T-Sim SolutionsLogo Design Contest

I wish! Business stuff. Not my fun business LOL

Where are you headed? Somewhere fun I hope.

I think I mentioned I'm gone tomorrow through Saturday but I'll make any revisions you need today or tonight. I will still be able to do revisions on Sunday, rankings permitting.

Actually, I don't have the final say, but for now, I'm going to move your's into first place. This design has the energy that I was hoping your triangles would get to. I still like those triangles too. (#25)

Thanks, it kind of reminded me of the metrics I saw on the video yesterday.

Hi FlatWorld,
I just looked at your #85 with fresh eyes. I really like the energy created by the contrast between the delicately built icon and the bold name create. I moved it up to 2nd in the ratings. If you have any refinements for this solution, it would be good timing. IE: center the icon above the type, or try all lower case for "t-sim", maybe less emphasis on the green triangle, or make it a bullet (circle)... Just food for thought. If using a lowercase "t", the right side of the crossbar could be the dash maybe? Like I said "food for thought"

Anyway, I think this solution could be tasty on software packaging. And, I'm designing a trade journal ad and a landing page right now.

No, I'm the layman.

Yeah, I'm not crazy about #82. The symbol also looks like it's for a hand woven blanket store.

The Open Phase ends Friday morning. The Finalist Phase ends on Sunday, I guess. So, we'll have to see what our client likes. Maybe not a factor.

They aren't marketing to the laymen. They are mostly marketing to the actual die stamping companies, or were you meaning me being the layman.

I think #68 is still my favorite because it incorporates a square plus arrows with a forward motion. Too many squares makes it look like a tile store, although the arrows help.

Thanks. When I looked at it I didn't see much that would mean much to a layman. I work with stamping and embossing pretty often and the technical end of it is not what I care about but the result. The gauge might stimulate discussion between client and vendor.

Thanks for looking at the video. This is interesting. We'll see what our client thinks. I actually didn't remember that gauge in the video, but thought that was probably where you got it from. When I watched the video again I saw it right away. Good eye.

It looks better graphically because then it looks a little too horizontal.

Looks good. I was actually thinking of putting the red, blue and butterscotch triangles horizontally, spaced out. This probably has more energy.

Don't know if it will be a factor for you, but I'm gone Th Fr and Sat

I have a bunch of stuff to do, I'll check in this afternoon. (it's 11:40 am here now)

Let's try it and see how it looks.

I like this a lot. What about 1 colored triangle (the size of the green one) for the dash, and 3 different colored, same shape, spaced out triangles after "SIM"?

"SOLUTIONS could either stay the size it is, or be a little bigger.

Cool. It is unique too.

I think I kind of like this one, it's clear, has unique shape, shows the square and forward motion for process. But I can keep refining it, I think there are other ways to do it, too. Might try other techy fonts, play with the shape a little.

Glad you liked Davina Group, the contest holder seems to be looking for something less unique in that contest LOL

Excellent. I'll be here.

The mixture of the colors looks a little muddy. I wonder if it would be cleaner and brighter if you did this same thing with the 3 primary colors? Just a thought.

I can try those things, I'll submit some ideas.

I looked at your portfolio. You have some really great logos. I especially like your SifaGroup, Bridge Concepts, and Davina Group logos. Nice work! (I'm actually a Creative Director at the ad agency for T-Sim Solutions) It's a lot of fun for me, working with good designers. Logos are my favorite!

Or morph a square into something other than a triangle if you think of something.

Another thing you could try is to morph a square into a triangle. Since "transfer dies" start by stamping a rectangular piece of metal, and gradually stamp and move to the next die, stamp and move to the next die, etc, etc until the metal piece changes to a part that is a completely different shape.

Arrows are interesting.

I like where this is going the best of all of the solutions so far. But it still needs some refining. It's lacking energy. Maybe it's because the triangles and the text are very similar in mass? I think you need some contrast. Maybe the triangles could be solid? Or smaller? Or larger? See what you think.

Sure, there are lots of fonts I can try.

I do like the repetition of it.

These (#17, 19, and 20) don't have much energy.

Also, I like how futuristic your font looks, because it's a technology company, but I don't like how the "S" and "M" and "T" look like their tops are hacked off. Maybe try some other futuristic simple fonts?

You know how you can take one shape in Illustrator and blend it into another shape, and you can choose how many steps it does it in? That might be an interesting way how to convey the changing steps of a transfer die process. #19 is heading in the right direction.

I like your designs, but I'm still looking for something that has a horizontal motion to it, and some kind of symbolism of the fact that our client's service is virtual. It's a test of transfer die stamping that takes place in computer software.

Thanks for the feedback. It's intended to be more of a repetition motion than spinning.

I like your tech-y font. I like your colors. But your symbol has a feeling of spinning, or a radial motion. Our Transfer Simulation happens "virtually" (as an animation or video in our software), and it is virtually testing a process that has up and down motion (stamping dies) that is combined with a horizontal movement (the metal part that is stamped, moving from die to die to die, etc, until it is finished) See if you can communicate more of this.