UN PIZZICO D'ITALIALogo Design Contest

These all have potential, but would really like to see more of the Trinacria incorporated into the logo. Thanks, John

Getting better to what the ultimate judge has in mind (my wife who is Sicilian and only speaks Italian)! Please nothing to do with pizza because we are a grocery/deli and not a restaurant. Proud Sicilian heritage so the Trinacria should stand out as well as the traditional Italian colors in the overall design. Thanks and looking forward to seeing more from the amazing talent! JC

Well goodness, now I have been informed that I am inactive even though I have commented and left feedback both in private and in public! I guess I need to rank the submissions so far, but since there is no directions how to do this I can't follow orders. Please help! Thanks, JC

Ok, figured out how to rank! Old guy using a phone much smarter than me! Hopefully I am not inactive now. Grrrr! But please keep the ideas coming! Thanks, JC

These are getting much closer to what we have in mind! I will show my wife when I get home tomorrow. Thanks for all the hard work so far!

So, it's nice to see some new artists jumping in! I do have to say that everyone has their work cut out for them as the designs so far are great! Thanks for the inputs and the hard work! JC

This is getting tough!

Wondering if the weekend extends the time? The wife and I are having such a difficult time slimming the choices, but there area couple of front runners! Thanks to everyone, your talent is amazing!

Ok, so if I am guessing correctly and not jumping the gun: we are looking at two entrants! Both awesome indeed. So now what? You guys have a duel on main street? Buy my wife flowers? Dazzle me with the final designs? Eager to see what you bring! Thanks, JC

At this moment the contest is in the Finalists phase - in it only the top five ranked designers (I know, there are only two at this one) can submit new entries. Next phase is Selection, where only the first ranked designer can submit new entries, but you can change the ranking at anytime There's no extension in the weekend. You can request support to move the contest back if you feel you need more time. I'm working on new entries based on your requests and studying to include a new concept. Please, give me a little time, you'll have some more designs soon.

Wow! Sorry I didn't rank yesterday but the quality of the newest submissions was more than I could judge alone and had to make sure my wife helped me this morning! You guys are awesome and talented beyond belief! Thanks so much, John

Oh my! The wife and I are in a quandry! The last submissions really were on another level and ranking is almost impossible now! I thought maybe the feedback and the chat sessions would provide clarity and eagerness, but both of you have gone way above what would be expected in not only being attentive to our desires, but explaining the process! Both of you are head and shoulders above the rest of your field and we are so honored to be a part of this! Thank you over and over again! John & F

So, I am being told that I have 7 days to pick the winner, is this correct? I had less time for the contest itself! What do I need to do in the next 7 days? How in the world can we pick with such outstanding entries?

Oh my, I can only hope you guys are friends because both of you are brilliant! I wish I could capture both of you, but the site is telling me to pick one! I wonder how long I can stall as the wife and I pour over the top entries

Ugh, and again I work 24 tomorrow so after this evening when we go to bed, the big judge will be limited. Can only hope to buy some time right now for the incredibly hard decision!

So, both of you have said the same thing: that I can toggle from one to the other to get refinements on the end designs. Ok, but they are all outstanding so how do we chose knowing that all we might really want is color changes if we change from white shirts to black or green or red or whatever? Is it possible to do both so we have a bit of diversity, not so much for the store sign, but for the uniforms business cards etc? Can we even do collaboration in designs or is this just cutthroat?

That didn't make much sense after I read it again! What I want to know is if I can have the best from both of you? It gives me design options for the clothing, promo items, etc. Is this possible?

Could you please be more specific?

Wow! This is hard to decide one or the other, both the wife and I go back and forth. I think I am going to send the link out to some friends and family to ask for their input. Both of you are awesome! I am in awe of the talent shown! Thankfully we still have a few days to choose so I can get feedback from those that I send this out to. You two are the best. Thanks, John