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Feb
14
2009Dissecting the Logo Creation Process
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 0
Angela Ferraro-Fanning who was featured on LogoGala a little over a month ago for her Ambiance design, recently wrote an article on Freelance Switch about her logo design creation process.
Angela is a fantastic designer who was gracious enough to send some of her work to me so I could start building content pre-launch. The article on Freelance Switch comes at a great time as Angela will be featured on LogoGala yet again this coming Monday (when I update the featured section with a new design). I will be featuring Angela’s “Modern Woman’s Divorce Guide” logo which I hope will add additional insight on the logo to the great article that she wrote at Freelance Switch. You can see more of Angela’s work at 13thirtyone.
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Feb
12
2009Logo Design Process from David Pache
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 0
If you missed the logo design process for the WebMynd logo, I encourage you to head on over to Web Designer Wall and check it out. David is an amazing logo designer from Switzerland and you have no doubt seen his work all over the web.
From the Article:
The main aspect of their brief was to create an identity which would communicate the idea of collecting everything you look at on the web in one place and to inspire the idea of extending your memory. They wanted to make a tool that people would prefer to use in place of the old fashioned way of bookmarking and tagging websites. They also wanted the logo, or some element of it, as a button to indicate when the plugin was in use therefore colour was of great importance.
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Feb
07
2009A Different View on Logo Design Process
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 10
Graham Smith from ImJustCreative has published a great article on his logo design process that is probably quite different from what you’re used to reading on the majority of other design blogs. The reason I enjoyed this article is because I’ve always been one to jump straight into Illustrator to start putting ideas together for a new logo. It’s not that I can’t sketch, because I can and actually enjoy sketching, but I generally only sketch to remember ideas if I’m without an internet connection.
From the Article:
Jumping straight onto the computer works for me, and more importantly, my clients. Business is booming, so I think that people need to relax a bit about sketching being the ‘only’ way. It is questionable to say this with so much certainty when new budding logo designers might be in the same mindset as myself. Yet they will take on board what ‘the majority of experts are saying, which is not to go straight to the computer’.
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Feb
05
2009Blimpie Gets a New Look
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 7
It came to my attention today that the sub restaurant Blimpie, has a new look. For those that don’t know, Blimpie is a competitor of Subway, though it seems someone within the company has set out to make them less competitive than they already are?
Why?
First thing that comes to my mind when I see this new logo is wow! The second is, why? I’m not real sure how someone in a position to make the decision about the direction of the new logo could possibly look at this and say “THIS IS THE ONE!” The thing that makes it even worse is that it was likely a group of people making the decision and you’re telling me there wasn’t one person in the room that could have stood up and asked what everyone was smoking when this one was chosen?
With a name like “Blimpie,” at the very least you would expect that the logo use thick, rounded (like a blimp) letters, similar to that of their previous logo. I don’t think the previous logo was great, but at least it had some character and it was memorable which I just can’t say about the new design.
I would really love to hear how the designer sold the client on this concept (or lack there of).
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Feb
03
2009Best of January, 2009
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 4
LogoGala has now been online for a little over a month and it’s already seen some outstanding logo submissions. If the first month is any indication of what’s in store for the future, I can’t wait for the future to arrive.
A couple of days ago I decided that each month I would do a “best of” blog article on what I felt was the best designs for that particular month. This is the first “best of” article in that series. I want to say thank you to all of the designers who have contributed to the site. I appreciate all of your contributions and wish I could showcase everyone, but I can’t. So, I’ve picked my favorite 10 designs (in no particular order) for the month of January. Enjoy.
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22
2009New England Patriots Unveil 50th Season Logo
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 2
The New England Patriots unveiled a new logo today to represent their 50th season.
About the Logo
The red, white and blue logo contains the text “New England Patriots” and “50 seasons.” It features both the original “Pat Patriot” logo as well as the current “stylized minuteman” trademark that was introduced in 1993. The words “50 seasons” and the “Pat Patriot” logo are centered and rest atop the Patriots’ current logo. Six stars in the design represent the six New England states.
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Jan
15
2009If Logos Adapted to the Recession
By Deron Sizemore in Logo Design | 5
There’s a funny blog post floating around the web dealing with the topic of what company logos might look like if they adapted to the recession. I thought I would post the link to it here on LogoGala.
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Jan
13
2009No Rating System, No Problem!
By Deron Sizemore in General | 6
If you visit 99 percent of the inspiration galleries out there online, the one thing they all have in common is some sort of rating system. I even have one on my CSS inspiration gallery. The thing is, I’ve come to the conclusion that rating systems on inspiration galleries are pretty much worthless. A while back I asked the question about having ratings on an inspiration gallery on my blog.
Here are some of the responses I received to the article:
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Jan
11
2009LogoGala Goes Live!
By Deron Sizemore in Site News | 5
Welcome to LogoGala.com! LogoGala is a brand new logo design inspiration website. LogoGala was developed and is run by Deron Sizemore. Deron has been designing and developing sites since 2003 and LogoGala is the newest site in his portfolio. Besides his blog, he also developed and maintains Nice Stylesheet; a popular CSS design showcase.
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