Logo Design Help

[SwiftLives]

Licensing would also have the advantage of education the general public about graphic design.

Yesterday, I stumbled across a posting on craigslist where some a**hole was having a 'Contest' to design his logo. The winner he chose would receive $500.

I almost fired off an irate email. But I cooled myself down (thanks to copious amounts of wine) and just reported the post as a violation. It had disappeared by morning.

Interior designers are licensed. Architects are licensed. Seems logical to me that graphic/visual designers should be licensed. It just seems like there's not enough of an outcry among designers to make that actually happen.

 

[Foxtrot Oscar]

"doogo"
Notice the five repeating circles in this example; this is a potential hook for this logo design.
The letters can actually just be a set of five identical circles with the ascender and descender added as distinctive strokes.
Example of this concept is attached.

GL

http://dopod.com.tw/Dopod/Singapore/En/Products/PDAPhone/818_Pro/

Looks a lot like that...

Fox

 

[cr2sh]

OH, this is going to be ugly.

I am reminded of this thread and the end result.

 

[oli2140]

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[Jim Campbell]

In my experience the majority of my time is wasted when it comes to fulfilling dumb client requests which they end up reverting back to my original design.

We had one particular client a few years back who refused to give me any kind of brief for his brochure at all. Wouldn't show me examples of the sort of thing he was looking for, wouldn't even throw me the most basic of one-word lifelines when I started asking: "Corporate? Fun? Traditional? Modern? Value? Exclusivity?"

While he didn't know what he wanted, he certainly knew what he didn't want and just rejected rough after rough, allthe while giving no more guidance than "I don't like that", whilst his wife kept saying "Honestly, I don't know what we're paying you people for."

At this point, I should mention that they hadn't paid anything (since the design charge was to be incorporated into the print quote, and the print couldn't be quoted for until the design was settled). In the end, my then-boss told them he would deduct the design fee and quote them print only, and they could s0d off somewhere else to get the thing designed.

It was the only time he ever stuck up for me, and, I'm sorry to say, it felt brilliant!

Cheers

Jim

 

[klymr]

Licensing would also have the advantage of education the general public about graphic design.

Yesterday, I stumbled across a posting on craigslist where some a**hole was having a 'Contest' to design his logo. The winner he chose would receive $500.

I almost fired off an irate email. But I cooled myself down (thanks to copious amounts of wine) and just reported the post as a violation. It had disappeared by morning.

Interior designers are licensed. Architects are licensed. Seems logical to me that graphic/visual designers should be licensed. It just seems like there's not enough of an outcry among designers to make that actually happen.

I suppose the site Logo Tournament doesn't make you too happy either then? (My apologies SwiftLives )

I actually stumbled across this while browsing my facebook page. They are starting to advertise on facebook for cheap logos, and I don't mean just inexpensive! It mad me sick to see, and even more sick to browse over some of the things people have done! I say death to the logo contests!!!

SwiftLives also posted the link to the tread from last year about whether designer should be accredited, and my stance has greatly changed since then. I'm a lot further along in my schooling and the more I delve into design, the more bad design I recognize coming for amateurs. What will it take to make things change? I'm ready to get that ball rolling!

 

[ezekielrage_99]

I just thought I'd better share this one... It's just too brilliant.

After a few weeks of some very hard work on a new logo and branding plan after presenting it to the client this week the response was classic.

The client's feedback was "I am really looking for branding that is nice branding... you know where customers look at the very nice graphics and say wow those are really nice graphics"...

While his suggestions to make the logos bigger and add some starbursts also made me laugh as well

 

[klymr]

Classic ezekielrage_99, just classic. I can't wait to get out there and deal with clients. Sounds like fun!

 

[thehuhman]

I LOVE it!!

I just thought I'd better share this one... It's just too brilliant.

After a few weeks of some very hard work on a new logo and branding plan after presenting it to the client this week the response was classic.

The client's feedback was "I am really looking for branding that is nice branding... you know where customers look at the very nice graphics and say wow those are really nice graphics"...

While his suggestions to make the logos bigger and add some starbursts also made me laugh as well

You made my day. That is one of the funniest I've heard. My favorite response from logo clients is: "uh... well... I don't know what I want. I guess I will know when I see it."

 

[mogzieee]

This website provides a very good extensive guide to your design needs.

 

[Toneboat923]

I have to say, this thread has been very entertaining. I am a design student, and I can't agree enough with everyone when it comes to being paid properly, and clients looking for you to just "make something"...make something? ok heres a chocolate cake...Point is Anderson I would ask around and see who has experience, ask for samples of other work, and ask pricing..you don't go into a store and say "I NEED A TOASTER...GIVE ME ONE" OR "HERE TOAST THIS" wrong wrong wrong, fail fail fail....What kind of toaster, what kind of toast? jam or butter?

 

[aleni]

give the guy a break dog.