Feeback on New Logo Design for Record Label

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Lacy on October 26, 2008 at 8:57pm

A funny idea huh? :-)
Well when do you want to talk fun idea? :)

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Permalink Reply by Kristie Bradford on October 27, 2008 at 9:11am

Will your customer ever want this logo embroidered? If so, there are some things to think about such as size of the font and shading. As far as the size of the font goes, small fonts are very hard to make look good with embroidery. You are trying to put a lot of stitches in a little space so they do not always look crisp and readable. The RECORDS is pushing the 'too small' limit of embroidery. Shading is also very hard to accomplish with embroidery so the first option would probably go to a full column. If I was basing the choice on embroidery only, I would go with the first one - vertical without the shading.

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Permalink Reply by Bronwyn Ware on October 27, 2008 at 2:24pm

I like the design, it reminds me of Art Deco; the first design would be my choice.

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Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on October 27, 2008 at 4:15pm

I like the first one, because it reminds me more of the equalizer lights that bounce, plus they help complete the circle. It also reminded me a bit of headphones and even a smile. The 2nd one reminds me less of music than an art deco style of architecture. I would expect that to be an architect's logo, not a music labels.

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Permalink Reply by John Uhri on November 3, 2008 at 4:35pm

I second all of Erik's comments. I especially like the smile reference.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Mahl on October 29, 2008 at 9:32am

I like the first one...I think its cleaner and easier to read

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Herndon on October 30, 2008 at 10:42am

I like the second one - it is a clear winner to me. 1. less is more. 2. As a record label owner I think of what is going to be memorable even when it is a small stamp on the spine, or a favicon on a web address, or with or without color. Island Records for example has a logo that no matter how small it is, you think Island records. All of the above speak the message, but to me, I'm not missing it with the second. Congrats.

Daniel - Redwall

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Lacy on October 31, 2008 at 12:22am

thanks for your thoughts Daniel. I was hoping you would chime in as a music industry professional. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Nellie Stout on October 30, 2008 at 10:53pm

I think it's clean, but I'm feeling like it lacks a memorable identity. I think I'd forget both of them after a few minutes.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Lacy on October 31, 2008 at 12:18am

Thanks for the comment Nellie. I think the name of the label stands out a lot easier than the visual identity of the logo. In my opinion, it is more important for the name of a record label to me the memorable piece of the puzzle. Of course... The goal is to have the entire package be memorable as a working unit but there isn't going to be many times when the symbol is going to be seperate from the word : Stylos. With that said, any suggestions or thoughts on why the symbol is not memorable? What do you think makes a symbol or logo memorable?

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Permalink Reply by Theresia Whitfield on November 1, 2008 at 8:01pm

ohhhh... They're both good but I definitely like the first one!

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