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Type Battle 39 // Digg logotype
Posted by Jared Benson in
4 Jan 2010 — 4:08pm
4 Jan 2010 — 4:08pm
This week's battle: Design a new logotype for digg. (digg.com)
Let's show our friends over at digg what a logotype could look like when designed by typography experts.
Winner take all, no holds barred. May the best designer win.
// REQUIREMENTS
- Solution must be typographic and contain the letters "digg" in lowercase.
- Letters must be custom drawn. No use of existing fonts!
- Image size: 550 width x 400 height. 72 dpi*
- Color: Black and White
- Format: PNG, GIF or JPG (Preferred in that order. Mmake sure there are no spaces in the name)
*Please try to keep your file sizes to a minimum! 50k per file max.
// ABOUT TYPOPHILE TYPE BATTLES
This is your chance to flex your type muscles on a weekly basis. You have one week to create and submit your entry. Anyone may submit a design response to the challenge. You may enter as often as you wish. Post anytime. Critiques and comments are welcome throughout the game, from participants and spectators alike. Smack talk is encouraged.
As with any street battle, there is no panel of judges and no prize — only the ability to call yourself the best on the block.
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6 Jan 2010 — 7:45pm
Mine is falling. Like ENRON :P
·Panda·
6 Jan 2010 — 8:04pm
Falling redesign :P
·Panda·
6 Jan 2010 — 8:40pm
Again, with fixed details.
·Panda·
6 Jan 2010 — 8:49pm
Awesome! I was wondering how all of those unique "T's" came together.
6 Jan 2010 — 8:59pm
And the shovel dude
·Panda·
6 Jan 2010 — 9:07pm
Nah, the guy is just handing in his prosthetic
jackhammer for its yearly maintenance service.
hhp
6 Jan 2010 — 9:35pm
My efforts...
6 Jan 2010 — 9:58pm
Another take at evolving what's working about it now... Keeping it monoweight, but trading angles for curves.
6 Jan 2010 — 10:00pm
And for funsies, here's a more horizontally oriented version of the above that would probably work better in all the diverse places and sizes it would need to appear, as the long tails might not be entirely practical.
This also gets one step closer toward a 'gg' ligature.
6 Jan 2010 — 10:21pm
For some reason a squarish looks seems appropriate for digg. Maybe I am just too used to seeing the existing logotype.
6 Jan 2010 — 10:29pm
Did someone say d_i ligature?
(Okay, a d_i_g_g ligature may be over the top.)
@Mark: I really digg your last version with the ¡/Ludo piece!
6 Jan 2010 — 10:51pm
Looking into the digg.
removed
6 Jan 2010 — 10:50pm
Here's my attempt at highlighting the community nature of the site of whether the user generated content is pushed up or down to be displayed on the front page.
6 Jan 2010 — 11:58pm
@kimsd I like the up/down concept. It's got real potential.
7 Jan 2010 — 1:04am
Back to Cocon, with a twist.
. . .
Bert Vanderveen BNO
7 Jan 2010 — 1:25am
I really like MattBurns's solution.
7 Jan 2010 — 3:24am
Thanks p01ak!
7 Jan 2010 — 3:32am
I am in agreement with p01ak - nice work Matt.
pbc
7 Jan 2010 — 5:32am
@Jared Benson thanks!
Here's a slightly more refined version; added the curve to the i and softened the edges.
Kim
7 Jan 2010 — 7:04am
Maintains original flavor, reduces well. Booya.
7 Jan 2010 — 8:04am
Here the mine.
7 Jan 2010 — 8:37am
@kosal
The thumbs up idea has some merit to it. The specific implementation you have there could use some cleanup, but the thought is cool
@kimsd
I really like where you're going with that.
7 Jan 2010 — 9:57am
Ball terminals. Can you digg it?
7 Jan 2010 — 9:59am
i guess guys you need to digg in more, i barely see any digging going on,
new in town
GlElE
7 Jan 2010 — 10:53am
Eh.
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7 Jan 2010 — 11:16am
First post! Just thought i'd take a shot at it :]
7 Jan 2010 — 11:30am
My humble but proud FontStruction ^_^
7 Jan 2010 — 11:51am
Later I realized there might be a wrong e lecture, so...
7 Jan 2010 — 12:01pm
7 Jan 2010 — 12:07pm
digging makes me think of mazes & dungeons
7 Jan 2010 — 12:45pm
Diggin' this battle!
Jeo.
7 Jan 2010 — 2:02pm
How about just fill the gaps?
7 Jan 2010 — 2:42pm
a few more ... 'diggs'
7 Jan 2010 — 3:19pm
@Tomi - try merging /i/s dot and the line to its right.
7 Jan 2010 — 3:27pm
Like this?
7 Jan 2010 — 4:34pm
I like that Tomi from Suomi. And I like Nina's too. And oprion's is sweet.
I'm enjoying the geometric exercise
7 Jan 2010 — 4:36pm
I don't know how to add it to the post but here's an idea I had based from the current Thumbs up hand concept and the human aspect also. http://twitpic.com/x4lf1
ME
7 Jan 2010 — 5:21pm
@kosal I'm diggin that idea
@logomotive Nice improvement, but not sure if the person looks too MySpacey though
7 Jan 2010 — 6:51pm
Well, if someone wants this logo, I have it ready to go.
7 Jan 2010 — 9:29pm
Thank you also Paul.
7 Jan 2010 — 9:37pm
I really like Jeo324's concepts some nice letterforms going on there
7 Jan 2010 — 10:28pm
@ChrisL Goudy would be jealous if he saw double g! (Actually I am to, it is really nice and friendly :)
@Tomi from Suomi Yes! I like that!
and I like your curves @jeo324. you’ve got some type drawing skills. The bottom of the i is brilliant.
This is an revised version of my previous one:
and a more experimental one:
7 Jan 2010 — 11:13pm
I like the squarish one, bit the g need bigger ears.
8 Jan 2010 — 1:15am
Bruno Bruno, the squarish one is good but I feel the curved one is more personable I like that it seems friendly and approachable which is what digg is or should be at least
8 Jan 2010 — 1:51am
better rusty version of the 1st one:
i could imagine that the "cuts" change ftom time to time
8 Jan 2010 — 5:08am
8 Jan 2010 — 6:06am
Ooh Oli the one with the eyes is cool!
(Just that first guy looks a bit unhappy… ;-) )
8 Jan 2010 — 7:42am
hello, i'm diggin
8 Jan 2010 — 9:00am
fbrccn, that axiometric logo works: a rectangle turs into a box :·)
8 Jan 2010 — 11:28am
"logotic"