Comments on: 7 Secrets to a Perfect Logo

By: inflatable tents

inflatable tents — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:40:28 +0000

That is great, thanks a lot!

By: logo design Pilbara

logo design Pilbara — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:56:49 +0000

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I am very much impressed by your blog content,
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By: Andy

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By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:59:39 +0000

MAB24097, don’t be hatin’. Print the tips out (in Comic Sans) and hang them up in your office. Do it now.

By: MAB240976

MAB240976 — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:15:22 +0000

I’ve never read so much crap in all my life.

There is a reason why Comic Sans isn’t used widley… it’s a rubbish font and looks very amateurish. Voting by committee also leads to delays, basically your saying people are unable to make decisions, if this is the case then their business will fail! Adding swooshes and lots of colours just because you can it rediculous. The only true way to design the perfect logo is by building a relationship with the chosen designer(s). Letting them know everything about your business and through good research and strategy build a brand. Yes changes can be made but having round and round of changes based on 30 people deciding what is best is stupid. Who ever wrote those tips obviously is no designer.

By: BomBenebymn

BomBenebymn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:40:31 +0000

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By: BomBenebymn

BomBenebymn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:49:26 +0000

I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:

By: Doodee

Doodee — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:12:58 +0000

Thanks for sharing

By: Ladd Woodland

Ladd Woodland — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:35:08 +0000

This is of the same tone. Someone sent it to me recently. Take a look.

http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/

P.S. I’m a little worried about some of you.

By: Ervins

Ervins — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:15:29 +0000

ahahaha ROFL this is great!!!! WE WANT MORE!!

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By: sunhongjun

sunhongjun — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:50:24 +0000

By: Bart

Bart — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:33:04 +0000

i think that if you combine all your tips you would end up with the new Olympic London 2012 logo….

is that bad?

By: Neubreed Design

Neubreed Design — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:13:41 +0000

This is absolutely hilarious!! Well done!

By: Neubreed Design

Neubreed Design — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:12:31 +0000

This is absolutely hilarious!!! well done on such terrible advice, hehe.

By: kingvao

kingvao — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:40:51 +0000

WHAT!? You mean I’ve been doing logo design wrong this whole time?

/sarcasm

By: Ani

Ani — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:30:16 +0000

BTW, I’m an American designer living in the UK. I am ashamed of the Olympic logo. UNbelievable how that thing made it so far.

By: Ani

Ani — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:27:14 +0000

IT’S A JOKE, PEOPLE!!!
Excellent, whoever wrote it.
Excellent.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:32:05 +0000

I nominate Tammy for the Awesomest Comment Award. And hesukristo for the Best Name.

By: Design Whore

Design Whore — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:23:49 +0000

Actually you missed the cream on the cake:
To really impress your clients…always make it bigger.

Rules to live by.

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:36:27 +0000

The people who thought it was NOT a joke obviously don’t design for anyone but themselves (and maybe other designers). Co-workers 3 cubes over could hear me giggling over this gem!

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:44:29 +0000

The best part about this article were the ridiculously naive commments by Jesse, Owen, and Tammy. Wow. No really, wow.

By: hesukristo

hesukristo — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:38:45 +0000

good god this is hilarious, but its a decent take on how a client’s head works.

Money is money but it of course, likes to think that it can think. And it can think of course, but money thoughts are different.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:27:02 +0000

you should be ashamed of yourself..This is NOT good logo advise..
you have just posted just about every element to avoid..
try another job sweety logo designing is not for you.

By: song

song — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:37:16 +0000

out of all, I like the idea of number 6.
upside down, inside out or in every angles!

By: inflatable

inflatable — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:38:33 +0000

Nice post,thanks a lot!

By: Damien

Damien — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:58:51 +0000

They forgot to mention the black stick figure people w/ the long noses that MS has in their clip art collection. How cool are they? They have the one where he has a bright idea, illustrated by an index finger pointing upwards and a light bulb above his head - how cute & lovable! Use that one everywhere!
They should make a cartoon with those guys, that would be so cool!

By: dona

dona — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:19:38 +0000

Lol…This is some funny stuff. At first I thought cool, I get to learn something new! The first tip threw me off a little, then I thought …heck maybe some designers do use Microsoft paint…kudos to them. Then as I read on I realized that it was a joke. Good one!!

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:37:34 +0000

Don’t stick yourself to much on the rules, folks. If it looks good and fits your needs, everything will be perfect!

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:47:44 +0000

Lol this is a joke. Or titled how to be the worst graphic designer ever. Or tips for someone that never wants to be a designer.

Logo design is about simplicity.

If you have employees working for you and read this. And actualy thought it would help the designer. You better smack yourself realy hard. And wow if you can make it anyone can make it.

The swoosh logo was made by a art student randomly. Not in clip art lol.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:16:21 +0000

This is a joke people! Can’t you see it?!

By: Owen Ingarfield

Owen Ingarfield — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:59:13 +0000

Dude? Cool podcast but the “steps on creating a logo?!” I mean WTF?

Don’t use Paint, don’t use comic sans, don’t use as much detail as possible, don’t use swooshes (shudder) and don’t use too many colours!

By: sye

sye — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:49:37 +0000

freaking brilliant! lmao! i have had customers say/think some of this… it’s all too true… cheers!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:20:06 +0000

What changed your mind that this was a joke?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:11:58 +0000

At first I thought this was a joke. Being a graphic designer, my best advice is for everybody to steer clear of this advice. Logo design requires research and creative thought…it’s not a swoosh here and fancy font with as much detail as you can fit kind of work. This is all horrible advice..and by the way, use Adobe Illustrator, not Microsoft Word.

By: Benjamin Kudria

Benjamin Kudria — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:33:18 +0000

“Can you imagine Nike without their swoosh? Look what it did for them!”

Brilliant.

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:31:28 +0000

Nice. Thanks for all the great tips. I’m sure my graphic designers will be very open to these suggestions. They love design tips from non-designers. It’s their bread and butter- goes great with the meat and potatoes from all those swooshes they’ll be integrating.

By: Chuck Reynolds

Chuck Reynolds — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:06:12 +0000

hahaha… thanks for the laugh! It’s just sad it holds so much truth.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:50:02 +0000

I think you’ve read the minds of some of my customers and managers! Now that that you’ve published it they’ll think they’ve been right all along — thanks a lot!

The thing they never discussed in design class was how to deal with customers and supervisors — that should be a course in itself. At times one of the most valuable tools I’ve had is the jargon I got from school which, when used appropriately, has helped me reduce amateur meddling. Now to get back to adding dancing pink dinosaurs to my department’s IT Approval site….