Comments on: Logo of the month #10

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:28:47 +0000

Thanks very much for those links, Manuel. Nice logo inspiration.

Ed,

You’re the first. I tried a quick web search, but couldn’t find something similar.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:39:38 +0000

I think it is a pretty cool logo. Did anyone say it reminds you of AT&T raising the bars though?

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:08:28 +0000

There are a lot of similar logos, here is another one:
http://www.glocke.de
It is (at least) inspired by its building
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/DieGlocke-01.jpg
(its big, sorry)
Its not a mill but a concert-hall, in the town where I used to live.

I like your website, i try to understand everything (i’m german).
Keep your interesting work going!

Viele Grüße
Manuel

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:48:22 +0000

Great logo!

Simple, memorable, easy to use through all apps!

Mike

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:59:27 +0000

That’s a shame about the arson. Thanks for letting me know, RaShell.

By: RaShell

RaShell — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:25:52 +0000

Actual cause of the fire was a bored teenager, I’m afraid. But the mill has been out of business and building abandoned for quite a while :(

RaShell’s last blog post…The Golden Egg of Design

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:38:57 +0000

Steve,

I like your reasoning for not being 100%. I, too, am slow to catch on sometimes.

RaShell,

That is a coincidence! I wonder what caused the fire.

Doug,

I’m curious to see how that lone square would change the design. Nice input my friend.

Ryan, Roselyn, Melody, cohnsey, Mark, Shailesh and Dainis,

Thanks a lot for reading, and commenting too. Happy Monday one and all.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:25:40 +0000

Ok, this might be a bit of a stretch of justification but the way I think the brain works to see it (once knowing that the name is the ‘mill’ is the same way code-breakers start solving a code. This is done by finding two symbols that are the same and side by side. Once we see the two lines at the end side by side, standing tall like L’s, then we recognise them actual as L’s and our brain instantly makes the association with the word.

*shrugs* I probably shouldnt be writing posts after a few beers!

By: roselynmendoza

roselynmendoza — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:35:13 +0000

I hope I’ll be allowed to join here. I am not a logo designer but I sometimes look for help of designers for my websites. If I may say so, the first time I saw the logo, it really looked like a bar graph. Say, 4 months has the same output or input and 2 last months had increased. Sorry, my ignorant eyes got the wrong interpretation. But when I read the blog and all the other comments, I rather agree with the designer. It is a strong logo, very simple but needing a bit of interpretation. Standing alone, it seems baffling. But I’m sure it’ll be effective once it’s seen stamped or printed on the mill products. :)

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:35:45 +0000

I still think, since it’s a mill and the logo represents the mill building, that it would have been even better if they’d incorporated a lone “square” right above the third stack.

Doug C.’s last blog post…From Me To You: Happy Holidays