Comments on: Well ‘ard logos http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/ Blogging on creativity, business and freelancing Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John of Dublin` http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 John of Dublin` Mon, 21 May 2007 12:26:33 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-1302 Hi Davy, You make great points there. Siemens, Sony and many others come to mind. Many forget that the name of your company should stand out as goddamn obvious! I designed our own logo myself 7 years ago. I just wonder what you think of it. www.multinet.ie It is hard faced geometry I suppose but does contain a small radial colour gradient in a centre circle. I does look fine in B&W and comes out good on faxes. Cheers John Hi Davy,

You make great points there. Siemens, Sony and many others come to mind. Many forget that the name of your company should stand out as goddamn obvious!

I designed our own logo myself 7 years ago. I just wonder what you think of it. http://www.multinet.ie It is hard faced geometry I suppose but does contain a small radial colour gradient in a centre circle. I does look fine in B&W and comes out good on faxes.

Cheers

John

]]> By: davy http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-75 davy Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:27:29 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-75 Good point Joshua, Heh, I usually find that the technical reasons for not being able to print a 'new web' style logo are often lost on most clients, however they always understand when I tell them it may triple the printing costs to attempt matching it on paper. Mind you, if they ever have to print a nice colour brochure they could find they have to revert to the awful 'logo in a white box' syndrome Cheers. Good point Joshua,
Heh, I usually find that the technical reasons for not being able to print a ‘new web’ style logo are often lost on most clients, however they always understand when I tell them it may triple the printing costs to attempt matching it on paper.

Mind you, if they ever have to print a nice colour brochure they could find they have to revert to the awful ‘logo in a white box’ syndrome

Cheers.

]]> By: J. Jeffryes http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-74 J. Jeffryes Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:29:48 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-74 Well said. I think web companies (the ones behind the reflections and similar fads) are an interesting case. For some of them, their logos will almost never be presented on anything but a monitor. That makes unprintable colors and effects okay for them, the issue is when more mainstream businesses want to pick up on the fad. How do you tell a client their logo can't look shiny? Well said.

I think web companies (the ones behind the reflections and similar fads) are an interesting case. For some of them, their logos will almost never be presented on anything but a monitor. That makes unprintable colors and effects okay for them, the issue is when more mainstream businesses want to pick up on the fad. How do you tell a client their logo can’t look shiny?

]]> By: davy http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-23 davy Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:31:35 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-23 Sound thinking Mike, as mentioned in the post there are certainly situations where effects are useful (mostly web work I find) but, as in the building trade, good foundations are essential. Sound thinking Mike, as mentioned in the post there are certainly situations where effects are useful (mostly web work I find) but, as in the building trade, good foundations are essential.

]]> By: rohdesign http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-22 rohdesign Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-22 Agreed Davy. I always provide designs that work as black and white and if the client really wants some special effects, those get applied to the old-school type mark. This way the underlying logo is always sound, and any special effects that may go stale after a while can be easily removed. Agreed Davy. I always provide designs that work as black and white and if the client really wants some special effects, those get applied to the old-school type mark. This way the underlying logo is always sound, and any special effects that may go stale after a while can be easily removed.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Patrick Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:46:42 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-19 I could not agree more. It is so difficult to correctly colour match print and web when more than 50% of the logo is gradient and drop shadow. I could not agree more. It is so difficult to correctly colour match print and web when more than 50% of the logo is gradient and drop shadow.

]]> By: Claire http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Claire Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:40:52 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-18 Yes, that's a good benchmark of a good design. I'm a huge fan of logo art, I think it's underestimated because good ones are so deceptively simple. Yes, that’s a good benchmark of a good design. I’m a huge fan of logo art, I think it’s underestimated because good ones are so deceptively simple.

]]> By: danger http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/2006/09/26/well-ard-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-17 danger Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:38:36 +0000 http://www.davymac.com/wordpress/?p=115#comment-17 couldn't agree more. Gotta love a strong logo that looks just as good one colour or multi colour. couldn’t agree more. Gotta love a strong logo that looks just as good one colour or multi colour.

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