Comments on: Logo of the month #10

By: Gary Ellis

Gary Ellis — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:15:56 +0000

I love The Mill logo and I’m not saying it was ripped off, but the exact same aesthetics were used by a now-defunct Canadian architect firm called Mathers & Haldenby.

Check it out from a book of 1970’s logotypes here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_carl/2342037163/sizes/l/in/set-72157604144345854/

By: Aisha

Aisha — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:49:52 +0000

I love the idea & the concept behind it…
simple n creative (Y)
:)

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:20:39 +0000

I'm not sure if you've seen my other blog, Mark, but you might find more logo design inspiration there, rather than here: Logo Design Love. I'd not rule out the idea of a subtle change to your logo for any sub divisions, rather than showing entirely new designs.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:37:57 +0000

I hesitate to answer, because of the time I spent getting my logo done. I accepted the logo after going through 2 companies. Seemed like a lot for something so straight forward. In the end the I decided the logo doesn’t have to WOW someone, I went for something easy to remember, by anyone anywhere. But when I come across a logo so simple as this one, that does have WOW factor, I’m jealous. Maybe I’ll make it a requirement next time.

Plus I’ll be adding some sub divisions of the product, and I was thinking of marking those with their own icon’s or “logos”. So I’ll have to pop back in here occasionally.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:22:23 +0000

Clean, scalable, flexible, non-offensive — all good attributes, Mark. I agree. I’m guessing you’re more keen on a logotype, rather than a separate symbol for CCS?

By: mark

mark — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:31:45 +0000

The logo might not say a lot alone, but once tied to the company name or product, it will always and forever be associated with it. Maybe it’s not completely memorable, but It’s looks nice, it’s clean and yes scalable, could change with color schemes. It’s incredibly flexible. Also, it couldn’t offend any culture.

If I ever have my logo redesigned I’ll be looking for some of these features. My logo has similar properties, but it’s tied to the company name. I was never keen on that. I’m happy I stumbled across this.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:38:21 +0000

Ooh, nice explanation around the six columns, and given that the site is five years old, I think it’s doing a great job.

I hope business is going well for you, James.

By: James Stone

James Stone — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:30:53 +0000

Not a problem… the whole site is actually based on the logo, i.e 6 columns of varying height… so the idea was that the whole site is the logo in effect…

might add that the site is 5 years old now… and holding up well… but you never know they might redesign in the future.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:27:10 +0000

Thanks for dropping by, James.

I think the spacing you give around your own logo (on the mimeartist.com site) is great. If a similar amount of space was added around The Mill logo, I think it’d add more balance.

That said, I’m no web designer / developer, so by all means take my thoughts with a pinch of salt.

By: James Stone

James Stone — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:12:19 +0000

Just a heads up as the designer of the mill web site – the intent was for the emphasis was on the work and not the logo.