers around the world are creating!
08. LogoMoose
LogoMoose is a simple and very easy to use gallery to inspire (logo) designers. LogoMoose not only features best logos on this website but also offer daily portion of logo inspiration.
09. LogoFaves
LogoFaves showcase best creative logos developed by logo designers and they showcase it in their gallery. In their own words “We take pride in introducing some of the best talents in the world of logo design by bringing them together and turning the spotlight on their work”.
10. Logo From Dreams
Logo From Dreams Awards is a website collecting creative and inspiring logos from all over the world. It showcase some fine logos designed by professional designs all over the world.
11. LogoFury
LogoFury is a logo design gallery that provides an constantly updated source of logo design ideas and inspirations. LogoFury showcase logos collected from the best sources the internet has to offer and bringing them all to you in one place.
12. Logo Design Love
Logo Design Love is great website maintained by David Airey, which features logo designs under various categories. David writes articles on logo design and showcases a lot of great pieces of inspiration.
13. Lo8os
Lo8os is a logo and graphic design community where users can share their work and find inspiration. Lo8os lets you promote your work by posting it in the Gallery; comment on other people’s work and get feedback on yours; post News to let people know what you’re upto.
14. Logoed
Logoed is a good resource that showcases excellent logos. It’s a good place to start with if you are looking for logo design inspiration. The site has been around for a long time and has a good variety of logos in the archives.
15. LogoTwo
LogoTwo as the name says it’s a Web 2.0 logos showcase gallery. LogoTwo have one of the largest collections of Web 2.0 Logo designs on the Internet submitted by webmasters around the world. Various logos are gathered from all over the internet and categorized in the database.
16. deviantART
deviantART is an online art community for artists and art lovers to interact in a variety of ways, ranging from the submission of art to conversations on a number of topics. deviantART contains thousands of portfolios and art work submitted by designers all over the world. There’s a sub-category for logos and logotypes under the design and interfaces category. It’s the best place to know what other designers are doing.
17. Carbonmade
Carbonmade is a site where designers can post their portfolios in all kinds of design. It helps you build and manage an online portfolio website. Carbonmade also features portfolios of designers who specialize in logos. It’s a great place to browse and find some inspiration.
18. design:related
design:related is a community site and inspiration tool that brings together creative people from different disciplines (and parts) of the design world. Design:related serves to motivate designers to share ideas, inspire, and be inspired. It turned into a useful resource for those seeking design inspiration, or even those looking to hire a great designer.
19. The Identity Archives Project
The Identity Archives Project is amassing an international database of active or previously active logos, logotypes, icons, brand identities, brandmarks, corporate identities. Users can submit there own work for inclusion and showcasing.
20. Brand New
Brand New, one of the best resource dedicated on logo design. Brand New provides opinions on corporate and brand identity work. There is good discussion around changes in brand identity- not only in the posts, but also in the comments. If you’re looking to learn more about logo design and trends, this is a good resource.
Source: http://www.instantshift.com/2009/01/31/20-sources-to-get-logo-design-inspiration/
Kathirvel K 