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  • help with new logo design please?

    Posted by Bart Van Wassenhove on April 24, 2007 at 8:27 pm

    Hi everybody,

    we are about to change our firmname. A lot of people and especially larger companies are telling us that our name "SignBoy.com" gives us a too young (and immature) image in contrast to the work we deliver.
    The new name will be "face id!" referring to visual communication and corporate identity.
    So we’re also working on a new logo and that’s a very tricky thing, as you probably all know…
    Maybe some of you can point us in a good direction for the design.

    What do we want?:
    * off course our name: "face id" (with our without exclamation mark)
    * baseline: "all-round reclamemakers" (‘reclamemakers’ being the flemish translation for ‘signmakers’)
    * preferred colors: maroon, orange, etc. (but maybe something totally different)
    * style: trendy but classy

    So,anyone willing to give it a try?
    Thx a lot in advance!!!

    Cheers,
    bart

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    Martin Pearson replied 16 years, 11 months ago 15 Members · 36 Replies
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  • Robert Lambie

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    April 24, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    not trying to be awkward Bart, but the sort of idea behind graphic help and discussion is the poster must offer his own work to be discussed and bettered through constructive criticism and in lots of cases, folk submit their own versions of the work if they feel they have the time.

  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    April 24, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    hey Rob,

    you’re more than right! This is what i just came up with… 😕
    What u guys (and girls off course) think? Any other suggestions…

    Cheers,
    bart


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  • Lynn Normington

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    April 24, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    hey Bart could you post it to see instead of down load. ? thanks

    Lynn

  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    April 24, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    and the jpg-file


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  • Lynn Normington

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    April 24, 2007 at 9:54 pm

    Bart where are these to go ? vans, cards,letter heads, ??? the more info the more help 🙄 and if it’s vans which ??

    Lynn

  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    April 24, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    hi lynn,

    this logo should be part of our total corporate identity. So we should put it on letters, invoices, businnes cards, van (peugeot boxer), etc.

    Before even thinking about all that we want to make sure that the logo itself is strong enough to stand on its own…

    Cheers,
    bart

  • Andrew Boyle

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    April 24, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    😕 😀 😀


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  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    April 25, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Thanks andy

    Looks good and cool! Don’t want to be difficult but maybe a bit too cool 😕
    And we really want to add "all-round reclamemakers" because it says what we do :lol1:

    Cheers,
    bart

  • Martin Cole

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    April 25, 2007 at 9:28 am

    A go from me Bart 🙂 The middle colour has changed from orange to pink when loaded mmm 😕


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  • Marcella Ross

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    April 25, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    here’s my effort ………


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  • Harry Cleary

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    April 25, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Here’s my effort. Like the ones already submitted though


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  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    April 25, 2007 at 4:55 pm

    hi everybody,

    thanks a lot you all for your efforts! This is a superb community!!!
    We especially liked the idea of the barcode (Andy) as a symbol for identity.
    So we used it in another try…

    Please feel free to tell us what you think of it (even if you don’t like it!). It’s better to hear critics now than when it’s too late.

    Cheers,
    bart


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  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    April 25, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    by the way: the "face id" is supposed to be said as "face it" 😕 😮

  • Tim Painter

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    April 25, 2007 at 4:59 pm

    Like the idea Bart but I don’t like the text along the bottom with the increased kerning, what if increase the space between each word? To break them up slightly more?

    Just my 2p’s worth

    Tim.

  • Marcella Ross

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    April 25, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    that’s better Bart, I like the font you’ve used in the logo

  • Martin Cole

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    April 25, 2007 at 5:07 pm

    I like those Bart, probably the top one,

    just not 100% sure on the bar code having the curve around the D.

    very nice though.

  • Andrew Boyle

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    April 25, 2007 at 6:15 pm

    I think the last type is a wee bit Fiesta XR2…kept the bottom bit though…a wee bit of work maybe 😀 but moussaka ready in 5 minutes 😀


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  • Warren Beard

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    April 25, 2007 at 6:28 pm

    Another idea to help get your creative juices flowing

    Warren


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  • Nicola McIntosh

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    April 25, 2007 at 7:30 pm

    i like it bart 😀 especially the top one….and im with martin, loose the bar code it takes the look away of the company name…..and as tim has suggested loosing it will tighten the kerning of the smaller lettering 😉

    nik

  • John Thomas

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    April 26, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    ……………


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  • Tony Holes

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    April 28, 2007 at 3:57 am

    quickie


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  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    May 5, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Hello everybody,

    it’s been a while but wer’e back…
    thanks again for all your efforts and ideas!
    We’ve come up with a few changes in the creation of our logo. Please tell us what you think of it 🙂

    Cheers,
    bart


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  • John Stevenson

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    May 5, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    bottom one is best for me.

    I didn’t like the font spacing on the middle one

    Looks good – clean and modern

    John

  • Nicola McIntosh

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    May 5, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    like those too……but when i looked at it first…i thought it resembled a company dealing in photography 😕

    nik

  • Lynn Normington

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    May 5, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    out of the three top one for me

    Lynn

  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    May 31, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    hi again everybody,

    first of all we’d like to thank everybody who has made the effort of helping us with a design or comment.
    After a lot brainstorming, designing, and re-designing we finally found our new identity in the following logo!
    Hope you all like it 🙂 Any comments appreciated 😀

    Cheers,
    bart


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  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    and our corporate identity…


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  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    and now with the correct colors 😕


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  • Marcella Ross

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:05 pm

    I like the colours choice Bart. It has a calming effect 😀

  • Bart Van Wassenhove

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:05 pm

    it’s not working. Logo colors should be like in the letterhead :lol1:

  • Harry Cleary

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:39 pm

    Good to see you got it sorted Bart, I often wonder at the thinking that goes into these kind of logos….I was wondering could you tell me what the shape to the left represents and the thinking behind it? Hope that makes sense.

  • Martin Pearson

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    Thanks for the update Bart, it’s nice to see how things turn out when someone asks for help. Your final Logo is a million miles away from what you first posted.

  • Graeme Harrold

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    May 31, 2007 at 5:53 pm

    Prefer the final logo design especially now that you have dropped the "all round" tag line. First impression was that you made round stickers!

    It is a very clean, crisp logo and says exactly what you do…..why elaborate, it just confuses.

  • Bart Van Wassenhove

    Member
    May 31, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    Thx for the comments, everyone.

    Harry, the special shape represents an ink drop (printing) with an incision and a peeled corner (plotting) 🙄

  • Harry Cleary

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    May 31, 2007 at 6:16 pm
    quote Bart Van Wassenhove:

    Thx for the comments, everyone.

    Harry, the special shape represents an ink drop (printing) with an incision and a peeled corner (plotting) 🙄

    I figured that! 😳

  • Martin Pearson

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    May 31, 2007 at 6:31 pm

    We know you did Harry :lol1:

    Funny think is that most of the time I am sure that the shapes and symbols some designers use don’t represent anything at all. Then the customer not wanting to appear really ignorant doesn’t ask 🙄 🙄

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