Building a Better World, One House at a TimeLogo Design Contest

NOTE: This is a logo contest for a t-shirt design (dimensions of design: 12" x 12"). Your winning entry will be used on many things, but will start as a t-shirt design.

#1 by Paull -- Thank you for this design entry. It is going in the right direction! However, I am not clear on what the elements are under the hand. Can you show a version with just a hand and a house? Or Hammer and House? Thank you!

#3 by TourCat -- Thank you for your beautiful entry. Very clever putting the house in the hand. Is there anyway to make the house bigger -- just a regular hand with a house in the palm?

#4 by JGoodew -- This is a fabulous design if it could have a few modifications. Like the simplicity of the house -- good job. Feels very 'clean' and we like that. Can tell you are a really good designer. Is it possible to make some variations of this design - possibly the world bigger/house smaller/more houses/emphasis on the word 'house' vs. emphasis on the number '1'. Would love to see your ideas.

#2 by Atchung -- Can you please make this design solid (no gradient/shade) and the darker blue of PMS 295. Also, can you please make the houses way more simple looking (as we build simple houses). Thank you!

#6 by Jen&Mary -- Really creative approach with using the tools. Could we see this with some variation -- making the tools much bigger around the globe, possibly in the shape of a house? Thank you!

#5 by 2313 Studio -- We like the whimsical approach to this. It is different. Instead of a half moon shape, perhaps it could be thinner, swishing line that look more like a globe? Like the typeface you choose.

#13 Tourcat -- Nice design! Thank you! Could we see a version with a bigger house, smaller hand?

ALL: Can anyone design a house out of tools -- here is an example:
http://thecalgaryrealestateblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/house-made-of-tools.jpg
and
http://www.casalatina.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/house-of-tools4.jpg
and
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5648237/2/istockphoto_5648237-tools-house.jpg

#51 by sandsinmyboots: Interesting design. Thank you! It took my eyes a bit of time to "see" the houses. Could you try making the houses blue to match the globe, or making every other house a different shade so that the house shapes are more clearly defined? Could you also try another font?

ALL: Another idea if someone wants to give it a shot: Create a house using hands. So the tips of the fingers pointing up would be the point of the roof, the two thumbs coming together could be the point of a smaller house underneath. Shaped the right way (curving the fingers), the inside part between the fingers and thumbs could form the shape of a heart. To explain another way, put your two hands together, palm to palm. Then separate your palms keeping the fingers touching, this creates the "roof" of the house.

#50 by aremmai: Love it!!! Don't change a thing.

#52 by sandsinmyboots: Thank you! I like this. It's clean, uncomplicated. Is there a way to make it more warm and friendly? Perhaps a hand or hands "holding the houses" underneath or behind the graphic? Or what about placing those blue dots on top of the roof tops to give appearance that the houses are "people". (The blue dots represent people's heads)