15 Fresh Logo Design Processes That Teach Volumes
March 1, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By Sneh Roy | 41 Comments
In the past few months, I have read quite a few logo design processes and stowed them away in my mind for a post just like this one. Barring the ones I remembered from the top of my head, I googled the words "logo design process", "brand creation process", "rebranding case studies" and a few other permutations and combinations. I then spent the better part of the day on most of the search results that were generated and which caught my attention straightaway. There are so many different ways of logging a thought process, some people use a lot of visuals while others use a lot of words. Moleskin sketches dominate these processes and give you an insight into what was and could have been. Although most processes are quite similar to each other, first starting with the client’s brief and defining a goal, before moving onto the brainstorming and sketching and culminating in the different variations presented and chosen, it is amazing what you will pick up and learn from all of them. All designers operate in a unique manner, a style and process that they are comfortable with and which generates the maximum productivity for them. A little peek into these different methodologies opens up your eyes to possible new techniques and methods you might not have explored yet.
Today I will share 15 such logo design and identity creation processes that I found extremely interesting and fresh from the perspective of a designer who doesn’t want to know "how to create a complex illustrative mark in vector" but rather wants to follow the chain of thoughts of other designers and see how their minds work and ultimately end up creating beautiful logos. What I picked up from these processes that now has my curiosity piqued and I want to explore further?
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Have a read, maybe you’ll pick up something you didn’t know about, just like me.
1. Dache’s Logo Design Process For WebMynd
2. The Bounty Bev Logo Design Process
4. A Complete Logo Design Process For An Eco Green Logo
6. inSyndia Logo Design Process
7. Sponsr Logo Design Process By Helvetic Brands
8. Undersea Productions Rebrand Process By Siah Design
10. Squared Eye Branding Process Designed By Able | Squared Eye Website
11. Identity Design Process For A Personal Rebranding
12. The Re-Branding Of A Company Case Study
13. Step By Step Logo Design Process For Metro Aviation
14. Dissecting The Logo Design Process By Angela Ferraro Fanning
15. Creating A Logotype – Belochi Rangel Case Study
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For amateurs like me, this is so helpful!
Thank You so much!!!
Sorry, but after going through each of them, I wanted to thank ONCE AGAIN.
THANK YOU so much!!!
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I’ve always loved how logo designers show the full process of their design..seems like other design/tutorial sites forget to cover the purpose of designs they create.
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Relly nice logos!
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Awesome,
these sketches made me to visit the awesome design processes..
Thanks Sneh for great collection.
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Thanks for this post!! This is gonna be helpful
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Always great to see how others go about designing logos.
There is no real right or wrong way to go about designing a logo – as long as your have a process (a method to the madness).
Many of these I haven’t see before, so thanks for sharing!
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not that impressive to be frank
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Pretty useful for me cause I’m new on branding and logo
I’m quite don’t have any way to start with it. You guys who work on branding identity look are awesome.! Surely bookmark this post for further needs.
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though m currently not into logo d’signin stuff ,but this is surely going in my BM .thnx a lot
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Thanks for sharing, Sneh. For me, these glimpes in to the process are often more inspiring than the actual result. Really gets the creative fire burning in my belly. Mmm… roasted logo design, that hits the spot.
Really cool logo for inspiration
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Great! I love how simple yet so creative these are.
I have seen a few of these resources but not all so I am very pleased to have found my way here. Thank you very much for sharing this. There is an excellent selection of logo tutorials so this should keep me busy for a day or two. Great post, really like the design of this website too.
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Simple yet suttle .
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Thanks for including my design process of the IBBT logo!
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Really good list, Sponsr one my favourite.
You missed one of the better ones posted recently however: http://www.chopeh.com/blog/logo-design-start-to-finish/
thank you for that!
Cooool, I like the Squared Eye designs! A nice selection
Great collection. Thanks for shared
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gr8 work done by u:)
really love it….
thanks
Hi,
Great thoughts.
I like this process of logo design.
Thanks for sharing this processes that a good teach.
What a great resource!
I am slowly and steadily falling for your prowess in the Web and Culinary realms
Keep on keepin on!!
Cool list. I especially liked the one on creating a logotype. Been trying to design a logo for myself and it was a disaster! I decided to use the professional services of an online logo design site instead (http://www.logodesignplanet.co.uk) and finally got the logo I wanted at an affordable price and fast too. Lesson learned. I’m not going to design a logo without any professional help though it’s fun. And liberating. Definitely. Haha.
A well designed logo can make or break someones business. But I’ve never seen a blog that’s actually walked you through the process of designing one yourself. I wish more people would be this liberal in showing others how its done.
A very insightful post. Cheers.
Hi there i personally like the squared eye design the best, thanks for the post though.
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interesting, I need to design a logo soon so this has been a really provoking read.
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