Thursday, 8 December 2011

5 Branding Basics Every Logo Designer Should Know


Oct 24 2011 by 
Subeesh Kottay
He is a web developer/designer who specializes in front-end development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and PHP development

While many articles try to dissect the process of designing a logo itself, I will attempt to share tips from my experiences with branding-focused logo design for the real world.
5 Branding Basics Every Logo Designer Should KnowPhoto by lpwines
With the surge of "stock" logos, the quality of branding for new companies is literally going downhill. Many new designers fail to see that a logo, unlike any other design element, is literally the face of a company, and hence attached to a much larger beast. You can’t peel it off from a book and slap it onto things like a sticker.

A logo versus a brand

Let’s begin with the fine difference between a logo and a brand:

Logo

"The logo (ideogram), is the image embodying an organization. [...] Logos are meant to represent companies’ brands or corporate identities […]"
- Logo as defined by Wikipedia

Brand and identity

"[A] burning scar [with] bankable value"
- From BusinessWeek

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