financial_companyLogo Design Contest

#5 - your font is my favourite so far and while i appreciate the boldness of the symbol unf the symbol reminds me a little of the male symbol
#8 - love the bottle but although the company is focused on wine it does more than wine so we cant have such a specific symbol. The reference to wine has to be more subliminal e.g. through burgundy colour or maybe a picture of chateaux which while referencing wine can also signify a solid house and therefore safe investments?
#2 and #3 i felt the letterforms were in danger of being confused as an oc on 2 and as a mirrored D on 3
#4 - i like the letterform but the flowing circle around it i think may be better as a more solid circle rather than disjointed - i feel that would be more solid? am not sure whether the D and C should also be on the same plane although that might make it quite similar to #7
#7 - like it but see comment to #8 - cant have the wine glass - otherwise very solid
#6 - very solid - love the font and the contrast in colour b/w drayton and capital - not sure about the letterform/symbol

thanks all for your entries. great stuff so quickly. love some of it but not "sold" yet so pls feel free to enter completely new/different ideas to what is already here. thanks alot

Thanks again for all submissions.
#12 and #13 - i like the fadeaway font but the letterform was a little too abstract
#14 very solid entry. simple, elegant and with a subtle but not blatant reference to wine which is exactly what i want as per my comments to #8 in my previous message. Is there a way we can incorporate the "investment advisory" slogan though?
#15 very solid, thanks for listening to the feedback. I have kept your #7 entry in the shortlist as despite my initial comments I think its a brilliant idea and its almost interchangeable with #15

All - pls see my reference to #8 above in my original comment. If anyone could come up with a logo which has a picture of a chateaux in the background or a small symbol of it in the foreground or something which gives that reference I would love to see it. I think the other obvious wine allusion/reference could be something to do with grapes? Thanks

#24 - i prefer designs on a white background as they are cleaner and easier to use on stationery/websites
#23 - can you try grey instead of green for your second colour the way for example #6 did? Also if you invert the half wine glass it looks also like the letter d for drayton. Can you try some images which do that? Finally as per my original comment to #14 can we incorporate the "investment advisory" slogan somewhere?
#20 - like the colours and fonts of your designs but the logos are a little too abstract and bulky
#17 - like the concept but the bottle connotations are too strong, prefer a less obvious allusion to wine like a wine glass or grapes or a chateau - thanks

I have another idea inspired by the faint connecting lines on the logo of #16 and that is to use a wine barrel as a symbol? - thanks

#32 - i liked your design but I realised it reminds me a little of the international sign for biohazard (Check it on wiki) so have moved it out of the short list
#48 - as previously mentioned re #23 above can we try your design in two colours but using a grey instead of the green you previously used. Also can we try a combo of #48 and #45 i.e. dryaton capital in title case and investment advisory in normal case?
#42 - very cool - didnt see the white bits at first!

no one has yet given me a logo with the chateau concept I have mentioned before....

#37 - can you add the slogan investment advisory somewhere
#44 - can you add the slogan investment advisory somewhere, you'll also need to i think change the drayton capital around to fit it and maybe you dont need the "dc" by the grapes?

#60 - thanks for making the changes. Love the new design. Havent finalised top 3 ranking. Can we also try the same design with a full wine glass rather than half-full? thanks

#53 - the fleur de lis is a very common symbol in france so while i like the look i can not make that "my" logo. Can we try something more grape/leaf related?

#44 - if you have anymore grape related designs e.g. a full bunch of grapes with the stalk i would love to see them...

still no one has provided an idea with a "chateau"..... :(

Hello clientIA
I personally think that a chateau would carry the design to a very heavy and complex area. Probably no designer has ventures the chateaux idea because it is a bit harder to make it simple.

Regards
Alex