Dec 8, 2008

Logo design contests receive a lot of bad press, but is it justified? After all, companies hosting a contest can gather tons more ideas than they would if working with just one logo designer, and novice designers are offered the chance to gain ‘real world’ experience.
What’s bad about that?
Quite a lot, actually.
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Dec 2, 2008

The new Toronto Blue Jays logo isn’t going down too well, and I agree with Jakub’s critique.
If it were up to me, I’d have definitely altered some elements of the original, such as the stitching of the baseball, but the maple leaf and colour red would’ve been kept. Then again, I’m neither Canadian, nor a fan of baseball. Read on for lots more logo design news and reviews.
→ Continue reading The Blue Jays, black metal music, the new Barclaycard, and a little duck fart
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Nov 27, 2008

At the end of 2006, Mode, a motion design studio in Chicago, approached Sol Sender, a graphic designer, to create a logo for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The resulting “O” became one of the most recognizable political logos in recent history. Steven Heller spoke with Mr. Sender just after the election to discuss the evolution of his logo.
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Nov 24, 2008

I’m a great believer in giving credit where it’s due, and here I briefly mention 10 talented creatives from across the globe, showing a couple of logos from each portfolio.
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Nov 18, 2008

Two logos that are new-ish to me, and I thought you might like a gander.
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