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  • which logo design should i go for?

    Posted by image on 30 December 2007 at 13:53

    Hi All!

    I’m working on our new logo, but I can’t decide: rotated or horizontal background?

    Some arguments:

    Rotated: dynamism, freshness etc.
    Horizontal: stability, reliability …and easier design in layouts.

    I am asking you, write your opinion!

    Thanks!


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    Neil Churchman replied 17 years, 8 months ago 22 Members · 39 Replies
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  • Hugh Potter

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    30 December 2007 at 15:35

    lol… i can’t really decide either.

    at first i thought No2, but then No1, then couldn’t decide!

  • Jill Marie Welsh

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    30 December 2007 at 15:55

    I like the layout and the colors, but the shape seems lacking to me.
    If forced to choose, I would go with the straight look for this shape.
    Love….Jill

  • John Childs

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    30 December 2007 at 16:55

    I’d go with the slanty one.

    But Jill’s better at this sort of thing than me – so maybe straight.

    That’s not very helpful. Sorry. 🙁

  • Lynn Normington

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    30 December 2007 at 16:58

    I’m not keen on slanty things so if it’s a choice of the two I go with the straight one, like the colours though 😀

    Lynn

  • Glenn Sharp

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    30 December 2007 at 17:00

    I think the straight one …..but I think the website looks too small

    here’s a twist on both of them……………


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  • Lynn Normington

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    30 December 2007 at 17:01

    that’s nice Glenn 😀

    Lynn

  • Robert Lambie

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    30 December 2007 at 18:39

    of the two i prefer the first… but not too keen on the font for "image"
    due to the angle and the italic font, it does give the impression of movement, moving forward etc
    ive dropped the size slightly, off set to the right and lowered it to try give make the name/company appear to be creating the movement/pushing?

    amyway, other than the choice of script, i like its simplicty.

    http://www.uksignboards.com/images/graphichelp/image.jpg

    .

  • Jill Marie Welsh

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    30 December 2007 at 18:43

    Now I like the slanty one. Whatever you did, Rob, it helped it 100%.
    I like that script.
    Used a lot over here tho.
    Love….Jill

  • David Rowland

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    30 December 2007 at 20:17

    rob and glens …. or your right hand one

  • Glenn Sharp

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    30 December 2007 at 20:21

    my personal opinion of the slanted one (even though Rob’s was an improvement)….is that it looks like a gift tag rather than a logo……….I think 😳

  • Terry Bull

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    30 December 2007 at 22:12

    Sorry i think there’s too many elements all together and not fitting very well on a background that’s making them all unbalanced and cluttered

    Well done Glenn i feel that your version has cured all that

    Terry

  • Marcella Ross

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    30 December 2007 at 23:43

    I like the text aligned closer to the bottom the way Rob has done it ………. but not sure whether it ought to be slanted or straight 😕
    But definitely aligned closer to the bottom of the shaped panel.

  • Andrew Boyle

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    31 December 2007 at 01:35

    I’m not a big fan of the script font either…..maybe a curved font to compliment the rounded square ?

    Of the ones you posted I prefer the upright and think it would work well 😀

    [the mark could be an inverted i !]


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  • image

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    1 January 2008 at 14:44

    Thanks for the comments! It helped to me. I like Robert and Andrew’s modification very much!

    In our old logo was a script font, but maybe we need something new. I like minimalism, and I want something else visual identity, than the rest of the sign makers. So I think, the slanted will better.

    I made a new version (now with English text). The logo has more variants (Without signs&posters, and without website name). For example, on a business card i do not leave the website name in the logo.

    What do you think?

    Barna


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  • John Harding

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    1 January 2008 at 15:56

    For me I’d maybe move the text within the slanty box slightly to the left, having said that I prefer Andrews take on the whole design thing.

    John

  • James Martin

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    1 January 2008 at 20:32

    Just wanted to see what it would look like in comparison.


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  • Peter Dee

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    2 January 2008 at 08:50

    I feel that at first glance, the eye goes straight to the shape rather than the name.

  • John Thomas

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    6 January 2008 at 23:53

    Straight to the text!


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  • image

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    19 January 2008 at 07:47

    Hi All!

    Thanks for the tips and inspirations. Here is the new version.
    Write it if you have an opinion!

    Thanks!

    Barna


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  • Warren Beard

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    19 January 2008 at 09:39

    Hi Barna

    Although I like it I have noticed that since you first posted your new logo I have noticed almost the exact same type of logo for 2 other companies here in the UK. 1 was on TV but for the life of me can’t remember what it was called the other is the guys in this picture below, I don’t know them just saw the van go past and quickly snapped a picture.

    It seems like a very common design, not sure what it’s like there 😕


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  • Jon Marshall

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    19 January 2008 at 11:47

    It’s obviously the fashionable shape right now. I remember 4-5 years ago you would see the square with the corner sliced off like on a Sim card or CPU chip. Before that it was the crescent shape everywhere.

