Designers: Logo design contest - GoFuckYourself.com

NemesisEnforcer · 05-08-2007, 09:25 AM

Designers, my associate is in need of a logo for his tile and stone installation business which includes the installation of ceramic tile, marble, granite, travertine, terrazzo, glass mosaics, etc. These materials are used for flooring, countertops, backsplashes and whatever the customer can imagine. The company?s name is Stone Method.

The winner will be selected on Friday. Hopefully, this will give most of you enough time to participate. The winner will receive $150.00.

Thanks in advance for your participation.

WebTitan · 05-08-2007, 09:27 AM

good luck

chuvii · 05-08-2007, 10:12 AM

bump for lazy design people

Deej · 05-08-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by chuvii

bump for lazy design people

its not time to get out of bed... fuck off

NemesisEnforcer · 05-08-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by WebTitan

good luck

Thanks. Hopefully the designers are up to it this week.

Chef86 · 05-08-2007, 01:01 PM

Might help if you put some contact info in this thread incase any designers would like to talk to you personally.

NemesisEnforcer · 05-08-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by northernfantasy

Might help if you put some contact info in this thread incase any designers would like to talk to you personally.

Good idea. Contact me via e-mail: ken (at) stonemethod (dot) com

ella · 05-09-2007, 03:40 AM

I'm in.

If you make the decision on Friday, that means all the entries should be submitted by Friday morning, right? There is no deadline specified for submissions (day, hour) and some designers might post their entries too late. If we can still submit on Friday and the contest ends in the night, pls let us know. Thanks.

Best of luck to all the participants.

NemesisEnforcer · 05-09-2007, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ella

I'm in.

If you make the decision on Friday, that means all the entries should be submitted by Friday morning, right? There is no deadline specified for submissions (day, hour) and some designers might post their entries too late. If we can still submit on Friday and the contest ends in the night, pls let us know. Thanks.

Best of luck to all the participants.

Submissions are accepted during the day on Friday. The contest will end on Friday, May 11th at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (Time Zone -8 GMT). The winner will be selected at that time.

Thanks for asking.

TeenCat · 05-09-2007, 04:34 PM

ok here is my quickie and bump for you, wish best luck and good inspiration to all designers!

NemesisEnforcer · 05-09-2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TeenCat

ok here is my quickie and bump for you, wish best luck and good inspiration to all designers!

Your quickie is amazing, I like it.

He also has to produce those magnetic rectangular signs for the side of his vehicle. Having the text next to the emblem would be excellent then he could put his license numbers (2 of them) and telephone number below. That?s just a variation in usage. All the pieces are there.

TeenCat · 05-10-2007, 04:48 AM

thank you man, im glad you like it and im sure much more nice to come, the best players are still working hard im sure!

anyway here is mentioned variation ...

bump for more works and best luck to all the designers!

ella · 05-10-2007, 02:56 PM

My first entry has an "s" placed under an angle so that it can also read as an "m". What I was aiming for, with both these entries, was to have the "s" and the "m" somehow stylized to look like stone/tiles. I used natural stone colors, but if your associate prefers brighter shades pls lmk, I'll change them and resubmit. Everything is vector format, fully scalable.

ella · 05-10-2007, 04:23 PM

Never mind asking, this is how they look in bright colors.

NemesisEnforcer · 05-11-2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TeenCat

thank you man, im glad you like it and im sure much more nice to come, the best players are still working hard im sure!

anyway here is mentioned variation ...

bump for more works and best luck to all the designers!

We always thought that we could work on color later.

I must tell you that you?ve hit all the elements and we?re loving this. Just to let you know, the team wanted to run with this right away and wanted me to send you color samples but I had to remind them to wait until today.

Just two things desired:

1. Can you slide the text over to the right a little so that the emblem can be used by itself.

2. We like the way you represented the URL in the first iteration with the line on both sides.

I haven?t seen your body of work but this kicks ass for us.

NemesisEnforcer · 05-11-2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ella

Never mind asking, this is how they look in bright colors.

Ella, your work is outstanding.

This set really captures our attention. We like your choice of colors. As you stated, the colors for all the iterations represent the colors of various stones. We especially like the old gold which represents the most popular colors of granite and the blue which represents the most expensive granite as well as the corporate feel.

On this set the first one is an attention getter. Both you and TeenCat chose the diamond style, which ironically is an upscale way to install stone flooring and the customer is charged more for this type of installation. As such, the logo sends an upscale message.

Of the 2 we like the second one because the S and M, although abstract, comes across better. We would love to see this in the same font with upper case letters. I assume that we could make the height of the logo and font the same.

