Little DishesLogo Design Contest

Hi, here's my first entry for your consideration. Thanks!

(This comment references Entries #1, #2, and #3)

I'd like to make a comment about something you wrote in your brief. You said:

"I would like to have the logo on chef jackets, branding iron, tissue paper, website, stationary, napkins, ties pretty much on everything!"

My comment is really some advice. For chef jackets or any kind of cloth or clothing, you need a logo that can be either screen printed or embroidered. This type of reproduction, and the creation of a branding iron, means that you need a logo that works in one color. That's actually the mark of a good logo -- if it can still communicate consistently in one color.

You also mentioned wanting something with a web 2.0 feel, but designers typically interpret that to mean using effects like gradients, light, shadow, and reflection -- all effects that look really great on a computer monitor, but that are impossible to reproduce with metal, screen printing, engraving, embroidery, etc.

For that reason, I'd like to recommend that you ask all designers to submit logos in black and white only as well as in color with all the effects added. Most companies will have different versions of a logo for different mediums. Take the NBC logo for example:

Black and white: http://www.freelogovector.com/gallery/n/NBC%20logo.jpg
Color: http://wendellwallace.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/600px-nbc_logo_svg.png?w=468&h=452
For television: http://www.wkyc.com/weblog/directors_cut/uploaded_images/Nightly-Logo-780942.jpg

Here's an article you might be interested to read by David Airey on what makes a good logo:
http://www.davidairey.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/

I saw this blog post today about creative examples for round die cuts in business card designs and immediately thought of your contest, so I thought I'd share:
http://naldzgraphics.net/inspirations/creative-examples-of-round-die-cut-business-cards/

Thank that is really helpful information! Feedback for your designs is
'Like the colours but too young and playful" Can u design me something based on your info please.

Cheers
J

Hi,

I am really interested to see what you come up with.
Thanks for the blog, some fantastic cards. The round card that I like are

I liked Erato, because it looked warm and rich

Christine Cerniglia, because of the raised logo

Gold Luck business card, I just like it

Michaelangela and Finley & Oliver, both for the finish

Murillo Design, love the wood finish.

I def want to do one all black and white and warm colours/orange for the colour one please.

Have a great day!

Hi! I was thinking more about your logo. I did a search for catering logos on google, and it's a lot of the same stuff over and over. I was thinking about what makes canapes different from other foods, and the thing that strikes me the most is that they are typically finger food. Coupled with a round business card design -- like a dish -- I thought a simple hand reaching, as if to grab a bite, might be an interesting and illustrative symbol. Thanks!

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