David Airey, graphic designer

20 appreciated comments on “Just how good are LogoPond’s logos?”

1. Mat, on March 9th, 2007 //

   I know nothing about design but I love seeing good logos.

   I hadn’t heard of LogoPond previously but the work of those designers was great. It’s incredible that someone can be looking at a blank screen and then just .. create.. like that.

2. Bart O'Dell, on March 9th, 2007 //

   David once again man thanks!!! I am humbled.

3. Beth Ellen, on March 9th, 2007 //

   They all look nice to me. I have been wanting to explore creating logos but just haven’t jumped into it yet. This gives me a push.

4. David Airey, on March 9th, 2007 //

   Hi Mat, all good designers will begin the design process with pen / pencil and paper. Staring at blank screen is actually a limitation to design because the fastest way to create variations is by sketching. Computers are limiting in that respect.

   Bart, you’re very welcome. Keep those logos coming. :)

   Beth Ellen, if you’d ever like some feedback on your designs I’d be more than happy to offer it.

5. Bart O'Dell, on March 9th, 2007 //

   I actually sketch a lot of my logos out before hand as David has mentioned. But however I do most of the sketches in the computer with my WACOM.

6. Jen, on March 9th, 2007 //

   I think with any design arena, good is subjective. Meaning what I think is good and what you think is good can vary.

   Just with any other design gallery, there are hits and misses and I personally think logo design is the hardest item to design and get right. Seems more often than designers get it wrong.

7. David Airey, on March 9th, 2007 //

   That’s an interesting point in itself Jen.

   In the words of Bob Gill, “There’s no such thing as ‘good design’ or ‘bad design’. The design is good if it does what you want it to do. It’s bad if it doesn’t.”

   The thousands of logos that don’t work aren’t helped by the ever-increasing number of websites allowing anyone to ‘design your own logo’ by simply dragging and dropping a few chosen elements here and there.

   If you don’t know about design, and if you truly care about your company, you should be hiring a designer.

8. Mike Erickson, on March 10th, 2007 //

   Dave, Thanks so much for the recognition, it is greatly appreciated. When I began the Techworks project I asked the client to give me 3 important parts to his business, he responded with “computers,technology,networking”. I began sketching and sketching and sketching ideas out relating to these words.This was the final result.
   Along with the Hilton Construction logo and the Pak Photography logo, the Techworks logo works great because the equals (T/W) working together produce a whole message using the negative space. I guess the same would go for the bananasfilms, equal parts creating a whole.
   Nice picks Dave.

9. David Airey, on March 11th, 2007 //

   Good to have you stop by Mike. Mentioning your logo was my pleasure. Credit where credit is due.

10. Justin, on March 11th, 2007 //

    I can’t get enough of the bananas films logo! I would like to see how it looks reversed, and in gray scale. Even though, it will probably be most used in color on black in films, you always need to have some black and white stuff.

    Good read, David!

11. Marco Echevarria, on March 11th, 2007 //

    Thank you for including me into the group of logos featured on your site.

    To any beginning designers out there, as mentioned before, go to paper first. The concept stage is crucial to working out a solid design and pencil or pen and paper is the way to go. Also, obtaining as much information as you can get about the company or product the logo is for, their target market, competitors…

12. Mat, on March 12th, 2007 //

    “Hi Mat, all good designers will begin the design process with pen / pencil and paper”

    Ok cool, that’s quite interesting. Thanks David

13. Respiro, the logo designer, on March 12th, 2007 //

    Yes, LogoPond.com worth to be mentioned, such many from its pages. If you want to comment on more logos, you are welcome to my site: http://www.ReLogoDesign.com

14. Lee Newham, on March 23rd, 2007 // Twitter: @goodpeopletweet

    I love the bananas films logo, very nice, made me smile.

    Good website Dave.

15. Jaypee, on September 5th, 2007 // Twitter: @jaypee

    The BananasFilms logo is cool! Very unique and catchy! :)

16. Randana, on February 12th, 2008 //

    I love all these logos and logopond is great resource for inspiration. You should check out the logos by Nido, in my opinion one of the great logo designing minds out there.

    Thanks again.

17. Ian Anaya, on April 16th, 2008 //

    I find that logopond is a great place to look to for inspiration. Not every logo is amazing, but there are a lot of innovative and original ideas and many of them with great execution.

    On a side note, I thought the techworks logo looked very similar to the Tiger Woods logo. Both great logos still.

    -Ian

18. David Airey, on April 17th, 2008 //

    Randana,

    I’ve recently discovered nido on LogoPond. The level of communication is nice to see.

    Ian,

    I agree, not every logo is great, but that’s to be expected when any member can upload a design. Thanks for dropping in.

19. Clancy, on May 26th, 2008 //

    I don’t particularly like those four (the bananafilms one would be great except for the way the strips of film overlap at the top) but some of the other stuff on that site is incredibly fantastic.

20. Bryce, on December 15th, 2009 //

    Logopond is an awesome showcase of talent. The only thing I don’t like is that it’s hard for a developer, like myself, to get in touch with an artist that I’d like to approach for some work. Their marketplace is broken in that sense. That is, assuming these artists want to attract business…

    Bryce

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