PPD&GLogo Design Contest

I did not want to post my logo as PPDandG.com because I think it is more important to have a great logo for the company that stands out by itself rather than only as a .com. However, my main point of contact will be via the internet and thus, it would be nice to know I have a logo that I can add a .com to that would work well. I just do not want to compromise an elegant and classy logo by adding .com to it. my url will be PPDandG.com for anyone who wants to consider that.

I am in this industry for 17 years. I am heavily involved in design and have the opportunity to work with high end logos every day. But I don't create high end logos, or I would have done this. I work with Prada and CK and Valentino. Marc Jacobs, Chloe, Creed and the list goes on. I feel that the logos that I am seeing do nothing for me. They are all very amateur. A well done logo, can be simple yet scream sophistication and elegance. It must show the slogan in a well incorporated way. Come on team, I know that there is talent out there. I really hope that I didn't spend this money to receive logo's that I am not truly blown away by.

I have made some adjustments to my requirements. let me explain why. I took out the requirements that this must be a word logo or letter logo. I think that this is already understood. Because the name is afterall PPDandG. And it must be very clear what PPDandG is. It is Printing, Packaging, Displays and Gifts with Purchase or just Gifts. I have not seen anything that I am in love with, but other contests are having fabulous results. I want fabulous results. Maybe we do need an icon in addition to the letters. I changed one of the words that describe the logo to striking. That is important. Above all, I want the logo to be striking. But you should know, that what we produce is striking. Some examples of what we produce. Displays for Testers that are on the counters of major department stores. Testers for Prada and Valentino and Calvin Klein Perfume and Cologne. Beautiful Printing in stores, such as fabric banners and large lit up prints in store windows for same brands and many more. Maybe we need a crest of some sort. I am not sure as I engineer amazing retail work, not logos. But I work with so many great logo's when creating my displays and packaging, so I know that when I see my logo, it will hit me.

I am upping the prize money in the hopes that it will attract more designers and I will see what I am looking for. At the same time, I am hopeful that customer service will extend my contest for me.

I just had an idea proposed to me by a designer and it has some merit. Instead of an & sign, we can see how it looks to use a + sign. That will give us some more opportunities to try some other things.