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68 Delicious Food Logos Of Bakeries Butcheries And Restaurants

Sneh Roy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:04:05 +0000

A while back I was working on a logo project for an outdoor cooking company in Texas, USA. I did a roundup of beautiful gourmet logos at that time. Fast forward a couple of months and this time around I was working on a delicious logo for a sausage company in UK. To say I constantly had food on my mind would be an understatement. The only logos I looked at while developing this logo were rival sausage company logos. So when the project was wrapped up, I feasted my eyes on food and food-related logos on Flickr, Behance and Logopond. There were many exceptional ones that stuck out. So I decided to do another roundup of delicious food logos that represented food products, food services, food websites, restaurants and bars. Have a browse and don’t get too hungry!

Disclaimer : All logos are works of different designers and the copyrights lie with their creators. To contact the designer please follow through to the source by clicking on the logo.

32 Very Unique Wine Logos And Labels

Sneh Roy — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:53:34 +0000

The quirks romancing a wine logo are many. Each vineyard has a story to tell. It is this dialogue with their roots and history that awakens the connoisseur in all of us. The beautiful tales seeping out of their oak barrels tease our imagination as do the promise of fresh and fruity flavors. Good wine logos that weave a tale are nothing short of spectacular and designers that step outside the proverbial bottle and goblet imagery never fail to maze me. I love a little mystery when it comes to a wine logo. It is a preview into their fantastic vineyards and their amazing commitment to one of the world’s most creative crafts, the art of winemaking. I have for you to see a small collection of wine logos from Logopond, that I absolutely adore. To contact the designer of each logo, please click on the image and go to the source.

THE LOGOS

A beautiful logo is only the tip of the creative iceberg when it comes to designing product labels for the bottles of wine. There are a lot of things to consider, most importantly; creating an identity and building a brand that trumps over all sensibilities. I love my wines and I try to educate myself about their tastes and pairings every chance I get. But once in a while, the lure of a beautifully designed wine label is too hard to resist and I end up buying and collecting bottles with the quirkiest labels and stories. Here are some wine labels that are just so full of character and personality.

THE LABELS

BEFORE I GO

I hope you have enjoyed this little visual treat, whether you are a designer or wine lover. I am always on the lookout for quirky wine labels and wine bottles showcasing beautiful artwork to collect for that bistro I have mentioned on my other blog. If you have your favorites or have seen some unusual and creative wine artwork out there, please drop me a note or leave a comment.

74 Simply Stunning Line Art Logos For Inspiration

Sneh Roy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:12:24 +0000

The first time I heard the word line art was in 1998 at a web development studio where Nick and I used to spend our college breaks, working on projects. I was instantly intrigued and fascinated by it. Line art is a style of graphics that consists of distinct straight or curved lines placed against a white or plain background. The graphic is essentially made up of just strokes and there are no fills or gradients applied. There are various techniques of creating line art graphics, the most compelling and challenging being the monoline technique where a single, continuous line is stretched into submission to create a recognizable, beautiful piece of artwork.

Line art logos are more difficult to master because they are not rescued by color or a solid form. Using line art in logos and branding is a skill that a lot of designers have mastered to a hilt. Lovers of minimalistic logos will appreciate the sparse nature of a line art logo in conveying the brand message effectively. I have rounded up some great line art logos for your inspiration today. Most of them are open designs, the lines usually end in white space and don’t form an enclosed shape. A few are continuos designs, undulating beautifully without a break to form a masterpiece. There are sharp angles and curves and a variety of stroke weights all paired perfectly with some good typography.

As a rule, I provide a line art version of the logo to all my clients as they might utilize it for engraving, embossing and transfering to unusual mediums. Do you do that as well? Have you designed a purely line art logo like the ones showcased here? What were your biggest challenges in doing so? Please leave a comment and share your design/story.

Time To Change Your Typography Wallpaper With 47 Fresh Ones.

Sneh Roy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:33:47 +0000

Every few months I do a post rounding up the latest and freshest typography wallpapers on the scene that catch my eye. I have 47 new ones [or at least I think they are new cause I haven't seen them before] today and am really digging the "Why So Serious?", "Retro Machine" and "Lost" Wallpapers. Enjoy these and I’ll be back with some new ones in a couple of months.

Disclaimer : I have not designed or created any of these artworks. To contact the artist’s, please click on the images to go to the original source of the image.

40 Most Amazing Vector Landscapes

tomwalker — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:34:35 +0000

We’ve searched high and low for the most powerful, technically distinguished and absolutely amazing vector landscapes available anywhere online. You’ll be astounded by the level of artistic expertise on show. “But what’s a vector landscape?!”, I hear you cry. Good question! Well … it’s a work of art made up of lines and blocks of color as opposed to a raster image, which is arranged as individual pixels.

Below you’ll find rural landscapes, cityscapes and fantastical, imagined vistas. Immerse yourself in a vector world!

1. Nature in Technicolor (Ben the Illustrator)

2. Smoke Like Ribbons (Ben the Illustrator)

3. Living In a Hiding Place (Ben the Illustrator)

4. Blue Land (Paulina Morgan)

5. Under the Sea (Paulina Morgan)

6. Electrabel (Tim Van Den Broeck)

7. Bydonstan Island and Trees (Tim Van Den Broeck)

8. Landscape Environment (Jon Patterson)

9. Vector Landscape (Brent Nelson)

10. African Sunset (wallaper-4u.info)

11. Sunrise Forest Scene (Sharpcut)