You can't miss: Logo chart

This week on LogoDesignLove I found a chart that showed logos broken down by their corporation. Since I am applying for a few jobs at advertising agencies, this chart was very interesting for me. It shows the branding of corporations from the large brand name to it's smaller brands. Here's what it looks like:

It's crazy to think about all the branding that trickles down from one giant corporation. I never realized how much of a relationship there is between the logos and their larger corporation. What do you guys think?

You can't miss: Sharing Coke logo

This week on logodesignlove I found a logo that struck me as very interesting, probably because I am addicted to drinking diet Coke. This logo, called "Sharing a Coke" was created by a 19-year-old designer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The logo is an adaptation of the Coke logo. Here it is:

I am obsessed with this logo. I love it because it is so recognizable with the Coke white, wavy line in front of the red background, but the designer has turned it into two hands holding a Coke bottle together. It's so simple, yet says a lot. I wish I'd thought of it. What do you guys think?

You can't miss: Zebra inspired logo

Who would have guessed that of all animals the zebra could inspire a logo? Not this girl, but I was wrong.
This week on logodesignlove I found a post about a logo inspired by a zebra. How freaking cool right?
Here it is:

To see how it came about check out this full post. What do you think? Are there any animals that you want to see inspiring a logo? Personally, I'd love to see someone try to make a kangaroo inspired logo, but I also just love kangaroos. I think it's safe to say LeeAnn would like to see a cat inspired logo but that's just a guess.

You can't miss: a classic design combo

This week on LogoDesignLove they posted about the classic design idea: the hand-dove idea. They showed a ton of different ways to use it. While simple, it shows us how we can take strange pairs of things (hands and doves) to create something unexpected.
This is my favorite one. The shadow looks so cool:


Which ones do you guys like?

You can't Miss: this sweet typography

Hey all. As you may have noticed, I love sharing cool typography. I just happened to stumble across this site that I thought I'd share.
This is my favorite design, although I am in a bit of a Star Wars nerd kind of mood:

I love how in this, as well as the other designs on the website, they are able to create entire images just using letters and numbers. It's crazy! Which is your favorite?

You Can't Miss: these awesome logos

This week I went and looked at more logos. I found this interesting collection of logos. It contains 40 logos that the site found to be interesting and creative. My favorite happened to be this one:

I absolutely fell in love with this logo. I love how the bottle turns into a peeling apple. It's such a simple touch that really elevates the feel of not only the logo, but also the company. And the color choice goes great with the company as well. Overall, I think it was a great job.
What's you favorite logo?

You can't miss: Logos in maps

This week on the blog I'm following I found an interesting article about the use of logos on online maps. The article talks about how CityMaps now uses logos within their maps to show where certain places are. It is only like this for a few cities so far, but it's still very interesting. Here's what it looks like:

I think it's interesting that logos have become so recognizable and distinct that they can be used on a map and (mostly) everyone will know what they are. I think it's even easier to read than a regular map.
I hope they come out with a version for Chicago soon!

You can't miss: Pelogo

As we all know, I chose to look at the website "Logo Design Love" this semester. This week on the site I found a very interesting logo. It's made of.... hair.... Check this out:

I'm all for adding a personal touch to your logo, but I never thought anyone would take that as adding their own hair to their logo. I have to commend them, it looks pretty cool. I just don't think I could chop of some of my hair for the sake of a logo. What do you guys think... genius? or purely insane?

You can't miss: should we edit photos

I was checking out Glamour's website the other day when I stumbled across an article about photo editing.It shows these before and after images and asks the readers what they think about the editing that has been done.


Since this will inevitably be part of some of our jobs, I wanted to see how you guys felt on the issue. I think some photo retouching is necessary, but these don't even look like the same people. I think this is a bit too much. What about you?

You Can't Miss: Typography videos

Well, originally I was planning on posting the Cats as Fonts, but Will beat me to it. I'm just glad someone showed it to y'all because when I saw it I practically died of laughter and then immediately thought of LeeAnn.
Anyways, instead I have these two Youtube videos that I had found a while back that play with typography. Incase you haven't noticed by now, I'm obsessed with typography. One is hooked up with audio from the movie "The Dark Knight" and the other is an I love NY typography deal. Both are really fun and show off some great typography skills. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

You can't miss: journalism valentine's

In the spirit of Valentine's Day I wanted to share something that a fellow journalism student showed me yesterday. This comes from Mediabistro and just happens to be Valentine's for journalists. These two are my personal favorites:


Not only are they witty, but they also play with typography, which, if you haven't noticed yet, is one of my favorite things designers can do. The conflict of interest one is especially cute in terms of its typography. It's very subtle, with hearts to dot the eyes, but also the connected "N" is very nice. It shows a couple, like two people being together. It's simple touches like this that make a huge difference in design, especially when a design is made solely of typography.
Which is your favorite valentine?

You Can't Miss: Campaign Logos

This week I found some interesing campaign logos on logodesignlove.com. They showed a variety of logos, each of which was extremely effective for their candidates. All of the logos can be found here. I particularly enjoyed these two:


Both work for a variety of reasons and while they have definite similarities, it's interesting to see how both use the same color scheme- red, white and blue. This is stereotypically American (like the colors of the flag) therefore, they work well for presidential campaigns. They provoke the idea of patriotism, unity and American values.
With our magazine prototypes coming up, and our need to pick a color scheme for our publication as part of the requirement, it is very important that we remember how certain colors can provoke different emotions and use this to our advantage.

You can't miss: Controversial logo

A logo created for the Olympic bid for Madrid 2020 has become a huge controversy. I found this logo on the blog I am following this semester, LogoDesignLove. The article on LDL explained the story as the following.
An original logo, designed by Luis Peiret, was supposed to show the letter "M" next to the number 20. Here is the original logo he created:

According to this blog, the logo was then modified and turned into a logo that looks as if it says "20020" rather than the "M20" that Peiret originally created. The logo now looks like this (Peiret is next to the logo):

This logo has reinforced the importance of typography and readability, something that we read about this week for class. Because the bottom of the "M" was cut off, the logo completely changed meaning. This caused an entire controversy with the logo, and the meaning to be lost.
This serves as a reminder to all designers that we need to make sure our typography is readable, or else the entire message we are trying to send could be lost. I will definitely be more aware of this now within my own work.

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.