A Gift Worth Giving LtdLogo Design Contest

Hi - wow, some logos already. That's amazing. I like #1 more than #2 (not sure about the way the text rolls upwards to the right). They fit the clean, simple and honest looking brief. I'm slightly in two minds about the heart shapes. To me a heart shape is about love, which is not quite the target concept. I assume this is linking in part to the benevolence bit? Would love to see some more ideas, perhaps somehow incorporating a 'gift' but in a slightly non-obvious/subtle way. i.e. I don't think I'm just looking for a logo of a box with a ribbon, but that's a starting point for inspiration I guess. There's also the charity angle to play on - the growth of ideas and how giving a little can make such a big difference to people. One of the links I provided in the briefing material showed a stylised (if that's the right word) tree with blobs of green on a simple brown trunk. Although the subject matter is tenuous, I liked the concept of a tree representing growth, steadfastness, goodness etc. I'm not saying 'can I have a logo of a tree', but again, it's a starting point for the concept.
Right! - I'm going to stop for now... I'm beginning to not make sense even to myself! :-)

One more quick comment... the "Ltd" bit doesn't need to feature in the logo. It's maybe better to have the web address referenced instead: www.agiftworthgiving.co.uk. Could just append the .co.uk bit, and drop the www bit?

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Thanks for all the entries so far. My 'advisors' here are telling me they are unsure about my suggested use of the olive colour. Would love to see some variants/new logos without that to see how they'd look. Apologies to those of you that have focussed on this so far. I'm really impressed with the quality and thoughtfulness of all the entries so far. Please keep them coming!

Thanks
Chris

A quick follow up comment...

The entries so far have all been excellent. I think the ranking I've done shows that I prefer bolder, simpler designs. I'm not completely against using a 'box with a bow' concept, but I am looking for something a little different/non-obvious/deeper than just a box with a bow.

Colour and complexity of logos have been good. The logo will need to be on the website (probably with a white background), and will also need to be printed (in colour), but on white paper. So it can't be too complex/fussy. The font used needs to follow the same principles.

Great work so far. Looking forward to seeing how some of the ideas here develop/pan out, and also to see any new ideas. I'm happy for your creative imaginations to take this in other directions!

Thanks everyone.
Chris

Hi

I'm just wondering if a quick review of some design ideas may keep the creative juices flowing for you designers...?

So - thinking about gifts, I think of the following things...
- boxes covered in wrapping paper/being unwrapped etc
- ribbons
- bows
- sellotape
- gift labels/gift tags

The gifts being sold through the company could really be anything at all... whatever the charity can get to sell e.g. christmas cards, t-shirts, mugs, candles, etc etc. However, I don't think we want this to affect the design, as it could be anything, and so incorporating any one idea may be confusing.

The gifts are being sold on behalf of charities, so when I think of charities, I think of donations, good work, benevolence, helping those less well off, sharing, generosity, learning, understanding, compassion, concern, belief, welfare.

Not sure if any of that helps, and I don't want to lead the design process too closely. Feel free to work on the ideas above, but please keep the logos simple, clean, and limited to 2 or 3 colours.

Thanks so much to all of you who've posted so far. I look forward to having my decision made even more difficult with further postings. :-)

Cheers
Chris

Thanks to everyone posting logos. They are coming thick and fast now, so I can't comment on them all individually, but there are some really interesting ideas in there. I think you can tell from my ranking that I'm coming full circle on the design idea now, and have realised that I need to keep it very, very simple, and based on the gift box concept. Other themes can be secondary, but the gift needs to be the obvious thing, and the other themes mustn't over-complicate the logo.

Thanks again to you all for the logos so far. You are making my judging job very difficult indeed!

Cheers
Chris