  • Robert Lambie

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    19 January 2008 at 17:43

    I felt, probably due to the size/length and the colour of the text next to your logo that it was a bit overpowering. i am not sure if i am explaining very well, but using the text along with the logo, the text should be secondary. anyway… I have altered the colour to give another take on it.

    http://www.uksignboards.com/images/general/toexplain/barna.jpg

    p.s. i have colour filled my text wrong, in doing so beefed up the font a little and doesnt appear as sharp as the original. so could be improved 😕

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  • image

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    20 January 2008 at 07:20

    Yes, it’s fashionable shape. (Maybe, after a couple of years, it will seem obsolete.)

    Robert! You are right. The "reklam&dekor" text was too strong. In your version the pink text harmonize with the logo colors, and very nice, but I am afraid, the logo will be too "feminine".

    I made it with gray:


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  • Glenn Sharp

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    20 January 2008 at 12:56

    I didn’t like the one on an angle at first….but seeing the latest version I think it works well

    It looks good to me

  • John Childs

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    20 January 2008 at 23:50

    Found another one.

    http://www.edge.co.uk


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  • DaneRead

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    21 January 2008 at 09:11

    i like the logo very much.

    Just be careful about the full colour section. it can sometime be a hassle when printing a vehicle decal or sign. As the logo lends itself well to cut vinyl but then the full color section will mess you up. you will then need to digitally print as as you know inks never last as long a cut vinyl and never look as nice.

    you will then need to die cut which can be a pain. even if you print the logo section then use purple cut vinyl for lettering etc. the two purples will never match.

  • Andrew Boyle

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    21 January 2008 at 09:22

    I like it……don’t no if more conventional spacing might improve it…there’s a lot going on even though it’s pretty simple (?) 😀


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  • Warren Beard

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    21 January 2008 at 20:00

    just came across another one 😕


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  • Warren Beard

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    21 January 2008 at 20:16

    these seem to be popping up everywhere now 😕 I’m not trying to find them (not that you can search for a shape 😕 ) but they just keep popping up.


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  • Robert Lambie

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    21 January 2008 at 22:15

    the "shapes" are similar. however, even if they were exactly the same, it is only one element of the overall logo. the radious corners on a square/rectangle is popular just now i agree. but still, the angle it sits at, the amount of corners it has the radious on, the colour of it, then the rest of the graphics, all play a part in making it original. because we all work in graphics in some form or another, we take note more of it all going on arounds us. e.g. the advert at the top of this page for Roland, is that a modified version of "Orange" the telecom company’s logo, or is it just one element of a design?
    i think the addition of colours and other text in barna’s design more than helps it feel more original.

  • Warren Beard

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    21 January 2008 at 22:20

    very true Rob, I did say I liked his logo and just thought I would post the others I had seen as I started seeing them everywhere 😮 They all look different although has a similar element. Nothing wrong with any of them just thought interesting how many were out there 😕

  • Steve Underhill

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    21 January 2008 at 22:45

    there’s even one incorporated into the holiday search on skideals.com
    I found that as I was looking for a snowboarding Holiday tonight.

  • Andrew Boyle

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    21 January 2008 at 22:50

    And interestingly 😀 😀

    http://www.mint.co.uk/

    I think it looks great and has progressed nicely since the beginning of the thread 😀 😀

  • Warren Beard

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    21 January 2008 at 22:52
    quote Andrew Boyle:

    And interestingly 😀 😀

    http://www.mint.co.uk/

    I think it looks great and has progressed nicely since the beginning of the thread 😀 😀

    Maybe I should have used it too :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: I think that might have been a problem then 😉 🙄

  • image

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    9 February 2008 at 08:00

    Thanks for the comments!

    daneread: Yes, I must use printer, but I think, in the last 10-15 years a big technical change happened in. Nowadays we may display a full-color logo everywhere. Because of these, the full-color logo is a trend. For example: the British Airways ribbon, and British Telecom logo. Although I do not have so much money onto advertisement, than for them…

    I made a couple of tests with the previous logo variant, but I am not satisfied with it unfortunately. Eg. I placed it in the plan of a web page, but the slanty logo looks oddly. 🙁

    I want something unique, so, i made newer versions. The new "image" lettering seems readable for me. What do you think about it? image or mage?


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  • Nicola McIntosh

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    9 February 2008 at 19:21

    i like it alot not too sure about the i in the n…would like to see one with the full word, i like it 😀

    nik

  • image

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    10 February 2008 at 05:10

    Here is the logo with the full word:

    Barna


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  • Jason Xuereb

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    10 February 2008 at 07:37

    If your going to use the i as part of the m break it up so its the same shape but the i is a different colour.

  • Neil Churchman

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    10 February 2008 at 07:39

    I prefer the logo where Robert changed the text to grey.

    The new logo doesn’t seem so ‘friendly’ to me.

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