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Marvelous Logo Redesigns and Inspiration

speckyboy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:28:41 +0000

In today’s news round-up we take a refreshing look at quite possibly the most difficult and challenging aspect of graphic design, which is logo design. We have some inspirational posts and some highly educational logo redesign round-ups which should stimulate all of your creative minds and inspire you in your next logo design project.

Awesome Resource: User Interface Design Framework

speckyboy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:09 +0000

Today’s news focuses on only one single design resource… and what a FREE resource it is! It is The User Interface Design Framework from webalys.com, which is basically a huge design framework that consists of a complete GUI library, a set of of 260 minimal vector icons and a massive Illustrator style library. This is a must have resource for any professional designer.

License: The framework has been released as a complete web designer kit for free, even for commercial use.

You can download the UI Design Interface here: User Interface Design Framework
You can view the details of the framework below:

GUI Library

The GUI elements are based on common interface patterns (accordion, expandable panel, progress bar, tags, slide show…), that integrate usability good practices and are perfect for wireframes and interface design.

Vector Icons Library – 260 Minimal Icons for Free

This pixel precise icon collection have been created specifically for interface and web designers. They are based on a precise 16 pixels grid, which means that they stay clear and have a crisp look even at small sizes.

Graphic Styles Library

The Graphic Styles Library consists of 200 graphic styles for buttons, navigation menus or panels and 330 swatches harmonized with graphic styles for backgrounds, typography and other GUI interface elements.

You can download the UI Design Interface here: User Interface Design Framework

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

Fresh Creative Logo Inspiration

speckyboy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:33:20 +0000

In today’s news round-up we have a collected a selection of articles that focus on logo inspiration. From the collection below there are well over 150 logos, covering many different styles (ambigrams, music, business…) and all have one thing in command: They are all creative and inspirational.

35 Creative Ambigram Logo Inspiration

30+ Music Inspired Logos

30 Fresh And New Logo Designs

Creative Logo Design Ideas for Companies

45+ Creative Logo Designed With Text

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboyand speckyboy@twitter).

A Collection of Free Design Resources

speckyboy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:23:20 +0000

Designers can never get enough resources. Fonts, tutorials, source files, plugins, stock images, icons… you name it we love them. Especially when they are free!

Thankfully within the design community there are no shortage of designers willing to offer free stuff, it just about finding them. That is where we can help.

In today’s news round-up we have collected exactly what you want, some fresh and free design resources.

80+ Photoshop Actions for Giving Your Pictures a Vintage Look

Photoshop actions are great. If you’re not familiar with actions, they are simply prerecorded adjustments made to a Photoshop file that can be saved and applied to other projects. The concept is simple, but the process to create some actions can be very complicated.

That’s why using actions can be a huge time saver. With just a click of a button you can apply a complicated effect to a Photoshop file instantly. In this article, they've rounded up over eighty Photoshop actions that will add very cool vintage or retro effects to your photos.

80+ Photoshop Actions for Giving Your Pictures a Vintage Look

12 Amazing And Free Stock Photo Resources

There are various components, from typography to colors, that makes a design impressive. Photos used are definitely one of the most important factors, and in this post, the author, has collected 12 free stock photo resources that are worth bookmarking.

12 Amazing And Free Stock Photo Resources

50 First-class & New Downloadable Fonts For Professional Designs

In this impressive collection, they have compiled an overview of 50 of the best Free, New and High-quality Modern, Handwritten, grunge, Cartoon style fonts for clean and professional designs all from last year. Great collection, certainly worth bookmarking.

50 First-class & New Downloadable Fonts For Professional Designs

Top 33 Best Logo Design Processes in 2009

In this round up they have collected 33 of the most popular Logo Design Processes from 2009. Have a look and see how the process of logo design evolves and maybe even draw inspiration for your own logo design.

Top 33 Best Logo Design Processes in 2009

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).

Crucial Rules to Follow When Designing a Logo

Joel Reyes — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:18:01 +0000

Taking on the responsibility of designing a logo, is an important aspect of an entities ability to stand out. This skill shouldn’t be taken lightly, especially if the logo will define a company’s representation. Conceiving a logo design calls for great amounts of practice and hard earned experience. Once you find out how to bring your concept to life, everything will fall into place.

Along with much needed practice, there are a few crucial rules to take into account when aiming towards a design that will effectively portray your clients identity while structuring their brand(s). Below you’ll find yourself glaring at a few crucial rules to follow when designing an effective logo that will set your client’s business apart from the rest.

Artistic Side of Things

Sketches are increasingly vital to the designing of an effective logo, though many decide to skip this step and work directly with software such as Photoshop. No design process is precise, however beginning with a simple sketch will leave you ample amount of room to work with the creativity that’ll begin to indulge itself in a variety of forms.

By starting with a few sketches or ideas, you will begin to leave yourself open to several options that could bail you out from a monstrosity of a logo design. Designers that produce results spend a great deal of time bringing their original ideas to paper through sketches.

Does Size Really Matter?

As individuals we’re usually drawn to large quantities and anything that’s extravagant. However, when designing a logo this is not the case. An effective logo has to look good and be completely visible at all sizes. This is why it’s recommended to use vector files. If the logo you design cannot stand-out from the rest, calls for no attention, and is not legible in a variety of sizes then you’ve failed.

