8 Logo Design Ideas – Lightening up your creative minds!!

 
Searching for a logo design Idea? Ever wondered from where do the graphic designers come up with such illuminating inspirations for logo design? Do they just pop out of nowhere or is there a process for inventing logo design ideas? The answer is quite intricate.

The conception of a logo starts with the idea to personify a company’s image using graphic design. There is literally no captivity of thoughts when it comes to designing a logo. So in a nut shell, an ideal logo is a lengthy process. But the question still remains unanswered..…how to get an inspiring idea for a logo design?

So, here are 8 simple but fruitful notions which if kept in mind, can give you bundles of successful logo design ideas. Many of you will claim to be well-informed about these concepts but trust me…following these simple points will introduce you to new world of logo design ideas.
 

1. Know your business:

The logo is used to exhibit the fundamental nature of your business. Best logo designs are those that reflect on what you do; what products and services you tend to offer. A general example would be a bank and a coffee shop. Both of them need a logo design but of completely different forms. It is imperative to comprehend each industry’s basic ‘theme.’
   
   
   
 

2. Target your audience:

It is vital to establish your target audience before developing a logo. What age bracket will you be targeting? What is the average income level? What’s their gender, their education level, their demographics, their likes and dislikes? Always develop you logo design to meet the criteria of you target audience. Bear in mind, if your logo doesn’t appeal to your intended audience, it’s totally ineffective.
   
   
   
 

3. Always brainstorm:

Next step in creating an effective logo design for your business is to brainstorm. Think of an image that you want your business to have with your clients. Are you serious or funny? Are you novel or conventional? What are you best at? Brainstorm without hurry and jot down all of the words and pictures that jump to mind when you describe your business.
   
   
   
 

4. Thinking an alluring tagline:

Taglines are phrases that describe your company, similar to your company motto. Typically the tagline is attributed at the foot of the logo but not as part of the logo. This creates a memorable jingle to be associated with your logo. Incorporating a tagline in your logo design helps the customers in quick brand recognition and recall.
   
   
   
 

5. Stand out among your competitors:

It is essential for you to have a distinctive logo, one that is unlike your competitors and easily recognizable. But bear in mind, it should follow the general theme of the industry you are in. Having a logo design similar to your competitors will not get you distinguishable from the rest of the pack. Hence it is a nice idea to stay a class apart from your rivals.
   
   
   
 

6. Appropriate metaphorical use:

It is a clever idea to actually incorporate a meaning in your logo design like, the color representing growth or dedication. But it is important to make sure that the logo doesn’t look inflated. This is how remarkable logos are created.
   
   
   
 

7. Play with fonts:

Another idea for a logo design is to play around with font type. Simply take the company or product name and give a different font type. This can help you see what kind of font will be suitable for the words or particular logo design. Also experiment with various font formats and colors, try to use closely related colors or a mixture of low contrast high contrast to avoid horrible tick tack style clashes.
   
   
   
 

8. A robust logo design:

The logo design has to be flexible so that it can be tailored according to all forms of business. It should be adaptable so that you can promote your products and services across cultures. Adopt an idea for a logo that is successful in the future. It should be robust and resilient. Even though it is impossible to predict the future, it can be of useful to keep in your mind where you picture your business in the coming years.
   
   
   
 
There is a tradition of altering an idea till it is right. As such, it’s precautionary to create a number of logos to test. Just because you like your new logo design, does not imply the target will too. After all it is their views that really matter. :)
 
 
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  1. blythe On February 1st, 2010 at 11:16 am

    GREAT insight into logo design. In the end, a logo may look simple, but a lot of hardwork and research goes into the design that people don’t often realize! I love the comment about standing out among your competitors but staying within the general theme of the industry. I think color has a very important part, as much as form and font do. Check out this blog if you are interesting in some more color theory thoughts around brand logo design :)

  1. VictoriaAnn Design On February 1st, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    Wow there are some truly amazing logos in here, most of which I hadn’t even seen until now so thank you for compiling and showcasing them.

    Good advice.

  1. Gareth Coxon - Dot Design On February 1st, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    Some great examples there, particulary like the ‘Knife’ identity which manages to be purely ideas driven and very subtle in execution.

    Really a very clever design.

