Christophe's To GoLogo Design Contest

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Christophe's To Go has selected their winning logo design.

For $500 they received 310 designs from 16 different designers from around the world.

Logo Design Brief

Client
United States
What We Do
Christophe's sells pre-prepared fresh, gourmet meals for busy individuals and families who want to enjoy filling, delicious, and healthful meals without the hassle of shopping, cooking, or cleaning.
Industry
Retail
Color Preferences
Prefer bright colors that might be associated with food. The logo needs to be high contrast so that it works well on signs that will be installed over storefronts.
Our Ideas & Additional Information
We want some sort of emblem or pictorial mark as part of the logo, but it should not be the entire logo. A good example is the NBC peacock. The peacock can be separated from the name and used on its own, for example, as an icon for a mobile app. Also the name "Christohpe's To Go" needs to be in two pieces. We plan to expand our business to have other "Christophe's" branded concepts, such as "Christophe's Kitchen", "Christophe's Cafe", "Christophe's Grocery", etc. The word "Christophe's" needs to be the central piece of the word logo and then the following term - To Go, Cafe, etc - needs to be a different piece of the logo such that we can replace that term with a different term using the same font, color scheme, etc. We want consistency so that the main brand "Christophe's" is recognizable but also the following term needs to be very highly visible so that a customer will very quickly know which kind of store they are entering. Also the logo will be universal. It will not change between concepts. You can go to http://www.christopheskitchen.com to see the current operation and get a better idea of what the business does. We plan to expand it significantly, but the core concept is the same. Also do not feel compelled to stick to the current logo and color scheme that is currently on the website. All of that will be redesigned based on the colors in the new logo. Finally, Christophe is a native of France with many years of high-level culinary experience. His food is not exclusively French, but you might use his background as an inspiration for your design.
Themes
Luxury
Modern
Colorful
Refined
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Discussion

 
Client
Thanks for the initial entries. #5-#7 are better than #1-#4 because they have a clear logo that can be separated for an app. (#5 can use the man; #6 can use the C with the hat on it; #7 can use the icon above the name).

A few other comments
-#5 - the sizing of the "To Go" compared to the name and the rest of the logo is about right. I would suggest you try some different options with the icon. The little chef is a bit too cartoonish for the vibe we want to portray. Also we probably will want a more formal font for the "To Go" part.

-#6 - the sizing of "To Go" is too small and it probably needs to be offset more instead of directly in the middle of the name. I do like the incorporation of a spoon in the name (as was done in options 1-4) since it breaks up a rather long word. I think the "i" in 1-4 is better though since there is a little less variation. Also we will probably delete the wording underneath. It's too small and is more information than what we need in a logo.

#7 - The sizing of To Go is again too small, but the offset and location of the To Go is good. Also - although we want some kind of icon - we would prefer to not have it look so obviously like an app icon. Rather we would like a picture that can be pulled out of the overall logo would be better. Finally we need to make sure that the contrast is high. The yellow on white is hard to see and the green on white is also difficult to distinguish.

Please keep the entries coming.
12 years ago
 
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12 years ago
 
Client
Hi Everyone:

Good work so far. There is a drift to using a chef hat, which is not bad, but if anyone has some other ideas that would be good to see. Remember we want to avoid anything that is too cartoonish because we want to convey high quality (luxury). The logo cannot be too whimsical. Here are things we want people to think when they see our logo:

Quality
Fast
Convenient
Luxury
Fresh
Good tasting

Feel free to experiment with colors. The medium green and orange combinations are not exciting us very much. Blue and red are good, but there are many other high-contrast colors that we could try. Black is also ok, but we want to have some "pop" of color in the logo.

Feel free to send me questions.

Thanks
12 years ago
 
Client
Hi Everyone. Thanks for the submissions. They are improving all the time.

One comment. We want the TO GO font to be slanted or in some way implying motion or speed. The other concepts that we may create later on (see initial brief for more explanation) will likely use a different font (or not slanted), but the TO GO definitely needs to create the impression of motion and/or speed.

Thanks
12 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Hi acyclone999,

Little bit confusing here, in the brief you said that "...Also the logo will be universal. It will not change between concepts...." so I thought the only change between your concepts is only the name To Go, Grocery, Cafe, etc. But your current high ranked design are focusing in the word "To Go". Did you want to use this logo for your another concepts too?



12 years ago
 
Client
Thanks everyone. I have to sign off now. I will be reviewing the designs with my team and editing the rankings based on their input. Top 5 will likely have some movement in the next 12 hours. So if you're in the top 5 now please submit further variations if you have them. If you are outside the Top 5 and have some ideas please send me a comment and I'll share with my team to see if the idea merits promotion to the top 5.

Thanks for all the hard work.
12 years ago
 
Client
Hi Top 5:

Thanks for your hard work. We got the contest extended a day in case you had a few more designs to submit. I'm going to speak with my team and we'll work on picking a winner soon after Thanksgiving (maybe sooner). We likely will have more changes once we pick our winner so don't stress on the minor details like colors. Right now we're mostly focused on incorporating the logo into the design. It's going to be tough - there are several good options.

Thanks
12 years ago
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