Michigan-China Innovation CenterLogo Design Contest

Hello dear Kebingen,

Thanks for all the great feedback. In this phase only 1st ranked designer can submit designs. Do you think you can put me 1st so i can work on revisions for your appreciation?

I´m at work right now. But when i arrive home at night i can work in your revisions. I will leave you my timezone bellow, i will arrive home at 10 or 11 pm more or less.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/portugal/porto

Feel free to ask if you need anything more.

Kindly Regards,
João

can you darken and brighten the colors , and perhaps create a "break" where there is a semi-circle above, and a semi-circle below, the letters, but there is a little white space around the letters? That way, it might look more like a sunrise, or rainbow? I'm curious ... but must be deeper colors

I'm also still struggling with the connection between the tree-balloon and this organization, which is about trade and cooperation ... not about dreams and imagination

I also feel the font is a little too small -- the whole logo looks a little too small

I don't feel like you've offered anything different on this ... maybe something with different shapes in the colors? It can't look like the Google Chrome logo ... so need to get away from that

can you make a version with fewer yellow stars?
Perhaps only show 2-3 yellow stars
And can you use a slightly darker blue?

has to be white and yellow stars to catch the meaning of the two flags, having red and blue in there too helps with that .. to suggest US-China

I do like this one ... however the 6-pointed star looks like the "Star of David" which has a religious meaning, so not suitable ... any other ideas on how to play with stars?

I like this design, but it doesn't fit my need ... think about stars in the sky - maybe blue background would help? Make the stars a little smaller - here they look like eyes of a cartoon face to me ...
but the simplicity of this design appeals to me

like this creative use of stars. however, instead of seeming like a "vision" of stars in the sky, this looks more like flashy lights on earth ... any other variations of this you want to try?

Looks like part hot air balloon, part tree, which I like ...
Are there any other shapes you might use besides this tree/balloon?
Don't like the underlining on the text
Can you play with the position of the image, perhaps in the middle too?

This is a abstrack logo, and yes meaning hot air balloon and also, globe.

Thank you.

Kindly Regards,
João

Hi dear kebingen,

Very glad you like my logo concepts

Thank you very much for the great feedback. Please check revisions done for your appreciation and let me know what do you think.

Feel free to ask if you need changes. Your feedback is welcome.

Thank you.

Kindly Regards,
João

A new idea, too, if you want to give it a try:
The Chinese and American flags both have stars in them (US, white. China, yellow)
Stars make me imagine, like a traveler, a faraway vision that inspires us, and stars help us guide our trip.
They also suggest brilliance and achievement and reward.
A logo with one, two or more stars? (might represent US and China working together toward common goals)

A new idea, too, if you want to give it a try:
The Chinese and American flags both have stars in them (US, white. China, yellow)
Stars make me imagine, like a traveler, a faraway vision that inspires us, and stars help us guide our trip.
They also suggest brilliance and achievement and reward.
A logo with one, two or more stars? (might represent US and China working together toward common goals)

A new idea, too, if you want to give it a try:
The Chinese and American flags both have stars in them (US, white. China, yellow)
Stars make me imagine, like a traveler, a faraway vision that inspires us, and stars help us guide our trip.
They also suggest brilliance and achievement and reward.
A logo with one, two or more stars? (might represent US and China working together toward common goals)

A new idea, too, if you want to give it a try:
The Chinese and American flags both have stars in them (US, white. China, yellow)
Stars make me imagine, like a traveler, a faraway vision that inspires us, and stars help us guide our trip.
They also suggest brilliance and achievement and reward.
A logo with one, two or more stars? (might represent US and China working together toward common goals)

Also, this logo looks too much like the logo for Google Chrome, need to differentiate from that, thanks!

I liked the motion (rotation) and cleanliness (water, purity, optimism) suggested by the blue globe-planet thing
And the whole logo has a nice ratio of the size of the name and text and image. (though I'd make "Innovation Center" bigger
However, I thought that the font looks too "computer science", and I prefer to keep the dash "-" between Michigan-China ...
Also, the planet image is a little too literal. .. it says to me "telecommunications company", too much like the AT&T logo
I think somehow incorporating red, for China, would help

I like the overall shape/feeling/balance of this logo, however I have a few suggestions about it
"Innovation Center" should be below, not above "Michigan-China"
the colorful theme on the left is a little too light and scattered and impressionistic, I want something a little stronger, to suggest more vision, initiative, and vigor
Separately, I do like the range of colors, which suggests creativity and flexibility, ... so, perhaps this is a different direction, but playing with those colors more may lead to something that interests me

"Innovation Center" shouldn't be that small - it's a full part of the title of the organization, but like the font pretty well
The "paint splotches" at left are intriguing - they have a certain energy and creativity - remind of a painter's palette .. maybe offer some variations on those shapes and their position in the logo

is this a hot air balloon? I like it, but would like to see some variations on the design -- don't think it should be more literal, keep it abstract.
Like the color,
"Innovation Center" needs to be bigger
"Michigan" can't be underlined by itself - needs to have the same font/weight as "China"