Again, outstanding work.

NemesisEnforcer · 05-11-2007, 07:05 PM

THE WINNER!!!! Or should I say winners.

We appreciate the participation of the designers and we’re going to go ahead pay $150.00 (USD) to both TeenCat and Ella.

The reason for this is that we want to marry the two designs and I feel that both of you should be compensated for this. Hopefully, as an artist neither of you are offended by this. The team loves them both and had a very difficult time making a decision.

TeenCat, for the final, can you incorporate our suggestions in my reply to you above as well as use the gold and blue color scheme from Ella’s third set, “STONE” in old gold, “METHOD” in blue and a mixture for the emblem.

Ella, for the final, we would like to see an iteration of the font in uppercase, using the second logo with the blue and old gold.

We do have two divisions within the company, residential and commercial. Legally, they have their own identity and now, their own logo.

TeenCat and Ella, please contact me at ken(at)stonemethod(dot)com so that I may get you paid.

Thanks

Mutt · 05-11-2007, 08:15 PM

wow - that's the happiest logo design content i've ever seen.

congrats

Deej · 05-11-2007, 08:19 PM

yea no shit, great outcome....cept im gonna start thinking about stalking ella down and breaking her mouse clicking finger....

shes beating my ass in some contests lately

brownie · 05-11-2007, 10:32 PM

very nicely done. very nice outcome as well. i'm gonna have to run one of these damn contents now

NemesisEnforcer · 05-12-2007, 07:32 AM

Oops, I forgot to post the other submissions that were sent:

I must admit that I?m not a designer and I had to spend a little time learning about colors and other design theories to help figure out what the designers were doing and what may or may not work well.

Colors that move
http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/move.htm

Colors and mood
http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/psychology.htm

Warm and cool colors
http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/warmAndCool.htm

Triadic colors
http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/triadic.htm

What to avoid
http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/avoid.htm

ella · 05-12-2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by NemesisEnforcer

Ella, your work is outstanding.

This set really captures our attention. We like your choice of colors. As you stated, the colors for all the iterations represent the colors of various stones. We especially like the old gold which represents the most popular colors of granite and the blue which represents the most expensive granite as well as the corporate feel.

On this set the first one is an attention getter. Both you and TeenCat chose the diamond style, which ironically is an upscale way to install stone flooring and the customer is charged more for this type of installation. As such, the logo sends an upscale message.

Of the 2 we like the second one because the S and M, although abstract, comes across better. We would love to see this in the same font with upper case letters. I assume that we could make the height of the logo and font the same.

Again, outstanding work.

Thanks for the kind words.

I'll make those changes and send the files right away!
It was a great contest, one of my favorites so far, the way it was handled should be an example for many contest holders.

ella · 05-12-2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by TeenCat

thank you man, im glad you like it and im sure much more nice to come, the best players are still working hard im sure!

anyway here is mentioned variation ...

bump for more works and best luck to all the designers!

Congrats TeenCat!!! Excellent work!!

TeenCat · 05-14-2007, 06:05 AM

wow i am winner? great to hear, first luck in contests so thank you im so so happy!

i had a long weekend so i need some time to check whats new around so wait please few hours to see all the changes done. congrats to ella and everyone who was in, best wishes and inspiration to all the designers!

TeenCat · 05-15-2007, 09:07 AM

finally, changes are done and email with them sent, thanks again and best wishes and inspiration to all designers!

and best wishes to nemesis enforcer with your sites and thanks much for great contest!

05-08-2007, 09:25 AM	#1
NemesisEnforcer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vegas and Los Angeles Posts: 2,122	Designers: Logo design contest Designers, my associate is in need of a logo for his tile and stone installation business which includes the installation of ceramic tile, marble, granite, travertine, terrazzo, glass mosaics, etc. These materials are used for flooring, countertops, backsplashes and whatever the customer can imagine. The company?s name is Stone Method. The winner will be selected on Friday. Hopefully, this will give most of you enough time to participate. The winner will receive $150.00. Thanks in advance for your participation.

