Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU)Logo Design Contest

Hello! Here are some hints for getting the most out of your contest as it progresses:

~~ You, the Client, are very important! Your active participation is the single greatest factor influencing this contest. Active participation by you, the Client, helps you get the logo design you want!
~~ What's active participation? It's updating the brief with more information for Designers to work with as the contest progresses, providing feedback to Designers on their entries when they're submitted, and ranking designs at least once a day.
~~ When you provide feedback to Designers, you increase the chances of getting the logo you want. More feedback = better results!
~~ Leave private feedback by clicking on a design. Feedback will be made public upon contest completion.
~~ Rank designs at least once each day -- this will encourage Designers to submit more entries!
~~ Ranking prevents your contest from going idle! Active contests attract more Designers.
~~ Ranking gets your contest noticed. Unless your contest is Private, 1st place entries are posted to the portfolio page: https://logotournament.com/portfolio
~~ Please note: if you're asking for a design that will require several hours to create, to attract Designers willing to invest that amount of time the prize should be at least $400-$500. All "Character" style logos fall into this category.
~~ Designers are not offended by "Not Interested." We'd like to know what you don't want so we can give you the design you do want.
~~ The first phase of the contest is the "Open" phase, and everyone can submit during that time.
~~ After your contest's initial "Open" phase closes, it will enter the "Top 5" phase; only the top 5 ranked Designers will be able to submit revisions at that time.
~~ The "Top 5" Designers are the first 5 Designers in a contest, not the first 5 designs.
~~ When "Top 5" ends, the "Judging" phase begins. The Designer of the 1st place design will be the only Designer who can submit revisions at that time.

More detailed information on how to get the most out of your contest can be found here:
https://logotournament.com/forum/general_discussion/914

You can also look in: https://logotournament.com/forum/contest_holder_discussion

Thanks again for your entries Ryo, I look forward to seeing some revisions if you have the time.

Satto, I love #24 and the way you've positioned the balls to show unity and diversity. The colors are youthful, and the logo stands out. I like #23 as well, but we need to make sure the ARFU acronym is part of the logo. Same goes for #12, though I am really leaning towards your graphic concept for #23 and #24. Now, the question is how we signify Asia without it becoming too busy. Thanks again for your submissions!

I included this in the updated contest brief, but I'll share the thoughts here as well:

1. Accents in black, grey, etc are welcome; the main point is that the logos should not be MOSTLY black or mostly grey. Also, deep reds could be used as an accent, as there is not a strong preference either way on that color.

2. It is important that our logo is not too similar to that of the International Rugby Board (www.irb.com). We want to maintain our own identity.

3. I'd be interested in seeing some experimentation with the typographical elements of our different member unions - Arabic calligraphy, brushstrokes from Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, a riff on the Cyrillic alphabet, elements of Brahmic scripts. High risk, high reward, but let's see it!

Thanks very much for your submissions!

Thanks Nalapraja, I am loving #39. Youthful, dynamic, and professional. Shows growth, the working together aspects of rugby, unity, and diversity. Excellent concept. Any way we can integrate more of an 'Asian' identity in? It's important that any representation of 'Asian' identity is tied to the diversity of cultures and is not merely stereotyping 'Asian' identity.

Nalapraja, would it be possible to look at #39 with navy subbed in for the grey? Thanks!

Hi, I suggest you leave feedback privately by clicking on each design. You can get better communication with a specific designer with this way, because that designer will accept an email notification when you leave a comment. Hope that helps

Many thanks to all of the designers who submitted logos in this contest. We are grateful for your creativity and responsiveness, and I wish we could take more than one logo!

We will now take the top 6 ranked designs and submit them to our membership, who must respond by 10 December with their top choice. From there, we will work with the top ranked designer on final details.

Thanks again for all of your work!

Best regards,
ARFU Comms Team