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Meet Srdjan Wizemark Kirtic, The Logo Storyteller

October 13, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 20 Comments

Meet Srdjan Wizemark Kirtic, The Logo Storyteller

  Like a lot of you, I saw "Wizemark" on all the logo haunts that logo designers have on the interwebs in early 2009. And that is how I knew him. Then he did something extraordinary in early 2010 that changed my life. He started the 365 Logo Project. He along with Melanie Matthews, who

48 Brilliant Free Fonts For Logo And Web Designers In 2010

September 14, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 27 Comments

48 Brilliant Free Fonts For Logo And Web Designers In 2010

There are some amazing new font foundries on the design scene who are doing some brilliant work and making it available to designers and developers everywhere for next to nothing. The release of a new font or font family sees the release of a free weight, a trending practice that garners no complaints from anyone.

Free Moleskine Icon Set For Logo Lovers And Designers

August 11, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 21 Comments

Free Moleskine Icon Set For Logo Lovers And Designers

I must admit, I have an unholy obsession with moleskines. Any blank, inviting piece of stationery that draws you to write, sketch and create and one that is absolutely beautiful to look at in its humble simplicity, ought to be obsessed about. I have a few moleskines, not many, just a few. They seem to

Importance Of Questionnaires In Logo Design And 7 Fantastic Resources

June 21, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 14 Comments

Importance Of Questionnaires In Logo Design And 7 Fantastic Resources

  The internet makes the world go around, literally. Because of it, geography is no longer a barrier in commissioning and delivering work created in digital format. Whether it is a website, a logo, a poster or a short film; more and more people are reaching beyond their local confines to seek talent that might

68 Delicious Food Logos Of Bakeries Butcheries And Restaurants

June 16, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 15 Comments

68 Delicious Food Logos Of Bakeries Butcheries And Restaurants

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

32 Very Unique Wine Logos And Labels

June 4, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 25 Comments

32 Very Unique Wine Logos And Labels

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

74 Simply Stunning Line Art Logos For Inspiration

March 10, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 34 Comments

74 Simply Stunning Line Art Logos For Inspiration

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

15 Fresh Logo Design Processes That Teach Volumes

March 1, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 45 Comments

15 Fresh Logo Design Processes That Teach Volumes

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

20 Free Fonts Perfect For Fancy Logos

February 16, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 6 Comments

20 Free Fonts Perfect For Fancy Logos

When designing a fancy logo, we shouldn’t be using a plain font, nor something too grungy. These kind of logos need to maintain their class. The right balance of flair and flourish in typography will render these fancy logos absolutely beautiful. I prepared 20 free fonts which are just right for this purpose. Enjoy! 1.

A Complete Logo Design Process For An Eco Green Logo

January 23, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 29 Comments

A Complete Logo Design Process For An Eco Green Logo

  A couple of months ago, I was approached by Mark Adair of Envision Customworks to design a logo for his environmentally friendly building and construction company. Envision Customworks was launched in March 2009 in Jackson, Mississippi by Mark and his brother. They are a construction company that specializes in higher end remodels. They build

61 Quirky And Absolutely Cuckoo Character Logo Inspirations

January 18, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 13 Comments

61 Quirky And Absolutely Cuckoo Character Logo Inspirations

Lately I have been obsessing about character development a lot. Part of the reason is the Project 365 Vector Characters that I have undertaken. Part of the reason is my deep seated need to always give life to the whimsy, quirky, fantastically random and imaginary characters that reside inside my head. Character development is a

11 Awesome 365 Projects To Watch Closely In 2010

January 7, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 29 Comments

11 Awesome 365 Projects To Watch Closely In 2010

Jad Limcaco of  Design Informer might have very well just started a design movement. He wrote an article about designing something everyday for Smashing Magazine that spurred a great many people to create Posterous and Tumblr blog accounts for their brand new Project 365, a project where you do something consistent every single day of

70 Gourmet Logos Of Food Restaurants Bars And Grills

January 3, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 46 Comments

70 Gourmet Logos Of Food Restaurants Bars And Grills

I wish you all a very Happy New Year. Hope you have a very fruitful one. We are starting off the new year with some good old logo inspiration. My latest logo project has been food related and I thought that I’ll share some classy gourmet logos that I came across in the course of

How To Present Your Logo Online In 4 Important Steps

December 4, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 13 Comments

How To Present Your Logo Online In 4 Important Steps

  When I was exploring the logo design territory a few months ago, trying to get a grasp on how it all worked, I came across many well-written articles on the process of logo designing and what questions to ask before starting out and even what files to include in your final delivery package. But

60 Absolutely Gorgeous Textured Logos With That Wow Factor

November 29, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 25 Comments

60 Absolutely Gorgeous Textured Logos With That Wow Factor

Textures are a pleasure in Photoshop and a privilege in Illustrator. Now since all good logos are vectors, you rarely come across ones that have intricate and beautiful textures. Making a logo classy with the effect of textures [the grunge texture seems to be the most popular in the textured logos that I found] is