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wow - 84 votes already!

keep the votes coming people!!

its all about the 17...

wow massive amounts of talent in that lot!

big ups everyone

*bump*

more please

http://www.pressing-issues.com/logos/logos.html

Jesus, its a close competition at the moment. Some bloody massive designs in there - severe skills on show lads.

If it ends up a tie maybe incorporate elements of both?

I'm having mixed feelings with 15.
It looks very clean and professional but tbh you could insert any brandname in there + I don't know how it would turn out as a small logo on a flyer. Other then that, very nice

Dusty wrote:Jesus, its a close competition at the moment. Some bloody massive designs in there - severe skills on show lads.

If it ends up a tie maybe incorporate elements of both?

Hey Dusty - this vote is for the finalists. There are just too many to expect a standout winner this round.

The Top 5 resulting from this vote will be re-entered for the final vote at a later date.

Hey Guys, perhaps we should make this one a sticky thread, so it doesn't fall down the page.

Nice work fellas (and ladies!).

No1; just a brilliant idea!

number seventeen!

numbah 1

genfu wrote:Although most of these are executed extremely well, and i'm not trying to be overly critical to anyone who put the effort in to design these, my personal opinion is that making the P.I. into a little shapey thing is abit cliched. I just think if you put a p.i. shapey logo thing on there it's gonna look like every other mainstream house and drum and bass release. Something more grungey and lo-fi would be much cooler. 31 comes closest to this in my opinion, but i'm not sure the framing would work quite right on a round shaped label, because the dial is round itself.

I agree with this intirely. Even though the selection is all good, you have to put it in context with other labels. There does seem to be an inclination to go for the most generic (with all due respect to the artisth) design. For what it's worth i think 20 stands out as the most memerable and will stand the test of time. It will also look good next to other records.
Tim

i wont reveal my vote but i love them all

Fantastic work, digging it. 17 reminds me of skateboard pioneers http://powell-peralta.com/

tehmaz wrote:Fantastic work, digging it. 17 reminds me of skateboard pioneers http://powell-peralta.com/

Big up to the skating massive. Do you remember the old school vids they used to do like "Ban this" and "Public Domain" ? Showin my age a little bit. Dog town and the Zboys.

metalboxproducts wrote:[Even though the selection is all good, you have to put it in context with other labels.

If anyone has the inclination, I'm sure we'd be open to seeing a gallery
of good/bad labels, whatever the genre... for "contextual" reasons. >_>


Not so sure it matters personally - but I get what you're saying.

Oh yeah the PP vids were way ahead of their time.

Citizen wrote:Hey Guys, perhaps we should make this one a sticky thread, so it doesn't fall down the page.

No worries Citizen - I'm bumping this sumbitch every six hours

metalboxproducts wrote:

genfu wrote:Although most of these are executed extremely well, and i'm not trying to be overly critical to anyone who put the effort in to design these, my personal opinion is that making the P.I. into a little shapey thing is abit cliched. I just think if you put a p.i. shapey logo thing on there it's gonna look like every other mainstream house and drum and bass release. Something more grungey and lo-fi would be much cooler. 31 comes closest to this in my opinion, but i'm not sure the framing would work quite right on a round shaped label, because the dial is round itself.

I agree with this intirely. Even though the selection is all good, you have to put it in context with other labels. There does seem to be an inclination to go for the most generic (with all due respect to the artisth) design. For what it's worth i think 20 stands out as the most memerable and will stand the test of time. It will also look good next to other records.
Tim

I'm biased here, but actually as a designer myself I find the most generic designs are usually the easiest to work with- as they are the most versatile.

The logo should be as neutral as possible so that it doesn't interfere with future design decisions- it's just a seed, that hopefully will germinate and bloom into a full brand identity that has been constructed by several designers.

But actually in the end it doesn't matter, since even the worst logos are made credible by brand associations completely out of the control of the designer. in this case, the quality and popularity of the records is going to really be the thing which decides whther the logo is memorable or not.