Boston Real Estate ObserverLogo Design Contest

Logo Design Contest
Contests / Boston Real Estate Observer

Boston Real Estate Observer has selected their winning logo design.

For $300 they received 264 designs from 30 different designers from around the world.

Logo Design Brief

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United States
Slogan
Comprehensive & Exclusive Boston Real Estate News
What We Do
Comprehensive news coverage of Boston residential, commercial, and lending real estate markets.
Industry
Real Estate
Color Preferences
In no particular order, colors that are ok to use are: blue, grey, orange, red, green. Colors that could be avoided include: yellow, purple. It's understood that use of colors will be driven by the overall design, and we are not adverse to seeing various designs.
Our Ideas & Additional Information
Real estate in Boston is condos and high rises, not the traditional "home" with a chimney, this is an important point for those considering the use of a graphic in the logo.

If a skyline is going to be used, it needs to be recognizably Boston.

We're aiming to be the new standard in online news, the next generation of a real estate newspaper or magazine for instance. The logo should be slightly wider than it is tall - take "The Boston Condo Blog" logo at www.bostoncb.com as an example of where this logo would be placed on a website. Designs do not have to incorporate the "slogan", but if it can add value to the overall design, it will be interesting to see how it is used.
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Discussion

 
Client
Logo #3 and #4 appear a little unpolished / unsophisticated in terms of bubbly fonts and times new roman-like bottom font. The idea of leveraging a Boston skyline with some of the key landmarks (Hancock Tower, Prudential Center, 111 Huntington Ave, etc.) could be interesting, but it appears slightly "cartoony" in these logos. As well, the idea of the logo having a slight curvature is not ideal.
15 years ago
 
Client
Logo #1 and #2 appear quite polished, however, it almost appears as though they are representative of a home being sold versus providing a high quality magazine / newspaper style comprehensive news source. It's nice to see the logo with and without the "slogan". In the "Our Ideas and Additional Information" section, the layout of the logos, with them being slanted, are probably not ideal.
15 years ago
 
Client
#15 is the best thus far. It looks sophisticated and pretty polished. It might look cool to see a little sheen added to it, but nothing over the top that would take away the classiness of its look. Also, it would be interesting to see the traditional house with the chimney replaced with a unique rendition of the Boston skyline - see the unique skyline logo of condodomain [.] com (please do not copy their logo, simply use it as an idea to generate unique thoughts).
15 years ago
 
Client
Logos #10 and #14 just do not have a professional look to them. In #10, the magnifying glass is a cute play on the word observer, but observer should be taken in the context of an expert high-end source, rather than a somewhat goofy Sherlock Holmes type play.
15 years ago
 
Client
#9 isn't bad, but it has too much of a playful feeling, and the use of the traditional house doesn't capture Boston real estate - see the 'Our Ideas and Additional Information' for more information, specifically, real estate in Boston is condos and high rises, not the traditional "home" with a chimney, this is an important point for those considering the use of a graphic in the logo.
15 years ago
 
Client
#12 is ok. The skyline is too wide, and it's not Boston - see the 'Our Ideas and Additional Information' for more information, specifically, if a skyline is going to be used, it needs to be recognizably Boston. The fonts are a little clunky, the slogan font is ok, but the rest is not ideal.
15 years ago
 
Client
#5, #6, #7, and #8 are too simplistic, the fonts don't really grab you, and the use of the traditional house is just not Boston - see the 'Our Ideas and Additional Information' for more information, specifically, real estate in Boston is condos and high rises, not the traditional "home" with a chimney, this is an important point for those considering the use of a graphic in the logo.
15 years ago
 
Client
#16 is nice, it's very clean, but also has a little bit of a "pop" to it. The slogan text is not ideal. The logo is quite random, and overall, the logo probably has too height. It would be nice to see some text changes to the slogan, and use of a more Boston oriented graphic.
15 years ago
 
Client
Wikipedia has a good photo of the Prudential Center and 111 Huntington:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:111-Huntington-Ave.jpg

These two buildings, along with the Hancock Tower (URL below) are probably the most distinctive part of Boston's skyline.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hancock_Tower.jpg
15 years ago
 
Logo Designer
I will be back in town Thursday, April 2 and check in on the status then to see if you need any changes, thank you!
15 years ago
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