Thoroughly test your logo in different sizes, letterheads, and browsers. The smaller the logo, the harder it is to create a precise design. If you keep that in mind, then you’ll become a guru in no time.

Giving Your Design a Sense of Style

Design styles are dime a dozen when it comes to creating a logo. Choosing the correct one entitles you to conduct a corresponding amount of research on your client. As a designer you have to know who your clients are, what they represent, and at least an idea behind what group of people the company thrives to grab attention from. Your first few thoughts should include the motivation to get started on some research.

Making Your Logo Standout

When creating a logo you’re not only taking part in the graphic design process, you’re also building recognition. Making your logo standout involves the instant recognition of the brand it represents. As design trends evolve on a constant basis, it’s become more difficult to create recognizable logo’s such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonalds, and Nike anymore.

In recent times, we’ve begun to see the emphasis placed toward logo design for tech companies and Web 2.0 applications or websites. These sort of designs have noticeably difficult hurdles to tackle. If you wish to stand out within a large pool of graphic designers, you have to adapt to a distinct style that is unique in every way. Begin this process by breaking the rules of design, mixing traditional designs with current standards, combining various colors and more!

Typography & Color Combination’s

Picking the correct font and size is a difficult feat to overcome. Most logo designs include some form of text, as part of the tagline, or the main design. Try to take advantage of the large collections of free fonts found online ready to be downloaded. The combination of colors also plays a big roll in the effectiveness of typography in your design.

Designers must know that every color evokes a feeling or mood in design, just like red can represent a feeling of anger, passion, or strength. As you conduct your search for different color combination’s, remember to try and match up the “feeling” of the color with the overall design and concept of the logo. Here is one of our articles that go into great detail the importance of colors in design.

Finalizing Your Logo Designs

Taking shortcuts in your design, such as by using free vector graphics, is not a good practice to get used to, because it will affect the quality of your designs in the long run. You can however use these types of websites to help get ideas during the brainstorming part of the design process.

It’s extremely important that you’re able to send your client not only the best logos but logos that are in the best possible format. Sending them in the best file format eliminates the possibility of having to sacrifice pixels and details if the client decides to enlarge an area on the logos to view a certain element.

Your logos should first be sent in either PDF format or the exact format you saved the image after you were done working on it. If your design was created in Photoshop or Illustrator, try to set your minimum resolution to 200px, anything smaller then that can hinder the details of your graphics.

A Round-Up of Logo Inspiration

speckyboy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:04:39 +0000

The hardest sub-category of graphic design is the the design of a logo. A logo needs to encapsulate the essence of a product/organization as well as being instantly recognizable. A very, very difficult combination to achieve. You only get one chance to design an effective logo, it has to be right first time, as to constantly change the design can be counter-productive and decrease a products value.
In todays news we have collected the best recent logo inspiration posts.

Popular Logos with Hidden Symbolisms

Some logos are so creative and subtle that you have to look very close to find hidden symbolism or understated subtitle. In this excellent post, the authors shows us a collection of logos and highlights the hidden meanings. Logo design at its witty best.

Popular Logos with Hidden Symbolisms

40 Breathtaking & Creative Logo Designs Just to Inspire

Designing a memorable logo is not easy, it requires a lot of detailed attention with typography, colors & shapes to convey the style the designer has chosen. Designers excel in using shadows, contrast and transparency to represent the brand they are working on.
In this inspirational post you will find a compilation of 40 beautiful and creative logo designs.

40 Breathtaking & Creative Logo Designs Just to Inspire

72 Creative And Smart Typographic Logo Inspiration

This post demonstrates how with the correct use of typography a professional logo can be created. It proves the point that less is more by simply using one or two words and selecting the correct font, it also demonstrates, perhaps unintentionally, the effectiveness and the importance of negative and positive spacing.

72 Creative And Smart Typographic Logo Inspiration

By Paul Andrew (Speckyboy and speckyboy@twitter).

Inspirational Logos, Free Fonts and Beautiful Decay Photography

speckyboy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:00:28 +0000

In the news today we have a mixed bag of resources. To start with we have a great selection of creative and inspirational logos, secondly, a huge selection of fresh fonts and, finally, a showcase of beautiful examples of Urban Decay photography. Enjoy.

45 Creative Logo Designs For Inspiration

In this post you will find a selection of some beautiful and creative logos, that will hopefully inspire your creativity and keep you up to date with the current logo design trends.

45 Creative Logo Designs For Inspiration

40 Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs

With the proper selection of type style you can convert a typical design into an impressive stylish art piece. With the help from this post, from instantshift.com, you will be able to use 40 new free fonts for your next design project.
Lets be honest, we all love free fonts.

40 Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs

20 Beautiful Examples of Urban Decay Photography

Urban Decay photography is the technique of photographing abandoned and rundown buildings. Usually these buildings were once home to active city dwellers in urban districts. Now they receive little more attention than the lone photographer exploring the bowels of their past grandeur. Amazing photography.

20 Beautiful Examples of Urban Decay Photography

By Paul Andrew from Speckyboy Design Magazine, you can follow him on Twitter