Love the creativity express by #47, definately desired for our design firm. We like the font style of 'deisgn group' and like the use of the " I " seperating 4b from design group and color scheme. We also like the use of all lower case. We are concerned with the graphic reading as B, D, Q rather than four B's.
#96 is also really nice for many of the same reason listed above. There is some discussion here about the idea of incorporating the '4b design group' into the graphic block, but unsure if it will become too difficult to read from a distance. This logo will be placed on project signage at jobsites along with business cards/letterhead/etc. so simple is good and needs to be read from a distance.
The remaining designs we are concerned will read as an abstract graphic image rather than a logo that reinforces '4b'.