Thinking in vain...

So along with a kinda ugly logo, we get a kinda ugly set of icons. At least they're consistent. I do like how colorful everything is.


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I LIKE this logo.

Seriously. And I'm not one for the "people holding hands" theme. If someone wants that or suggests it for a logo I usually ignore them. So in my opinion, they took the hokiest concept and made it quite pleasing... not like that other... thing.

See more about the logo at Brand New.

That graphic makes me happy. It's for a line of preserves, very smart and simple. Looks great on the container too.

Full packaging at Lovely Package.

Seems appropriate since I am neck-deep in logos lately.

Bottle stops used five millennia ago in ancient Mesopotamia (today's Iraq), the birthplace of cities and writing, carried symbols that marked them out as the earliest evidence of branded goods.

A London based archaeologist believes that they were promotional logos, along the lines of those used by Microsoft and Nike.

Modern ad executives would be pleased to learn that such images have long been regarded as works of art by historians but he believes their use was much more practical.

Full article.

Who thinks being told to completely rethink the logo and give 5 new options on Tuesday and being told to rethink the logo using certain elements of the previous almost-approved logo (which had been revised 6 times) is the same thing?

Yeah, see I thought so too. (I wanted to print this off and highlight #1 for her)

I know why this job frustrates me so much... because my hard work and brainstorming for hours gets me the same place as if I throw something on her desk.

I did it right with the last website. I threw some half-assed stuff on her desk - she got to give me her opinion. I then took some time, came up with something cool using one or two of her suggestions, and she loved it with absolutely no changes.

I forgot to do that with the logos because I was trying to impress and it back-fired on me. I hate playing games, it's possibly why I also suck at dating, but that's a whole 'nother can of something.

Of course, it bugs me that I KNOW this and didn't do it. Perhaps that copywriter was right....

Logos sent to me in Word

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