  1. Online Printing On February 1st, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    These designs are really great. Shows how you should never settle for passe typography or design for that matter. With some hard work and creativity, the companies logo can be one of a kind. Yet, there still is a concern for how a logo will show up on paper. Many business will use their logo to print brochures or business cards, so how their image shows up in on paper will matter. Digital screens can often make an image look more in depth and then on paper look boring. Take that into account

  1. elisa On February 1st, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    I love ShutterBug! Great post, as usual.

  1. how to get him back On February 2nd, 2010 at 1:03 am

    I don’t wanna to lie. Before visiting this blog I don’t have an clear idea that Logo’s can be so beautiful in true sense. I am quite amazed to see the creativity behind each and every logo. Thanks for sharing this post with us.

  1. brochure designing services On February 2nd, 2010 at 1:49 am

    Great logo design ideas. Nice copmpilation of creative and awesome logos. Keep blogging nad thanks for sharing.

  1. Tyler Walker On February 2nd, 2010 at 2:23 am

    Great article. Point 1 is definitely in the right place. There is nothing worse than a formal company attempting to be something they are not by changing their brand (WaMu for example).

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  1. Thompson Touch On February 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    I love the Rockit Night Club. Awesome Post.

  1. Tara Kellerhals On February 2nd, 2010 at 3:59 pm

    Great information!! Thank you for gathering it all so creatively in one place!!

  1. Graphic Design Melbourne On February 2nd, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    A selection of great logo designs.
    I personally think that the simplest logos disguise a most comprehensive research and design process, because a logo should be simple and memorable yet tell a story.
    There are some good designers out there!
    Thanks for this post.

  1. Peach On February 2nd, 2010 at 9:10 pm

    Nice roundup! Thanks for sharing.

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  1. Maks On February 2nd, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    good examples. thx!

  1. vikas ghodke On February 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 am

    Some great examples here. thanks for sharing

  1. Web Designing Services UK On February 3rd, 2010 at 9:14 am

    Logo represents the company.Love to see some of them really give me great ideas for future designs.

  1. Puneet Mehta On February 4th, 2010 at 12:37 am

    Thanks for sharing this information. This is very useful for me.

    These designs are really very nice, very inspirational.

  1. Ted Rex On February 4th, 2010 at 10:02 am

    What a great write up. Always nice to read about the design process instead of how great the final product is. I made this one of my three links today on my Design Thought for the Day blog:

    All the best, Ted

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  1. 509 Media On February 8th, 2010 at 2:05 am

    Great post as usual. I like the Eleven logo for some reason. Thanks for the post.

  1. adroid85 On February 8th, 2010 at 11:29 am

    Love Rockit Nightclub and my411.com. Great collection of logos and nice workflow to getting there.

  1. South West Balloon Flights On February 8th, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    Thank you for the post. Logo design is always a slow process.

  1. Philiq18 On February 8th, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    These are all pretty creative ideas. Love each of them and they definitely capture the name of each business. Its giving me some ideas of my own.

  1. Tony Greg On February 9th, 2010 at 6:27 am

    Very impressive post. A logo is a slow and steady process needs utmost care. All of the above logo samples have the ability to represent a company.

  1. steve On February 9th, 2010 at 11:43 am

    To be brutally honest, they all seemed incredibly PREDICTABLE, almost cliche’
    definitely passe.

    It’s like the comedian going for the dick joke

    “Hi, I’m Elliot Spitzer!”

    “Spitzer eh?”

    ….”figured you for a Swallowzer”

  1. Keeble | Graphic Design On February 9th, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    The ‘Go Bar’ logo is super sick!

  1. gkriv On February 9th, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Great examples of logos. The best logos are usually clean and simple.

  1. Brian - Logo Design On February 12th, 2010 at 2:33 am

    The idea are very eyecatching.I love the petfoto.It is very cute

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    Thanks for the tips. I am designing a logo for my company. This post will help me a lot to create an outstanding logo.

  1. logo designing On February 15th, 2010 at 4:12 am

    The good thing about your information is that it is explicit enough for students to grasp. Thanks for your efforts in spreading academic knowledge.

  1. Kristine On February 15th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    Excellent article! I enjoyed the logo samples – and I LOVE the Bird logo!

  1. David Behm On February 15th, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    Great post!!! Love the examples! Sometimes when I design logos I struggle a bit, but now I am inspired! Thanks!

  1. TordDesign On February 16th, 2010 at 4:53 am

    Some really great logos that set creativity in motion. Thanks for posting!

