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battle for my logotype, win $100?
i would like to hire you to create a logo/logotype for my web design company, "moscarda" sometimes i abbreviate it to "mdc" for moscarda design collective, but i think i just want the logo to say "moscarda". however, if you have any creative ideas for "mdc" feel free to show me those too.
as far as style goes, i like much of the typography from the futurists, dada, avantgarde. i'd love it if it could look like something from a propaganda poster. other kinds of logotypes i like are hand-drawn, not calligraphy, but more unique. it is important that no two characters are identical.
one idea i had, that i would love to see, is a fingerprint logo, with letters hidden inside the fingerprint. i understand if this is too complicated. other than the possible fingerprint, i don't want any other graphics in the logo, just letters.
i will paypal the one i like best $100 in exchange for a hi-resolution file. if i see really great work, i can pay a lot more, but this is a forum post, so my expectations arent that high.
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20 Feb 2009 — 1:51am
Spec, here?
http://www.160over90.com/blog/2009/02/17/the-50-dollar-logo-experiment/
20 Feb 2009 — 3:53am
Hi, ‘firstname lastname’. Are you a cautious type or just naturally modest?
20 Feb 2009 — 4:39am
Cracking article Altaira!
20 Feb 2009 — 5:17am
Hey big spender - you've certainly come to the right place.
Good to see that your expectations aren't that high - is that in terms of quality, or take-up on your generous offer? When you say you can pay a lot more, does that mean you can stretch to maybe $120?
Nick Cooke
20 Feb 2009 — 6:48am
For $100 you shouldn't have very high expectations anyway. ;)
In other words, I really doubt anyone here will step into this...
20 Feb 2009 — 6:56am
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/005099.html
20 Feb 2009 — 7:26am
For $100 I’ll photograph a pile of frozen dogshit and send you a hi-res photo. Would that qualify?
20 Feb 2009 — 7:30am
"but this is a forum post, so my expectations arent that high"
You mean you're cheap and don't understand anything about the business so your expectations aren't that high.
20 Feb 2009 — 8:03am
Lets see, $100 can get me to draw a stick figure doing something lewd... could that work as a logo for you?
20 Feb 2009 — 8:21am
LOL!!! James, your comment cracked me up.
But really nkautz, are you serious? You obviously don't know anything about this forum or the graphic design business.
JonE.
20 Feb 2009 — 8:37am
Also keep in mind that paying for a logo contest isn't a good way to spend your money:
http://mnteractive.com/archive/crowdspring-for-design-crappy-roi
20 Feb 2009 — 9:33am
On Typophile of all places :)
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20 Feb 2009 — 11:15am
James, for $100, you really could get fresh.
20 Feb 2009 — 1:41pm
Hello there,
You can find sites over the internet that will throw you in an oasis of designers moved by the incontenable instinct to crash the high prices. Just foofle you away for few hours to get there.
Good Luck.
20 Feb 2009 — 8:08pm
Is that $100 US or $100 Canadian?
:o)
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21 Feb 2009 — 1:23am
$100 for a logo what a joke. Hire someone at kinkos.
Guerrizmo+Design
21 Feb 2009 — 7:36am
Paypal me the $100 and I'll send you the best logo I can make in 30 minutes.
Sharon
21 Feb 2009 — 7:45am
So I'm seeun' youse is frum Brooklyn. My cousin Nunzio will be right ovah to collect from you da C note youse got. Maybe he might need to rearrange your attitude wit the need for findin da propah respect. You will find the logo nicely bruised between your knees, if ya get my drift.
Guido
21 Feb 2009 — 8:57am
Nunzio was the best Accounts Receivable Manager I've ever worked with.
21 Feb 2009 — 9:35am
:-)
ChrisL
21 Feb 2009 — 12:59pm
nkautz, i would be really interested to know if anyone submitted logos to you based on this posting. If so, do you know if they were students?
21 Feb 2009 — 6:35pm
someone mentioned poop... it seems the current avatar for mr nkautz looks like poop... the solution is already at hand...
21 Feb 2009 — 6:43pm
His avatar certainly isn't as good as yours farquart.
Besides, I am going to do his logo for 89.50 Nigerian : )
Michael
21 Feb 2009 — 11:30pm
@FeeltheKern
Does it matter if it is a student, it is only $100.
Guerrizmo+Design
22 Feb 2009 — 9:30am
He's not coming back. Let the thread die... ;)
22 Feb 2009 — 3:07pm
and we in israel thought it was only an israeli thing.
turns out stupidity and greed and general disrespect to our profession is WORLDWIDE :D
22 Feb 2009 — 4:27pm
Yaro, I am afraid that it is a long-lived world-wide plague :-(
ChrisL
22 Feb 2009 — 9:19pm
The very thing that makes this place possible has taken away our privilege in the marketplace: instant communication worldwide. Something new will emerge form it, but I am not sure I want to be a part of it. Contests for a book cover from an University Press for $150 to the winner? I used to charge that for a good picture search. A logo for $100 to the winner? Used to expect that just to sit down to a job. Is it worth a new thread to discuss this depressing state of affairs?
22 Feb 2009 — 11:35pm
WELL, in order to make things more tangible for this kind of "client", there was an excellent example someone said at the israeli "visual communication" forum, which is:
"i declare a contest of wood closets. the preferred carpenter wins 100 shekels!!"
23 Feb 2009 — 3:13am
ha! nice yaron!
23 Feb 2009 — 7:59am
I declare a contest of brain surgeons, the one who does the best job of operating on my brain tumor gets $100--that is if I have enough brains left to pay him! :=)
ChrisL
23 Feb 2009 — 8:27am
What I don’t understand is the whole Idea of a designer going to another designer for their logo to be designed... Surely your logo should be a piece of you, an extreme (dare use the word couture) example of what you the designer is capable of or inspired by. I bet Nkauts or whatever his name is uses those damn pre made web layout things. Nothing makes my blood boil more than so called designers who don’t do what the title they use suggests. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......
Stef
23 Feb 2009 — 9:02am
It's often quite practical and efficient to outsource one's own design as a designer. One can often lose sight of the big picture when being overly picky with designing for oneself.
I'll repeat what I said earlier, but I think, though it's true, complaining about how it 'cheapens the industry' really has no sway on anyone that would use a contest to get design created.
We all know Wal-Mart sells crap, but in the end, people seem fine with crap as long as its cheap.
I think a better argument to dissuade people from using contests is that logo contests aren't actually cheap compared to the quality of product you are buying.
$100 isn't much, but you'd still get a better product spending $100 for 1 hour of time from a great designer than you'll get from 20 designers of 'contest caliber'.
23 Feb 2009 — 2:47pm
I'll design you a new avatar for 100$
23 Feb 2009 — 2:49pm
25 Feb 2009 — 12:42am
I want to battle for it!
...so who wants to take a run at me?
Anyone?
27 Feb 2009 — 5:08pm
@coupdegrace: I hope you're joking. Nobody can see you winking in cyberspace.
If you're not joking, I would suggest other ways to make $100, like waiting under the bridge for a construction truck to come pick you up for day labor. Based on the amount of time I typically spend on a logo, this would be a quicker way to make $100, and more straight-forward.
7 Mar 2009 — 5:04am
Seems like you're in the wrong venue.
7 Mar 2009 — 10:08am
And the winner is....?