Both Nebraska and Rhode Island recently redesigned their state logos.  Nebraska paid something like $65,000 for their new logo design, and according to the Providence Journal, Rhode Island paid famous designer Milton Glaser $400,000 to execute their logo design.  When a logo design costs this much, and public funds are being used, we think this at least opens the designs up for a little democratic critique.  First up Nebraska, with the new slogan; “Good Life. Great Opportunity.”

The first thing we would say about this is it is not a pure logo.  It is set inside this sort of business card shaped “poster” layout which uses the graphics at the bottom to play off the logo, and refer to the low rolling landscape of Nebraska, evoking a feeling of warmth, hospitality and tradition.  The butter-yellow swoosh that weaves through the word Nebraska and forms the cross on both the “A”s looks nice but we have to say… how many swooshes/computer brushstrokes go through the word out there and form the cross on a letter or two?  The other thing we would ask is will we even see the weaving of the swoosh when this design is printed very small, on a business card for example.  It reads Nebraska clearly, even at a glance or at a distance, which is very important.

Next up, Rhode Island’s new logo, designed by Milton Glaser; designer of the famous “I love NY” logo.

We are not going to argue with Milton Glaser only to say that the type could be bigger for readability at a small size.  Perhaps the tension or pull at the top could be retained with the type extending to the edges, making the entire design still a square, just larger type.  The type is sized more like a poster than a traditional logo.  Either way, the square shape is very utilitarian these days with the preponderance of square shaped social media profiles and applications that need to be filled.  This logo could drop right in to most of those small square applications without any major redesign.  Also, in the end the type can be positioned any way to the icon depending on the usage.  Overall our hat is off to this modern icon based logo for Rhode Island.

Contact us today if you need it all considered by professional logo designers before starting your logo design process.

Uh-Oh!  It looks like someone went with a logo design company that doesn’t guarantee their work as original.  This example of likely plagiarism was accidentally found while doing research by typing “construction logo” into Google.

At BusinessLogos, we guarantee all our design work to be original, and copyright-worthy.  You do not have to worry about a similar logo chewing a piece out of your hard-earned brand.  Don’t short your own company by chasing the lowest price out there on logo design.  Most of those companies are using outsourced designers in India and the like, and the results are spotty at best.

As a business owner, you know that your brand is important.  You can trust it to our North American design team.  Our work is guaranteed, if you ever find a similar logo out there, which you won’t; we will re-design it, for free.  Give us a try, you won’t regret it!

 

The University of Northern Colorado just redesigned their logo and posted it last Friday.  Those familiar with the old logo and the growing campus, know the redesign was well overdue.  The old logo can be seen on sportslogos.net.  The idea was a less ferocious, but more serious bear.  This tight design puts UNC’s branding on the same level as big, expensive universities such as Duke and the University of Connecticut.  The thing we really liked about this design is a custom font was used.  A slab serifed font was developed and named “Greeley” after the town of Greeley, where UNC is located.  Nothing is more powerful than when a logo design has a font that is totally unique.

 

Coming up this 12th of July, the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain will be held in England.  Along with the events, the commemoration has this nice logo design.  We might say some of the elements are too small for a business card but in this case the logo is more of a poster sized element, rather than a traditional logo design.  To make sure all considerations are taken beforehand when designing your company logo give BusinessLogos a look .

This has to be one of the finer examples of logo design coming out lately… Kalashnikov manufactures the famous Russian AK-47 automatic rifle – perhaps the most ubiquitous rifle in the world and the only rifle to be featured on a national flag. (Mozambique)

The iconic banana clip of the AK-47 worked seamlessly into the “K” monogram leaves us with nothing much to say, other than; we couldn’t have done it better ourselves.  We won’t second guess this new logo as we see it as a great design both visually and conceptually.

Here are a few pieces from Kalshnikov’s new advertising:

 

 

Dang, we really like the the 175th anniversary logo for the City of Austin Texas.  This logo is real nice, real clean and the negative space is mastered – which one rarely sees in a logo design.