Activity Feed Forums Sign Making Discussions Graphic Design Help Logo inspiration needed please for a joinery business?

  • Logo inspiration needed please for a joinery business?

    Posted by Marcella Ross on July 20, 2006 at 10:45 am

    Help!
    I think the recent hot weather has melted my brain.
    I am trying to come up with a new logo for a customer. His previous one was yellow and black and very in your face, one he had done himself. Now he wants a complete change to something modern, plain and upmarket looking. Preferable colours blue/silver or dark blue/lightblue.
    It is a joinery business and the company name that I have to work with is
    RBJ
    that’s it.

    It’s just not happening for me ……. 😕

    Marcella Ross replied 17 years, 9 months ago 8 Members · 14 Replies
  • 14 Replies
  • Andy Gorman

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 11:28 am

    Right then, I’m not suggesting you steal anything but I sometimes look at this bloke’s logo work for inspiration. He’s a bit of a logo god, I reckon.

    May give you some ideas……

    http://www.graphicd-signs.com/html/small_business.htm

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 11:58 am

    Andy,

    that’s a great wee source of inspiration right enough. He’s got some lovely stuff and certainly given me some food for thought!

    thanks! 😀

  • Shane Drew

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 12:01 pm

    see Andy, plenty of brains to pick yet :lol1:

  • Andy Gorman

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 12:34 pm

    Ah, but actually I was giving Marcella someone else’s brains to pick.

    So there. 😛

  • Stevo Chartrand

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 6:46 pm

    Does sound like abit of a tough one to do.

    Dan Antonelli’s work is great!! I go there as well for some ideas and have got some great feeback and encouragement from him. He does have that nice clean look going that works great ,and a modern feel to it. I can always see abit of that sign guy come through on most of his work.

    I like how just a simple graphic can speak alot for a logo. Especially for a real simple name like this one.

    This was a really quick idea I had for you.

    Stevo 🙂


    Attachments:

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 7:51 pm

    Stevo,

    that’s a lovely logo, thanks! i like the plane.
    it makes my efforts look pathetic! ……….
    see what I mean 😳


    Attachments:

  • Lynn Normington

    Member
    July 20, 2006 at 10:02 pm

    yours isn’t too bad Marcella but I do like Stevo’s, would it fit with the rest of your design ?? I would like the r + b to be in line at the bottom though
    but apart from that any carpenter would go ape for that 😎

    Lynn

  • Stevo Chartrand

    Member
    July 21, 2006 at 6:16 am

    I dont think it’s that bad either Marcella.
    I think you need to tighten things up abit. The diamond looks a little detached from the lettering.

    Stevo


    Attachments:

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    July 21, 2006 at 8:29 am

    yeah – that’s an improvement. 😀

  • Andrew Boyle

    Member
    July 21, 2006 at 11:58 am

    adapted a logo to go with typeface?… sorry not much time…

    Cheers

    Andrew


    Attachments:

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    July 21, 2006 at 12:04 pm

    thanks Andrew, I like that. that’s got a very contemporary feel to it which would appeal to the client!

  • Mindaugas

    Member
    July 22, 2006 at 2:47 pm

    maby


    Attachments:

  • Cabrera

    Member
    July 23, 2006 at 2:17 am

    How about this!


    Attachments:

  • Marcella Ross

    Member
    July 23, 2006 at 8:06 am

    :2thumbs:

    thanks everyone, some great ideas among this lot!

Log in to reply.