05-08-2007, 10:12 AM	#3
chuvii Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 691	bump for lazy design people __________________ Mainstream and Adult Design

05-08-2007, 01:01 PM	#6
Chef86 Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,930	Might help if you put some contact info in this thread incase any designers would like to talk to you personally. __________________ I have my sites hosted with Phat Servers why don't you? ICQ: 541885

05-09-2007, 03:40 AM	#8
ella Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Timisoara, Romania Posts: 496	I'm in. If you make the decision on Friday, that means all the entries should be submitted by Friday morning, right? There is no deadline specified for submissions (day, hour) and some designers might post their entries too late. If we can still submit on Friday and the contest ends in the night, pls let us know. Thanks. Best of luck to all the participants. __________________

05-09-2007, 04:34 PM	#10
TeenCat Too lazy to set a koala Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CZ/EU forever! Posts: 16,139	ok here is my quickie and bump for you, wish best luck and good inspiration to all designers! __________________ 6bot / Coming again very soon! Svit Zlin Radio 24/7!

05-08-2007, 09:27 AM	#2
WebTitan Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western NY Posts: 5,114	good luck

05-10-2007, 04:48 AM	#12
TeenCat Too lazy to set a koala Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CZ/EU forever! Posts: 16,139	thank you man, im glad you like it and im sure much more nice to come, the best players are still working hard im sure! anyway here is mentioned variation ... bump for more works and best luck to all the designers! __________________ 6bot / Coming again very soon! Svit Zlin Radio 24/7!

05-10-2007, 02:56 PM	#13
ella Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Timisoara, Romania Posts: 496	My first entry has an "s" placed under an angle so that it can also read as an "m". What I was aiming for, with both these entries, was to have the "s" and the "m" somehow stylized to look like stone/tiles. I used natural stone colors, but if your associate prefers brighter shades pls lmk, I'll change them and resubmit. Everything is vector format, fully scalable. __________________

05-10-2007, 04:23 PM	#14
ella Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Timisoara, Romania Posts: 496	Never mind asking, this is how they look in bright colors. __________________

05-11-2007, 07:05 PM	#17
NemesisEnforcer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vegas and Los Angeles Posts: 2,122	THE WINNER!!!! Or should I say winners. We appreciate the participation of the designers and we’re going to go ahead pay $150.00 (USD) to both TeenCat and Ella. The reason for this is that we want to marry the two designs and I feel that both of you should be compensated for this. Hopefully, as an artist neither of you are offended by this. The team loves them both and had a very difficult time making a decision. TeenCat, for the final, can you incorporate our suggestions in my reply to you above as well as use the gold and blue color scheme from Ella’s third set, “STONE” in old gold, “METHOD” in blue and a mixture for the emblem. Ella, for the final, we would like to see an iteration of the font in uppercase, using the second logo with the blue and old gold. We do have two divisions within the company, residential and commercial. Legally, they have their own identity and now, their own logo. TeenCat and Ella, please contact me at ken(at)stonemethod(dot)com so that I may get you paid. Thanks

05-11-2007, 08:15 PM	#18
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	wow - that's the happiest logo design content i've ever seen. congrats __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

05-11-2007, 08:19 PM	#19
Deej I make pixels work Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I live here... Posts: 24,386	yea no shit, great outcome....cept im gonna start thinking about stalking ella down and breaking her mouse clicking finger.... shes beating my ass in some contests lately __________________ Deej's Designs n' What Not Hit me up for Design, CSS & Photo Retouching Icq#30096880

05-11-2007, 10:32 PM	#20
brownie Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 172	very nicely done. very nice outcome as well. i'm gonna have to run one of these damn contents now __________________ OhYesCash!com www.ChrissyBlooms.com www.MandiCollins.com www.StaciPlays.com

05-12-2007, 07:32 AM	#21
NemesisEnforcer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vegas and Los Angeles Posts: 2,122	Oops, I forgot to post the other submissions that were sent: I must admit that I?m not a designer and I had to spend a little time learning about colors and other design theories to help figure out what the designers were doing and what may or may not work well. Colors that move http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/move.htm Colors and mood http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/psychology.htm Warm and cool colors http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/warmAndCool.htm Triadic colors http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/triadic.htm What to avoid http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Design/avoid.htm

05-14-2007, 06:05 AM	#24
TeenCat Too lazy to set a koala Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CZ/EU forever! Posts: 16,139	wow i am winner? great to hear, first luck in contests so thank you im so so happy! i had a long weekend so i need some time to check whats new around so wait please few hours to see all the changes done. congrats to ella and everyone who was in, best wishes and inspiration to all the designers! __________________ 6bot / Coming again very soon! Svit Zlin Radio 24/7!

05-15-2007, 09:07 AM	#25
TeenCat Too lazy to set a koala Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CZ/EU forever! Posts: 16,139	finally, changes are done and email with them sent, thanks again and best wishes and inspiration to all designers! and best wishes to nemesis enforcer with your sites and thanks much for great contest! __________________ 6bot / Coming again very soon! Svit Zlin Radio 24/7!