Branding Basics - 7 Logo Design Tips Have you ever asked yourself why a competitor's business gets more attention than yours? The answer just may have to do with the elements that go into how memorable the business is. And that has to do with branding. But exactly what is branding, anyway? Let's say you are getting ready to run errands on a busy Saturday morning, thinking about the groceries that need to be bought, the dry cleaning that needs to be picked up, and the packages that must get to the post office before noon. The answer to that question has everything to do with Hallmark's branding and two key elements of that branding are: a logo design that’s attractive, easy to read and memorable; a great tag line. Assuming your own product is fabulous, it all comes down to image. The First Key Element of Branding; Create a Great Logo. You have given a great deal of attention to your company name and believe it speaks to who you are and what you do. 7 Logo Design Tips Keep in mind that a powerful logo design:
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World’s Best Father documents what an amazing parent he is [30 pictures] In this ongoing series from photographer Dave Engledow, we get real insight into what it means to be an amazingly good dad. You may think some of the images show him being something less than exemplary in his parenting, but you’d be wrong and he has the mug to prove it… (via Pleated Jeans, Sad and Useless)
The Evolution of Corporate Logos Probably few remember the original Apple logo, which featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting under a tree with the inscription ‘“Newton … A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought … Alone.” Thankfully, within a year, Jobs was introduced to Rob Janoff, a young designer based in Palo Alto, California who was assigned to help market the clunky Apple II, a far cry from today’s sleek MacBook. “For inspiration, the first thing I did was go to the supermarket, buy a bag of apples and slice them up,” recalled Janoff in an interview with Sync Magazine. “I just stared at the wedges for hours.” Eventually, Janoff created the polychromatic Apple logo which survived until 1998. Founded in 1909, British Petroleum’s (BP) original logo was designed by an amateur who submitted his emblem in a company-wide competition. Perhaps one of America’s most recognizable brands, the Ford logo has retained its familiar oval shape since the company’s founding during the turn of the 20th century.
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Wet Logos: Showcase of Logo Designs Featuring Water Posted by Chris Thurman on Jan 12th 25 logos that feature characteristics of water. Gushing, rushing, pouring, dripping, raining, sloshing, refreshing. Inspiration from one of the most abundant resources on Earth. I’ve always been enamored with the qualities of water. Jollidrop Safaa Water Ingeprom Class VI Bits’n'Baths Muuya Aquacentro Many Waters Ministry Waterleaf Valley Creek Church Antwerp Water Works Ocean Spirit Ocean Beauty Hydro-Pol Vodicka Squared Eye Breakerss Water Drop Centerwave Wave Lochness Silent Beaute Moby Aqualeaf Hanging Cloud What are your favorites? 45 Awesome Abstract Textures Finding that perfect texture for your design can be quite the search, and also quite time consuming. To help you out a bit we’ve browsed through the large collection of textures over at deviantART and picked out some abstract textures. These can inspire you in making your own ones or you can use them. Maybe this can be the helpful start to a new project? Let’s dive in!
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The making of the Barrier filters logo Pouring the ideas out and filtering through them. Finding a simple solution and trying out different options. Choosing two main concepts for presentation. Showing first options to the customer. Deciding to stay with a drop and a shield. Presenting to the client. No more shields, just a pure water drop. The customer believes the logo resembles a man in a hat. Morphing the horizontal text block into the word “Barrier.” Selecting the logo with the white background. Trying it on the existing package. 100 Free Fonts You Should Have in Your Library Fonts have already been among the essential materials used by designers. Whether it is a web design project or a logo design – font is the element, capable of attracting people’s attention, rendering the key idea, and communicating the necessary message. That is why, thousands of free fonts reside today in multiple online font repositories. Below we are introducing a collection of 100 free fonts, which represent vividly only some of the most significant trends in typography, however all of these fonts feature really unique and fresh designs. Clean fonts contain the samples of free fonts of the sans serif family with classic proportions, distinct lines, and clean backgrounds. Fancy fonts introduce multiple decorative elements, used in typography – from curly fonts to eroded and distorted ones. 1. Delicious-Roman DiavloBook-Regular HattoriHanzo-LightItalic LT Oksana Bold Champagne & Limousines Vegur-Regular Caviar Dreams Bold Ageone Aldo SemiBold Zrnic Zero Threes Yanone Kaffeesatz Regular Mabella 2.
Free Online Logo Maker, Generator Tool Missing or Broken Files When you get a 404 error be sure to check the URL that you are attempting to use in your browser.This tells the server what resource it should attempt to request. In this example the file must be in public_html/example/Example/ Notice that the CaSe is important in this example. For addon domains, the file must be in public_html/addondomain.com/example/Example/ and the names are case-sensitive. Broken Image When you have a missing image on your site you may see a box on your page with with a red X where the image is missing. This varies by browser, if you do not see a box on your page with a red X try right clicking on the page, then select View Page Info, and goto the Media Tab. In this example the image file must be in public_html/images/ Notice that the CaSe is important in this example.
Great Resume Designs that Catch Attention–and Got People Hired Inspiration June 21, 2011 When applying for a job, you have no choice but to do your best to outshine competition. Even before winning an interview, your qualifications (or in some instance, your character) are already judged by the resume you’ve submitted. It is then important to make your resume or CV as honest, concise, and striking as possible. Take a look at how other designers compose their creative resumes. View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source Author: Cadence Wu Cadence is You The Designer's senior blogger, and the most jack-of-all-trades of the staff.