  1. Sara Fraser On February 16th, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    A really enjoyable and informative read – loved it. Wish I had read it BEFORE having our logo designed, would have helped! Mm … off to think about re-branding …

  1. meerwen On February 16th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Great post… I struggle big time with logo design.. I can’t seem to go “simple”, everything turns out way to complex.

  1. Graham On February 17th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    Simply amazing logos. Thank you for sharing these.

  1. Minneapolis Web Design Guru On February 17th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    Sick! i know a lot of hard work goes into logo design, these few are inspiring. Im working on some new logo designs so this is exactly what i needed today. thanks

  1. Matt Hernandez On February 17th, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    Great post. If nothing else it’s good to look at really creative logos like this from time to time.
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  1. Team buyprintedgifts.com On February 18th, 2010 at 11:14 am

    Hi,

    I liked the cafe unplugged and bridges the most.. Amazing logos, I am planning to have one for my business

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    Thanks for sharing such a great stuff, i was just passing by to this post. This blog is really great, i love it.

  1. Bab Marrakech On February 20th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    nice logos and thanks for sharing.

  1. ivan On February 20th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Great collection, didn’t really get the upside-down Genius idea tho’….

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    no end for creativity we can do what we think is creativity. logo designing is the space where we can show our creativity

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    i really impressed ur ideas and these colloctions of logos are very creative they give me some ideas for logo design . thanks

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    There are so many excellent ideas here! I love these logos! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas! Feel free to visit me back :)

  1. Mansi On March 12th, 2010 at 6:09 am

    great stuff….its a gr8 insight into logo designing….especially the knife one…thanks for sharing.

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    great ideas …

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    Cafe Unplugged logo is very inspired!

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    awesome logos i like it great work

  1. Sydney Gomes On March 24th, 2010 at 6:20 am

    Hey! A really interesting one. Awesome ideas here! Great collection thanks for sharing :)

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    the logo designs are great, i think it just needs a touch of genius combined with a stroke of mind to come up with such great logo designs

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  1. Laura On April 18th, 2010 at 9:12 am

    Hi, these logo ideas are great. Can anyone suggest any ideas for a logo for a company called ‘bagworld’ who deals with specialist bags? This is to go on a website im building. Thanks

  1. grubdoo On April 18th, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Nice logos. It would sure be nice if credit was given to their designers via a link or something. Seems a little like raiding to me.

  1. Prachurja On April 28th, 2010 at 4:19 am

    yea, these logos are really great.

  1. steven On April 28th, 2010 at 4:20 am

    COOLLL……
    can’t say anything
    that’s too great :D
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  1. Sujit Ray On May 14th, 2010 at 2:26 am

    Ideas are really helpful for graphic designer.

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  1. Azhaan Shah On June 21st, 2010 at 8:51 am

    fantastic mind blowing ideas

    how amazing the designer are who work and creative these everlasting concepts

    hats off :D

  1. Ebris On July 1st, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    Amazing collection Tara!!!

  1. Logo Designer On July 3rd, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    Thank you for sharing this information. Talking about flexible logo design, in these day I have found so many logo that looks good on the web but poor on the business card or any print out.

  1. ABC On July 7th, 2010 at 1:18 am

    Very informative, Really enjoyed the logo samples.

  1. Robin On July 10th, 2010 at 3:48 am

    I really enjoyed this post it was really an best post regarding ideas for designers..

  1. devarts On July 21st, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    nice . . thanks for sharing

    now i got idea for my design :)

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  1. Arun Thomas On August 3rd, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    Really great!

  1. CL On August 4th, 2010 at 3:42 am

    A simple and meaningful logo will make people to remember it and it the best branding strategy. As simple as “Google” it only play with the font however everyone will definitely identity it when people saw it..

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    WOW! Its really an impressive post.It is always great to see your posts. Your thoughtful insights are awesome. Thanks for sharing it.Great work!This post is very mush useful for me.I was wondering this stuff of information only.I am very delighted to know all the ideas of it.Thanks for sharing.

  1. Paulmckenna On August 23rd, 2010 at 4:43 am

    Typically the tagline is attributed at the foot of the logo but not as part of the logo. This creates a memorable jingle to be associated with your logo.

  1. Ovidiu On August 26th, 2010 at 8:13 am

    I wish I could create such great logos! Some of them are really amazing!

    Thanks for sharing this thoughts!

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  1. Manik On August 31st, 2010 at 12:15 am

    WoW! Awesome collection … I liked the “eleven” one in particular … Keep Up the Good Work … Thankx

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