Logo Design Network blog
Top brands of 2011
Interbrand has released its list of the ‘Top Ranked Brands of 2011′ and it certainly makes for an interesting read. At the top of the heap we find Coca-Cola with an astounding brand worth of $71B. Interbrand describes the Coke brand as follows: “The Coca-Cola brand remains timeless yet relevant as it celebrates its 125th [...]
Logo Design: Five key elements
Design Festival takes a look at five key elements to consider when designing a logo. Great little article that sums up things nicely: “Choosing the right logo is not as easy as it may seem. You may come up with something cute and snazzy that says nothing to the audience you are trying to target. [...]
The difference between spec work, pro-bono and open source
If there’s one thing that inflames passion in the design community, it is spec (speculative) work – that is designing something in the hopes of getting paid rather than with a contract from the client. Over the years the definition has been conflated into ‘crowdsourcing’, design contests and what have you, to the point where [...]
The joys of logo design contests
For just $495, the page on 99designs breathlessly exclaims, Mick7294 “has received 84 design concepts from 27 designers!” Despite having to remove 5 submission for “submitting unoriginal work,” Mick7294 was able to choose his winning design (above). Trouble is, the winning design looks awfully similar to a shark logo designed by Christian Dunn and published [...]
Branding 10,000 lakes. One logo per day.
Figuring that most lake logos are “fairly ugly,” Creative Director Nicol Meyer has set herelf a rather herculean task – branding 10,000 Minnesota lakes with their own individual logos. Continuing at a pace of one logo per day, the Branding 10,000 Lakes project will take Meyer just over 27 years to complete.
