12 LogoType Designs – Have you Seen These Series – Part 1
Always one to look out for inspiring and original brand identities and logo designs, I have been a wondering around the interweb in search of a fresh supply. Logo design is what I do and I have wanted to put together a series of logo designs of my own choosing, but without using the ‘usual suspects’ from the ‘usual sources’.
The logo’s shown in this post are likely to be a little different to the examples in many of the other logo inspiration list posts. Offering something a little different in terms of ideas and trends.
I have called the post the ‘Have You Seen These Series‘ as I want to imply that indeed, you may not have seen these logos in you’re usual travels.
Inspiration from Further Afield
What I have done over the last few months is to keep a list of names and URL’s of designers that I have come across from all over the interweb. For this reason, some of the logos I have chosen may not be of the ‘usual’ style found on sites like Creattica or LogoPond. Some have been found via deep, deep searches in Behance, where this is the case, I have linked to the designers home web site, opposed to the Behance profile.
Some are brave, experimental, odd even weird. Many are just simply new and novel, pushing the boundaries of type focused logo design.
These are logo designs that appeal to me for any number of reasons. They are not just based on initial thoughts, I am looking for variety in styles and methods.
Have you Seen These Series – Part 1
In Part 1, the logos are type orientated, in that they use only type or sets of characters to convey the message. They are free of icons and imagery. This style of logo design is one that I love, the logos are message focused, they are bold and strong, yet they can also be smooth and subtle. The emotion of the message changes with the typeface used.
Focus on typography in logo design, guarantees, if you can pull it off, a strong and memorable message.
They are also often free of colours, usually one solid colour, or a 2nd high light colour. Clever use of letters, characters and shapes can create interesting and brand relevant logomarks. Creating a type only logo is a challenge and there is a fine line between a emotionless bundle of words and a powerful logo design.
Designer : Mel Campbell
Designer : Assen Petrov
Designer : Niklas Rosén
Designer : Ivan Manolov
Designer : Eli Horn
Designer : MediaOne
Designer : SB Studio
Designer : Maxim Orlovsky
Designer : Kliment Kalchev
Designer : Kliment Kalchev
Designer : Sara Haraigue
Designer : Studio KXX
Part 2 will continue the journey with type focused logo designs and identities. Further posts will focus on specific trends and styles.
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Article Posted On: May 27, 2009 at 5.17 pm
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Great collection!
I’m really looking forward to part 2.
Thanks for popping by :)
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Really nice collection. I hope part 2 will have some great collection.
Thanks
Already working on Part 2, so hope you will like these also
Love your work! Great blogs too!
Cheers, Matt.
Thanks Matt for the thumbs-up, always good to hear. :)
Kick ass logo collection. I especially love the most simple one: analog. Nice, bold and a bit cocky. Good one!
Yes, the Anolog one is well ‘confident of himself’, and it works
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Edgy and beautiful. Yes, they are so inspiring. Thanks.
I like the two descriptive words you uses, ‘edgy and beautful’, glad you saw that in them. Working on Part 2 as I write this.
Hey i loved all thes Typographic logos…they were really impressive. Well, I would like to add something more creative like this. I recently added a post titled “30 Logos with Hidden Messages”
Many of those logos say a hidden message by playing with the fonts…like the ones you show here.I am sure you will enjoy those logos @
http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/more-hidden-logos-sequel/
Thank you for the featuring!
Great collection :)
thanks that was nice!
Simply awesome! I like that you kept this to the best of the best and didn’t overkill it and include 50 logos all at once… AND the styles are diverse. Looking forward to Part 2!
Nice collection of well designed logos. Thanks!
Nice collection, man. I am turning into a huge font nerd and this series is part of why.
Hey…I must say these was a real impressive collection of clever logos.
In fact, before coming to your post I saw another similar post but the author has divided logos under different categories
Top 8 Categories of Typographic logos
Those were also real good ones and impressive.
Thanks for featuring.
Great logos and very well thought out. I especially like Michael York
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This is a great inspiration!! I love the Pixel Carl logo. Thank you Graham. :)
Great collection –
what a great inspiration!!! I like all hahaha very simple and striking. Thanks, Graham