Hello, Andrei! Thank you for your beautiful submission. I think it is very elegant--I love it. My concern is readability. The logo will appear on screen and print, and many times, very small. Do you have any thoughts on how to deal with that challenge? Thanks!
Thanks for your input and appreciation. I enjoy this concept too for the meaning behind it. I've uploaded a small version, with a readable text. Even the slogan is legible, so that is good.
Also, you have uploaded the larger sized image with the change done.
Let me know what you think and if I can work on something else.
This logo is my strong preference. We'd like to use a letterpress for a "blind hit" on silent and everything else in color. Does that affect how you see the design? How can we convey that for print (newspaper ads) and the web?
Thanks for kind words. I don't think that it will affect the way that the design is seen, in fact it will give it a good effect, putting more emphasis on the meaning.
The fact that my logo proposition doesn't use gradients or any other special effects such as shines, blurs etc makes your inkless letterpress work.
Of course we could make the typeface thicker if the tests show that it's a must, but these details can be adjusted at anytime, afterwords.
As for the web, if you would like an effect of blind letterpress on the logo, I can arrange that.
I am currently at my parents home for a 1 day vacation but will return tomorrow evening to my home.
Do you like the idea? Are you behind this? I know this is out of the ordinary, but I LOVE traveling...Tell me where you are (just because I'm nosey) so I can google maps it. Are you in Romania now? If you're not comfortable with that, I totally understand.
The idea of having my work printed and used in any way is exciting, and the fact that you plan to use blind letterpressing is that more exciting.
If you decide to go with this design, I'll ask you to send me some pictures of the printed materials, just for my keeping.
Right now I'm in Buhusi, Bacau, Romania a small town where my parents were born and tomorrow evening I'll be back in Iasi, Iasi, Romania (the 2nd biggest city in Romania after the capital Bucharest) where I have a rented apartment and where I go to school (Alexandru Ioana Cuza University, one of the most renowned in Eastern Europe).
I don't have a problem with this. In fact it's interesting. :) I'm a patriot and love giving info about my country.
Ohhh, iasi looks gorgeous! The Botanical Gardens must be amazing. Cold, but dreamy...
Anyhow, have you come up with a 2D way to represent the letterpress idea on the web? I want to start on my website and I don't want to without the final logo to work from.
I'd be happy to send you some samples of my business and note cards. That's all I'll have LP'd (expensive!) Everything else is you! Are you a design student, or do you just do this on the side? What are you studying?
Iasi is truly beautiful since it's filled with students from all over Romania, but from other countries too. There are areas filled with architecture from the 1800`s which is awesome. If you travel through Europe, don't miss Romania. You'll be amazed! I guarantee it.
I'm not a design student, this is just my way of keeping myself in school, in Iasi. I'm a future Social Worker currently aiming for my masters degree. I know Social Services and Design aren't really related, but I do a bit of everything (web-development, 3d Rendering etc).
As for the task at hand, I just got back in Iasi, and I'll start working on the letterpress idea for Silent. Of course you can shoot some examples of things you like so we can work it out.
It's a pleasure chatting with you. This is a rare thing when business is involved. :)
#96 is more deboss rather than emboss, though effects are a matter of how you look at them. A true emboss effect may not raise to modern standard designs and it isn't flexible. Plus, if you want to print it as it is, the cost and quality do not measure to the deboss effect.
It basically comes down to this. Debossing is less frequently used in real pressing, but is common in designs, and the other way around with embossing.
I'm talking from designing experience and articles that I read on this matter.