The Ennovation Center is a business incubator facility which is established to support entrepreneurs (thus the "E" at the start of the name) and new start up businesses. The facility provides space and services to support the new businesses which locate in the building. The facility focuses on 3 areas which include bio-tech, culinary/kitchen, and business and technology.
Industry
Non-Profit
Top Three Things to Communicate
#1 - Entrepreneurship
#2 - The 3 focus areas of the facility (bio-tech, kitchen/culinary, and business/technology
#3 - Growth of jobs within the community
Our Target Audience:
Entrepreneurs, private sector investors who contribute to support the not-for-profit, and the general public. The logo will be incorporated into the web site, letterhead, marketing materials, etc.
Color Preferences
No pink
Themes
Modern
Colorful
Sporty
Adventure
Style
Wordmark
Stylized type that may include small abstract or pictorial elements.
Pictorial Mark
Literal or representative imagery is used to symbolize the brand.
Letterform Mark
A monogram usually consisting of 1-3 letters.
Emblem
A badge that usually envelopes the logo
Character
A mascot represents the brand.
Famous Logos displayed under fair use to enrich the general publics' knowledge of graphic design.
Applications
Web
Print
Signs
Clothing
Diamond Contest
We're sorry, but this contest is presently open to a limited pool of designers.
Main points to focus on is emphasis on the "e" since we are creation a derivation of the word "innovation" and the "e" represents entrepreneurs (who are are target audience for this center). The facility is also mixed use which means we have entrepreneurs who are involved in the areas of kitchen/culinary, bio-technology, and general business/technology. Our logo should try and reflect those focus areas. We have also decided to eliminate the hyphen to make Ennovate instead of E-nnovate.
How to Rank and Thank Designers: When it comes time for final rankings, designers appreciate when you choose the top three CONCEPTS (as opposed to variations of the same design) for the gold, silver and bronze awards. If you want to rank two different concepts by the same designer in the top three, that's fine. Also, rank as many entries as possible, because designers get points added to their overall site standing for each blue ribbon they get.
This is how points are distributed:
1st place - 50 points 2nd place - 20 points 3rd place - 10 points 4-6th place - 5 points 7-10 place - 3 points
After that, each ranked entry gets one point for the designer. Nobody will be insulted by being ranked last, the points are still good! So if you pull some entries out of the "Not Interested" group and give them a rank, the designer gets some benefit from entering your contest.
Hope that's helpful, lots of contest holders don't realize this and most are glad to know. It's a good way to thank designers who don't win the contest prize, but who worked very hard to offer you lots of options to choose from for a great logo.