New company logo

chipperhead · 20 Feb 2006 at 21:31

I'd be interested to know what people think of these logos.

We're having a new website built and a new logo although it is been put together at the cheaper end of the webdesign market.

We sell Bathroom cosmetics (soap & bathbombs etc) to trade and have just had the first logos come back. I'm a bit dissapointed allthough you do get what you pay for I suppose, which one do you think is the best logo.

We can tweak them or even get new designs done.

uchuff · 20 Feb 2006 at 21:36

I like the one with the bubbles, although not sure if its a great logo as it might not work too well small / black and white.

Second down on the left and bottom right look like washing powder logos imho.

sunlitsix · 20 Feb 2006 at 21:37

i think the one in the top left, just would look better without the coloured dots in the writing imo

like this :

edit : i ended up having ago :

not perfect around the writing but meh

and a slight change

gord · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:15

I like different aspects of different logos...

I might put something together quickly..

Hades · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:21

Top left or third down on the right.

unknowndomain · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:36

what ever happened to my almighty logo

gord · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:38

Ok, i quickly knocked up this.. which frankly i prefer to all of those..

curves need a bit of final tweaking.. if you like the idea

rout3r · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:44

3rd down on the right is by far the best

SourChipmunk · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:50

rout3r said:
3rd down on the right is by far the best

Yup. Almost liked top left, but it looks too much like Ivory Soap. Funny, even the colours are the same.

You didn't go through LogoWorks for that, did you?

http://www.baddesignkills.com/logoworks/

chipperhead · 20 Feb 2006 at 23:27

unknowndomain said:
what ever happened to my almighty logo

Your logo was fantastic, however we are getting a brand new website and they asked us if we would like a new logo and full branding (letterheaded paper, business cards etc). We thought yeah start a fresh, new image and all that so thats why.

What did surprise me was the quality of their logos done by a designer, to be honest not as good as some of those done on here so I need to get back to them with some guidance on what I'm after.

I still wouldn't even rule out using one from here!

chipperhead · 20 Feb 2006 at 23:29

rout3r said:
3rd down on the right is by far the best

TBH thats the one I like best, I think its clever the way they incorporated the letter i into the swirl but I think the font of Fizz is all wrong and maybe the swirl needs some adjusting aswell.

Nimzicki · 20 Feb 2006 at 23:39

Ouch, they really are quite poor, simplicity is the key...
As said the 3rd one down on the right is the best design but seems poorly executed, the font especially looks very out of place.

Simmy · 20 Feb 2006 at 23:41

rout3r said:
3rd down on the right is by far the best

Yep that's my fav too. Could do with being a bit crispter though.

I spent a long time on my logo til I realised it didn't really matter that much. Don't worry too much about it, 3rd down on the right is the best. I would go with that and be done with it

Nimzicki · 20 Feb 2006 at 23:46

Simmy said:
Yep that's my fav too. Could do with being a bit crispter though.

I spent a long time on my logo til I realised it didn't really matter that much. Don't worry too much about it, 3rd down on the right is the best. I would go with that and be done with it

Urrmm, a decent logo is incredibly important, you don't have to be a designer to notice shoddy work and in this world quality is of the upmost priority. I know that I would be initially put off by a company that has a poorly designed logo and I doubt im the only one...

~J~ · 21 Feb 2006 at 00:02

3rd one down on the right!

F A N T A S T I C !

Really really nice, crisp, clean and clear design. Well done.

Scam · 21 Feb 2006 at 00:04

Nim has it right. I wouldnt say they're terrible (i'm currently struggling to come up with a logo for my joint final year football game) but i do think they just dont cut it. Out of the first lot i like the one on the bottom left, but most have too many colours and could end up being hard to read when scaled (thin letters etc). You should really start off making sure everything is readable and looks ok in black and white (remember you may end up photocopying stuff, printing in b+w etc.) then perhaps choose 2 colours or maybe 3.

sunlitsix - bevel/emboss? Run away... far!!

Simmy · 21 Feb 2006 at 00:04

the 3rd logo down on the right is hardly shoddy is it? Are you saying you wouldn't by from that company if they had that logo?

Nimzicki · 21 Feb 2006 at 00:19

In my eyes it is shoddy yes, its rough around the edges, the font is entirely out of place (which completely undermines the entire design itself) and the gradient on the swirl is both distracting and pointless.

IMO of course, all design is subjective but that is not something id spend any amount of money on. Gord has shown that something FAR better than any of those ideas can be knocked up in a short amount of time and personally id be sending my money his way, not in the direction of a designer that clearly takes no joy in his work / has a poor sense of design.

Im not saying that I wouldn't buy from a company purely on the basis that they used that logo but it gives a sense of cheapness, and on the internet/print presentation is everything.

Simmy · 21 Feb 2006 at 00:26

EDIT - Bah, I'm tootired to type out a full post

Nimzicki · 21 Feb 2006 at 00:34

Morrissons while im at uni, Sainsbury at home purely for convenience factor. The irrelevance of the question pains me though.

*quick edit there eh, trying to make me look silly - the companies you just posted DO have logos, just not ones with graphical elements, its the simple lettering that absolutely everyone would recognise so the points fairly irrelevant. Companies such as Sainsbury spend millions on advertising and quality of presentation, through television, point of sales etc.