Umm… yeah… I know that the new, dark design wasn’t so long ago, but the fact is that this blog is evolving with new skills I get and for me was always kind of minefield where I test new solutions and new tricks. Therefore, the blog got another facelift. I tried to keep it professional looking without being boring (like it was two revisions ago) and without hurting eyes of my readers (like the previous one was). I spent few days just improving the general looks of the blog, keeping the information architecture intact so the regular readers wouldn’t be confused (yeah, yeah, I know you read this in Google Reader and haven’t seen the design since the first time you hit the feed icon in your browser ;)).
Tag Archive for 'branding'
Recently, I have been doing few projects that required designing a logo (and designed a logo for a local Ruby Conference logo contest). The biggest problem for me and probably most designers I know is getting a point to start – starting a logo design requires not only research and brainstorming about the brand itself and meanings of the words used in the name, but also knowing the universal patterns that could be seen the logos over the years, logos of competition and current logo trends. I have assembled a list of sites, books and magazines that you should check if you are need logo inspiration. Here we go!
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Yes, that is correct – Graham Smith, the founder and author of ImJustCreative needs the best logo you have designed, ever. It is not a branding contest, it is not elitist gallery that tells you “this logo is better than the other one”. It is just pure, shameless self-promotion. So – if you are an identity designer or you just created few logos in your career, send your favourite work to ImJustCreative, include description and appropriate files. All the rules that you have to obey are mentioned in the post.
So – if you have your favorite logo and you want to promote your work – go ahead and submit!
