Wednesday, January 25, 2012

You can't miss: these logos

Design is not strictly limited to making magazines look pretty, it is an aspect of all parts of life. That's why, for our blogs to follow this semester, I have chose LogoDesignLove. I wanted to not only look at how magazines are created, but also how other forms of design come about and how elements of each of these could be used when it comes time to design a magazine page.
One post that really intrigued me on this website was from January 24. The post is entitled "15 wonderfully simple logo designs" and incase you couldn't tell form the name, it featured great, yet simple, logos. Most of the logos dealt with a simple image or typography that seemed very simple because it was created flawlessly.
One logo that stuck out to me right away was this one:

I thought this logo did a great job encompassing the theme of family. The recurring "i" of different heights can be seen as family members of different heights standing next to one another (at least that's how I see it). While extremely simple, it still has a great impact.
This semester I really want to work on my typography skills and be able to create simple things like this typography. I feel that logos are a great way to look at this, because they have to say a lot and usually within a small space. I hope that by following this blog throughout the semester I can embrace new ways of thinking and push myself to be more creative with my magazine work.

3 comments:

  1. Jordin,

    I also share a love for logo design! You should check out this post about logos: http://designm.ag/inspiration/40-creative-logo-designs/

    My favorite would probably be the "Open Candy" logo. Because it's a very cutesy name, the logo exemplifies the personality perfectly. There are other examples in that post that show simple things that designers could do with typography.

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  2. I share a love for logos, too! I've been going through that site and thought the most interesting one was the "combined logos" design. I thought it was so clever and really creative. I find it so cool how they combined a company's logo with something else to create a new logo, which proves how people are influenced by other designs.

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  3. So I just rambled on in a comment on Will's blog about how much I love logos. Well, symbols and icons really. But yes, I agree, they offer great opportunities for creativity and, like all things design, the simplest ones are the ones that probably take the most time. I wonder how much time that designer spent sketching out ideas and translating them on screen to get to the final product. By the end, it seems like such an obvious move, but I bet the designer actually spent a lot of time getting there.

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