Logo Design

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stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Sunday 19th September 2004
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Hello All

I am looking to design a logo for a new online computer company that specialises in CD-R, DVD and related products.

Is there anyone on here that specialises in logo design to help out a fellow PHer?

D-Angle

4,468 posts

249 months

Sunday 19th September 2004
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Have a word with Amanda at
www.trulyace.com

Muncher

12,220 posts

256 months

Sunday 19th September 2004
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One of my clients does this sort of thing, shouldn't be that expensive either, drop me an e-mail if you're interested.

.Mark

11,104 posts

283 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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My daughter is starting out in the graphic design field, she has already done crash helmet designs for a GT racer ,album covers for local bands and logo's for various people.
She is currently blasting the field with her A level work and would welcome another challenge and some exposure, if you think she may be able help drop me a line through my profile.

stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Thank you for your replies but I managed to design my own logo!

What do you think?

.Mark

11,104 posts

283 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Snazzy,
Although it took me 2 or 3 'reads' to see what it was called.
Probably my fading eyesight!

simpo two

87,088 posts

272 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Nice but I saw it as 'recor-Dabble-media' - my eyes headed for the most legible bit first.

Maybe different font (where the letters are separate) or shorter name?

stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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mmm interesting
maybe a hyphone between recordable and media?

stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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How about this?

hendry

1,945 posts

289 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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I'm confused - are you asking for a good company name or want a logo? Surely the two are separate. You should work out what you want to call the thing first based on (in your case) being able to get a good, easy understood and remembered domain name (as well as ensuring no confusion with competitors who may pick up on your business); then work out how the graphic will look.

When you get to stage two I know some good people for producing logos that link well to your business, but they will be a few hundred quid. Mail me at ianhendry@hotmail.com if you are interested.

simpo two

87,088 posts

272 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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hendry said:
I'm confused - are you asking for a good company name or want a logo? Surely the two are separate.

Correct. Initially, it was a logo. But I said it was confusing becasue the company name, as shown, was too long. The hyphen just makes it worse.
If this is a start-up business, then it's not too late to make the name shorter and snappier. If I can't remember the name of a company, or where the hyphen goes, I'm unlikely to try hard to find it.

samn01

874 posts

275 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Its OK but not as good as you would expect from a professional logo designer.

stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Well the company sells recordable media. The name of the company is based on the domain of the company which prompts peopele to look at it on the web after seeing it advertised.

Recordable Media is a popular search engine term for the products I am selling and in terms of getting up the search engines, having a domain name as the same name as a key search term does wonders for geting up the search listings.

How does a hyphon make the name of the company more confusing?

Mmmm maybe if I differentiate the end of the domain with colour...

simpo two

87,088 posts

272 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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stin hambo said:
Well the company sells recordable media. The name of the company is based on the domain of the company which prompts peopele to look at it on the web after seeing it advertised.

Recordable Media is a popular search engine term for the products I am selling and in terms of getting up the search engines, having a domain name as the same name as a key search term does wonders for geting up the search listings.

How does a hyphon make the name of the company more confusing? ...

That's very sound logic - in fact faultless. OK, you're stuck with the name then! It was just that 'recordable-hyphen-media-dot-com-dot-au' was getting a bit hard on my simple brain cells.

How about putting Recordable and Media on two lines, and ditching the '.com.au', at least for the logo. That will still work in search engines and be shorter.

stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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Could do but I was thinking of adding a bit of colour to break up the long line of text.

I do agree that it looks a lot to take in at once...

stin hambo

Original Poster:

627 posts

244 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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What do you do Simpo if you don't mind me asking?

miniman

26,312 posts

269 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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stin hambo said:
How does a hyphon make the name of the company more confusing?

Only when you come to telling someone your email address or web address. It's the difference between "recordablemedia dot com" and "recordable dash media dot com".

simpo two

87,088 posts

272 months

Monday 20th September 2004
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stin hambo said:
What do you do Simpo if you don't mind me asking?

Anything YHM BTW