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Help my startup pick a new logo
- axiom 17y agoAlso: http://99designs.com/contests/36804 http://99designs.com/contests/36804
- nzmsv 17y agoThere a a number of logos on that page I like a lot more than the ones in the survey. Personal taste, of course, but I guess that's what you are looking for.
- uptown 17y agoI'd go with this one instead: http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/logo-shiny-tech-startup-36804/entries/83 http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/logo-shiny-tech-st... Just modify the text so it's not 3D, and the other elements so they translate well to a black & white printing without the need for shading.
- peteysd 17y agoIt would help to know what your business name is, and what your business does. Otherwise there is nothing to base a decision on, other than "it's pretty."
- Frazzydee 17y agoI'm guessing this is the startup: http://tophatmonocle.com/ http://tophatmonocle.com/ "Top Hat Monocle develops mobile applications for the Apple iPhone with focus on games and interactive applications."
- sublemonic 17y agoYes, what message is your company trying to send with its logo? Or, would you prefer we didn't know what Top Hat Monocle does? If so, I'm certainly curious to know your reasoning.
- asolove 17y agoDesign isn't merely taste. That you can't immediately rule out half of them says you don't really know what you want the logo to convey. Some of these logos say "playfully campy," some "serious" and some "5 year old with clipart." We can help pick which achieves any particular goal, but you better start by being sure about the goal.
- axiom 17y agoAh, good point. If you look at the brief at 99designs it does a better job of explaining what we're going for. http://99designs.com/contests/36804 http://99designs.com/contests/36804 But I'd say "playfully campy" is a pretty good summary :)
- yesimahuman 17y agoI would suggest the ones that don't look like sperms :)
- jskopek 17y agoHey guys As an employee at Top Hat Monocle, I hope I can answer some of the questions that have been brought up: We started out as an iphone gaming company, but did a 180 shift very early on and are now in the process of relaunching the company as an education software company. One of the goals with the logo redesign was to retain the quirkiness of the name (it's been scoring very well among our current users), but we want to shift the focus more towards the icon, for a couple of reasons: - we want to be able to use the logo on stationary, tshirts, the product, application icons - we're targeting the academic market - it gives us a lot more flexibility with how we name our products in the future Thanks for all the feedback! It's all incredibly helpful
- bayleo 17y agoGiven no other information I think I prefer (c).
- pbhjpbhj 17y ago(f) for me but it depends on how you intend to fit it in the design, (f) is a bit tall. Also I'd call it "Top Hat & Monocle" as I think this flows better, turn the cord into an ampersand.
- dwohlfahrt 17y agoMan, only if http://www.modernballots.com http://www.modernballots.com (from this thread earlier today -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1115385 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1115385) supported images (or better yet, some kind of web markup, i.e. textile) as "candidates" this would make for a great use of the site, seeing as I don't love or hate any of the logos and would find giving each a star rating much more appropriate. bradbeattie, i hope you're reading this thread :)
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- bradbeattie 17y agoStyling needs a bit of work, but textile is up and running. See http://modernballots.com/photo/vote http://modernballots.com/photo/vote as an example. Enjoy!
- dirtbox 17y agoBeing honest, I'm not particularly enamoured by any of those in the main link or singularly any in the second. I'd probably go for the hat in this: http://99designs.com/designs/3702194-original http://99designs.com/designs/3702194-original Combined with the monocle and text placement in this: http://99designs.com/designs/3682895-original http://99designs.com/designs/3682895-original Although not with those particular fonts. Something deco and 20's would be nice. Cicle or even Futura would work at the right weights.
- alabut 17y agoIt depends on what the rest of the site design is as well - it's hard to judge the logo in isolation. It's the same concept as pairing wines with cheese. For example, A is the most neutral and could go well with a modern layout, G is minimal while still having an old school flourish and can match up with a similar design if the designer had the chops to pull it off, and the rest are bit crowded and overdone, which means they probably wouldn't sit well in a cluttered interface but could look good if they were showcased on a simple site.
- tomkarlo 17y agoAh, the lazyweb at it's best. Have you thought about a rename? That's a hell of a mouthful for a company that's not the result of some kind of international M&A event.
- angelbob 17y agoThe grayscale one will give you fits when/if you need to use cheap printing in black and white. Similarly, the ones with a lot of fiddly detail will be harder to render well on paper.
- petesalty 17y agoMy criteria for this is always can I print it on a t-shirt in one color (i.e. black ink on white t-shirt in this case). If it works on t-shirts it works on business cards, stickers, etc. Keeps it simple and keeps promo items cost down in the early days. So in short B (that's how I voted).
- fnid2 17y agoi dont know what it is, so i don't know. is it a pharmacy or a search engine?