NBCBCLogo Design Contest

Logo Design Contest
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NBCBC has selected their winning logo design.

For $275 they received 184 designs from 14 different designers from around the world.

Logo Design Brief

Client
United States
What We Do
We are a bible believing church (officially named: New Beginnings Community Baptist Church) with a focus of taking the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world, starting in our local community.
Industry
Religious
Color Preferences
We are open for color recommendations. Keep in mind we want to feel fresh, modern, but that doesn't mean bright all the time. Be limited in color and contain a primary and an accent color at most.
Our Ideas & Additional Information
++We are NOT a traditional church. We are young, sing all kinds of music from down home gospel to contemporary, and we reach all audiences, especially URBAN

Conceptually, we'd like something that can be worn, and looks great on any print, web, app or other. Our name is long, so we would like to break away from this, or display it optionally in a way that doesn't feel like reading, kind of like in an emblem (circle, or creative shape). We are REALLY interested in getting a pictorial logo mark.

NBCBC is our Acronym - so we'd like to see all concepts for full name / just the acronym / and/or just the mark as a break away on its own.

*** Please do something creative with the FONT if only NBCBC is used. No common web fonts that everybody uses like verdana, helvetica, etc. We are looking for something creative/modern and fresh to represent our new brand, the same way an apparel company would desire a fresh brand. it doesn't have to spell out loud "we are a church!"

** DON'T DESIGN:
1. Cheesy people holding hands in multi colors (seen this everywhere)
2. Typical Clipart type concepts like a dove, church with a cross on top, a bible, or ray of light over a cross, (please be creative)
3. Meaningless abstract shapes - we'd like our logo to have meaning but not scream "we are a church" - it doesn't have to have any traditional church symbols.

++KEYWORDS Urban ministry, Gospel, outreach, missions, global, international, family, courageous, modern, trend setter, community, new, growth

Modern ideas (& some church) logos we like:

https://saddleback.com/ (modern we like)

http://thewellcommunity.org/ (modern church logo)

https://dribbble.com/cresk (concepts that we love!!)

https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/13218/screenshots/822809/cross-point-church-400x300.jpg (Love this mark concept and fresh take for a cross and stained glass windows

NBCBC in cursive could be COOL!! (like... https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/6037/screenshots/236603/ns1.jpg)
Themes
Simple
Modern
Necessity

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Discussion

 
Client
Hello everyone. Thanks for the submissions so far. I thought someone asked a great question to understand better what non-traditional typically means, so I thought I'd share my answer for everyone's clarity.

Traditional marks for churches are typically a cross, a dove, sunshine, a church with rolling hills, a bible... symbols that typically represent a christian church. We're trying to go around these symbols if at all possible.... also we are non-traditional in the sense that we are "contemporary" with an upbeat style of worship (music) and we are a young church (operating only 8 years now) VS. an older, traditional (120 years going) orthodox-cathedral type of church. Hope that helps.
8 years ago
 
Client
Any questions, please feel free to ask. I'll be try to get to all questions when I get time. Thanks so much for the submissions so far.
8 years ago
 
Client
Hey guys, thanks for the submissions. We really would like to see more concepts related to growth, done in a fresh way. Still keeping consistent with the preferences above. Also, there hasn't been a lot of creative emblems just yet. We know this is an extra effort but we feel one that captures what we are looking for would be awesome. We like marks but would just like to see more. If an emblem... play with the shape for interest. Don't do typical circle unless you have a creative mark in it that keeps interest. Shield are not bad, but not preferred. curves are great and assume flow or movement. Keep the ideas coming - we greatly appreciate the effort from everyone.
8 years ago
 
Client
We have been deliberating on some focus areas amongst all the logo submissions so far. We have decided that the NB alone to represent "New Beginnings" as a name - rather than NBCBC (and the full name) is better. It is more marketable and can be better presented on the different mediums. Please explore concepts around NB and/or "New Beginnings" - thank you.
8 years ago
 
Client
Hey guys, thanks for the NB submissions. We think a few tweaks with a few of them will get us there... keep them coming in these final hours - as there is not a clear winner yet. Just a thought... I came across this and like the simple vibe. http://www.nwc.org/ - simple can be great. "New Beginnings" is still a better phrase than the whole name. Try all lowercase if you use the short name. Same with nb. So many ways to explore this. Thoughtful approaches to who we are and the key words I used to describe us are still what we are looking for.
8 years ago
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