Archive for the ‘Logos’ Category
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
As time goes by more and more attorneys and legal firms are interested in having a good Logo for their firms. This Logo will define the sense of trust of the firm, the personality and the security that they can bring to the client. This is why we should have special considerations and certain criteria when it comes to this designs.
The Color:
You must use colors that inspire the client to come to the firm, that reflect the image of the firm. Colors like blue, yellow, green and red are highly recommended.
The Typography:
The typography used in the firms should demonstrate it’s formality, and the authority the attorneys have in their respective areas. The most used fonts are: Microsoft Sans Serifs and Times New Roman.
The style:
The style has to reflect immediately that it has something to do with justice and the law. It has to express what the firm is about.
Remember, this are not rules, but just advices so you can improve this type of Logos.
Source: Logo Blog
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
It’s true that everyone does their designs according to their own will and inspiration. It’s also well known, that just like Fashion designers, we also follow our own trends. We try to see in the new styles that catch people’s attention around us, in order to apply them into our own designs and new projects.
Logo Orange is inviting us to know what are going to be the new trends in logos for this year.
Source: X-Blog
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
I think every designer has gone through this experience.
When the client asks for a specific design and he/she doesn’t have a Vectorized Logo, and the only thing the client carries is the presentation card, which includes his/her logo or any other symbol from his/her company and we’re supposed to start from that little logo. We first have to scan the image and then we have to vectorize it, trying not to lose the colors of the original design.
Luckyly for us, technology is always improving, and online we have many pages that have this type of files to our disposition.
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Have you ever wondered how did the Apple logo originated, or the one from BMW or any other logo from all the popular companies in teh world. If you answer positively. I advise you then to go to a very interesting page with The history of the most popular logos.
Source: Adfreak
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Mangled Visual Metaphors.
Everyone wants their logo to mean something - to represent some vital part of the company, product or service. Fair enough - that’s usually the point of the exericise, though often easier said than done. Creating a graphic image that tells a specific story about a sometimes fairly specialized business activity can be a daunting task and always runs the risk of becoming a mangled visual metaphor. Especially if the logo is designed in a ‘closed loop’ and even more so if created as part of a do-it-yourself project by someone without any real experience in design. Mangled visual metaphors often feature pictograms of human figures (the ubiquitous character with a circle for a head and a three-pointed graphic indicating his/her body) and often the activity being illustrated can very easily be interpreted as something else. This often involves logos that end up looking like naughty bits, or characters participating in activities that are much less than G-rated. As with many aspects of design, it’s always best to show you, rather than tell you. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at these (very real) logos -
Roh-oh. Now, we know that the pediatrics logo (1) is supposed to represent a caring physician offering comfort to a child (though that ain’t exactly what it looks like) and despite looking like the pair has been caught in flagrante delicto, we can sorta figure out that the top right image (2) depicts some sort of dental procedure. While (3) is meant to illustrate an oriental house set against a rising sun, it looks, ahm, almost pornographic, The computer services logo (4) is supposed to feature a mouse but can easily be confused with a certain part of the male anatomy, and while I understand that the dance instruction pictograms (5) are supposed to show a happy couple dancing the night away - can’t see anything but an image that would be better suited as an ad for a topless beach (look again). No doubt the designers of all these logos started out with only the best intentions, but somehow, somewhere, went seriously off the tracks and the mangled metaphors weren’t caught until the logo was in wide circulation.
Source: The logo Factor
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