Alpenglow SolutionsLogo Design Contest

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These are my comments on the first 4 logos that I have received thus far:

I liked the natural, classic feel of logo #2, and the font colour used. Logo #1 has a nice colour scheme for the logo itself, and the use of mountains, but wasn't fond of the arrow or the font choice necessarily. As for logos #3 and #4, I liked the use of the 3D globe with the lines of latitude/longitude, and I had not thought of using the google placemark/pin symbol before which was clever. However, I did not like the swoosh used to symbolize a mountain, the checkmark, or the futurustic/techy feel (especially the font). Hopefully this initial feedback helps, and I look forward to seeing more submissions!

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I just updated the contest brief to better explain what I am looking for. Here are those comments for your reference.

Perhaps it would also help if I were to mention that this is a smaller company, and one that might be headquartered in a beautiful little alpine town deep in the mountains of British Columbia. This fact might help you come up with the imagery and 'feel' that I'm after, and might also better explain why I do not favour a heavily big city 'corporate' or 'generic techy futuristic' type of logo design. I'd rather a more natural, classic design that would feel at home on a nice sign in a small mountain town. In light of this, I think its important to emphasize the 'natural' elements aspect of the logo, in a more classic design rather than 'futuristic' or a 'generic corporate technology' feel. Earth, mountains, trees, sunlight, horizon just as examples of items you might choose. Although I had mentioned 3D logos, I'd also like to see 2D options or simpler silhouettes even.

Hope this helps you guys with further submissions!

Congrats to the top 5 designers! I'll try to provide as much feedback and ideas as I can during the judging phase. I seem to prefer logos that are creative with their use of the white negative space yet it is an important part of the design. It helps to use the negative white space because fewer colours are required and this makes for easier/less costly printing later on (limiting to 2 or 3 colours), as well as allowing for a more 'brand-type' image. I'm not sure I'm entirely sold on a perfectly round or circular logo though, so feel free to play around with the shapes (like #48 does for example).

I'm not sure if it is possible (or even wise to try because I don't want a feminine looking logo), but nobody has submitted a logo with the actual colour of 'Alpenglow' in it. If you want to see what Alpenglow looks like (or what natural phenomenon it actually refers to), check out the colour of this mountain photo : http://www.redresort.com/rossland/