Hi,
I have read your "Brief Updates" and you commented something like "We have heard feedback from some designers that "outside-the-box" ideas are typically not rewarded on this site, and that safer, more "corporate" logos usually win"
and I assume you refer to my comment.
You interpreted different my comment and please let me be more explicit and help you to understand better.
Our LT community of designers is very experienced, talented, skillful and our creativity is highly valued by our clients. "Outside-the-box" ideas are daily rewarded on LT, because we, the LT designers we have no limit when it comes to imagination.
When I say that outside-the-box logo ideas are not appreciated when they are expressively asked, I refer that a client itself needs to be open to outside-the-box logo ideas. Because people's tastes are different, and someone can say that he likes "crazy" logos and he can ask outside-the-box ideas, but at the end he will changes his mind. My advice to you was that you need to be open to receive those ideas. And you need to be active during the contest with helpful guidelines.
~~ What's active participation? It's updating the brief with more information for Designers to work with as the contest progresses, providing feedback to Designers on their entries when they're submitted, and ranking designs at least once a day.
~~ When you provide feedback to Designers, you increase the chances of getting the logo you want. More feedback = better results!
Best regards,
Ake