Cornerstone Church AthensLogo Design Contest

Hi there,

Hope your having a good week so far?

Here are some of my concepts. I've gone for something that's fairly clean and simple, yet striking. Creating an icon that works well within the logo or as a stand alone element, one that can be used for things like favicons or watermarks.

The logos are 100% vector so will scale well to any size, and works well in full colour, B&W and on coloured backgrounds if needed,

It would be my pleasure to work up any variations so please do say.
I look forward to your comments or thoughts.

Regards,
Angus

We like the overall look of this logo. A few suggested changes:

1. Please put "cornerstone church" in all caps.

2. Please offer different color variations on the logo, pictorial mark and words.

3. Please remove the shadow under some versions of the pictorial mark.

HI there,

Thanks for the feedback and comments, always appreciated!

Would be my pleasure. Let me work on those for you.

Cheers
Angus

And here are those variations :)

For each one I've tried different colours but also different fonts.
if there is anything specific you'd like to see, don't hesitate to ask, and I'll happily work it up.

Look forward to your thoughts.

Cheers
Angus

Thanks for the color variations.

Could you please accent "Cornerstone Church Athens" more like #7?

Could you also please offer some different options on the pictorial mark?

A few thoughts --

1. Combine the letter "C" with the cross.
2. Convey the meaning of the word "cornerstone" through a pictorial mark.
- a stone uniting two masonry walls at an intersection.
- a stone representing the nominal starting place in the construction of a monumental building
- something that is essential, indispensable, or basic
- the chief foundation on which something is constructed or developed

Thank you.

Hi there,

Not a problem, here are a few variations for that concept; #48, #49 and #50
For that one I've also tweaked the icon so that the outer shapes represent 2 letter C's.

Then for #51 and #52 I made a statue of the cross made from stones, highlighting the starting stone. And higher up in the horizontal bar there are 2 subtle letter C's facing each.

For #53 I created a corner wall with a cross being the element holding it together. And on either side again 2 letter Cs facing each other, representing the name.

And lastly with #54 and #55, 2 letter Cs facing each other representing not only the name but a cross in the negative space.

Speak to you soon.

Cheers
Angus

Could you add some stone to the left "C" on #54?

We would also like to see other versions of the double "C" with the cross design in the negative space?

Thanks.

Hey..like the design for #54...can we see it with the corners tone church part not bolder and instead a slimmer and potentially lower case font more like #18... Then could you Fill in the left hand negative space (the black/dark grey portion) with a stone like filling like in #51?? Thanks so much...loving your work!

Hi there,

Thanks for the great comments, and of course would be my pleasure.

Here are some variations of #54 - each one I've used a different font and also included the stone fillings:

#63 (solid stone filling), #64, #65 and #66 (different shaded filling).

I just have to run out for a few hours, but as soon as I'm back I'll jump onto my machine and think of variations of the double C design.

Cheers
Angus

And a few variations on the shape from #68 - #73

Could you give us some new variations of #53?
We like the idea.
Can you maybe add the "c" some were in it?
Also maybe try to do the pictorial mark more simple?
We would like to use the logo in lots of different promotional items and we think that a simple logo would be easier.

A few examples of simple logos:

http://elevationchurch.org/learn-more

http://www.freechapel.org/

http://www.churchonthemove.com/newtocotm

We certainly don't want to imitate any of these marks and understand each represents the name/theme of the churches. Given the name "Cornerstone," that might be harder to do, but we are open to your suggestions.

Thanks.

Hi there,

With reference to #53 ... There are already two C's in there. They are in the darker grey under the horizontal arm of the blue cross. But let me see if I can make this clearer :)

Cheers
Angus

Hi again,

Hopefully my comments above made sense?

And here are a few new variations, trying to make the icon simpler.

Look forward to your thoughts.

Cheers
Angus

Hi,
please make the cross on #69 look more like a "cross" (what i mean is that it kind of looks like a plus sign)

Thanks!

Hi there,

Not a problem at all, something more like this: #99?

Cheers
Angus

Yes, thank you.

We will review the designs and sent you more feed back soon

Hello Andus,
To help you as a designer to come up with the perfect logo for us we had to take a deep look at ur identity as a church. As a result of that our team has been reviewing our vission as a church and we came up with words like: redeption, retauration, repourpose, recycle, relevant, etc.

Also the tagline that we have in mind is "Where broken lives find their repourpose"

With all of these in mind, could you please summit more concepts for our logo?

Thank you!

Sorry, those words should be redemption, restoration, re-purpose, recycle, relevant, etc. Please try to craft logos that incorporate these themes. We apologize for the late notice but felt we needed to better convey our vision as a church.

Thanks.

A few new ideas :)

And with #118, #119 I focused on the "R's" from redemption, restoration, re-purpose etc to form the cross.

Please consider the symbols used to represent the words recycle, repurpose, reuse, etc.

With this in mind, we would like to see a logo that clearly expresses our mission to help people find ways for their life to be recycled, reused and repurposed.

Although we originally requested a pictorial mark and letter mark we will also be interested in seeing word marks and or combinations of all the above.

In other words maybe the design for the letter "c" could be the foundation for both words of "cornerstone and church"

As an example of what we would like to see for the "c" please review the designs in the link below but consider adding the theme of recycle, reuse, and repurpose.

http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/design-firm-catches-heat-for-repurposing-logo-for-glasgow-commonwealth-games_b7927

Thank you!

Hello Angus,

We like you as a designer and we would like to see more from you....
Please summit new entry's according to our new comments.

Thank you!

HI there,

Thanks for the kind words, always appreciated!
Here are a few new ideas, hopefully based on your new comments.

Cheers
Angus

Thank you for the new submissions. For additional information, please review our updated contest brief.

On #135, can you add an arrow to the right side of the black line and an arrow to the left side of the bottom blue line?

Thanks.

Hi there,

I'm just away from my machine and checking this remotely. As soon as I'm able I will work on the changes for you.

Cheers
Angus

Great. Look forward to it. Please also remove the text under Cornerstone Church Athens.

Thanks.

And here are a few options, trying different styled arrows; #182, #183, #184, #185 and #186

Also trying to add some depth and dynamism to the icon with #185 and #186

Cheers
Angus

We really like 183. Can you offer some different options on the words? We would love to see all caps and different fonts (like 166, for example).

HI there,

Glad you like it and of course would be my pleasure to show some new font options. I won't copy the other entry font but come up with my own similar options :)

Cheers
Angus

Can you bold "Athens" in 254?

Of course not a problem at all!

Here is "Athens" in bold as per the other wording: #270

Cheers
Angus

Thanks. Can you also provide an option without the shadow appearing under the logo?

Also, can you make the letters in "Athens" a little thicker? I think we'd like to highlight Athens a little more.

Not a problem!

Here are three versions without a shadow;

#271 - As per original, no shadow
#272 - As per above, thicker "Athens"
#273 - As per above, even thicker "Athens", but also slightly thinner Cornerstone Church, so that the Athens is more highlighted

Can you do 272 with the shadow?

Also 273 with the shadow.

Thanks.

Not a problem; #274 and #275

Angus:

Thank you for your designs, and it has been a pleasure working with you. Can you tell me the format(s) in which you will upload the files? Also, can you provide different color combinations of the winning design, or will we be able to make color alterations ourselves?

HI there,

Hopefully you got my email?

Cheers
Angus