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One more logo showcase, but in this one you really will need to look twice! Every logo is carefully picked with second thought and I think such logos are really hard to create. Get inspired, hopefully this article will help you to look different at logo creation – it’s not always just about typography, good looking font and nice animation.
You need to really deliver message to people and you need to deliver the RIGHT message – those are logos, which will be remembered. Of course it’s hard task, but this collection should help to get better!
Designed by Sibley/Peteet design
This one is my favorites logos and it is unforgettable! White playhorse which everybody knows and can recognize with black colored outline of child on the horse and black background which makes an illusion that child had disappeared. Amazing, what designers can create just from shapes and two basic colors!!!
Designed by The Brand Union
Avid’s logo is composed of simple geometric shapes derived from the fundamental buttons of the digital audio and video solutions: volume up, volume down, play, pause, record and forward, signaling of the companies core audio and video offerings. Company’s name is spelled out in distinctive and abstract letterforms.
Designed by Seamoose
Logo design for rock band from Vancouver B.C. This logo is very intelligent solution in my opinion.All what designer did was take all the letters of the word BISON and make them look like a bison body. I like the way how the body details are found within the letters, as tail or horn. The version linked seems like a much easier execution.
Designed by Stylo Design
Really original and fresh logo design with variations of an 8 to made word eight. Even the placing of TM is placed in the right place to create an angle and clarity of the design.
Designed by Landor Associates
This logo was created to drive public action on climate change. If everyone could change their behavior by just one degree, we could change the future of the planet. Both – number 1 and symbol of degree represents a person and meaning of conception.
Designed by dache
This logo was created using different colored puzzle pieces locking together in the shape of a cross and represents how many parties can come together and fix their own problems in an online resource.
Designed by mavleeb
Don’t need any explanation .Simple, smart and clear.
Designed by Mugar Mihai
Butterfly, two faces, person with wings or maybe inkpot? Freedom of mind. Fantastic and awesome representation of the field it was designed for.
Designed by 300million
Logo for guild of food writers. Spoon within a true nibbled fountain pen. There is a meaning!
Designed by Jovan Rocanov
The idea of this logo, which is designed for Consumer Society and Citizen Networks, of course was to show the protection of the consumers. There is combined a well-known symbol of the market such as the bar code (which graphically looks like the rain) with an ordinary umbrella (symbol of protection).
Designed by hemisferiod
Manipulation of the words within the clever graph representation.
Designed by AlexWende
They provide custom data driven web and application solutions and enables designers to incorporating their graphics into this solutions.
Designed by JasonCho
You can see forest and piano keys and can see them together…So clever and clear!!!
Designed by NEXQUNYX
This logo is the sort of simple excellence that can inspire. Great monogram. Smart solutions.
Designed by logotomy
Logo design for personal name. It speaks by itself and the opened forehead is what draws you into the surprise of a TM…
Designed by ohTwentyone
Great, captivating and very well balanced illustration! Quick recognition, and the strong horizontal and vertical orientation representing stability, integrity and spells out companies name.
Designed by TKhoury
Can You Fold it? Do You see the integration of the F and I? Looks really slick and nice, great concept!
Designed by chungdha
Origami frog and the word derived from origami and frog. Clever!
Designed by Fogra
Powerful! Nice interpretation about socket and shock!
Designed by Houston-we
Foot with foot in the right direction. Surprisingly easy to be read!
Designed by WetDog
Logo for orthopedic surgeon specializing in feet.Nice mark – perfect and friendly for the name.
Designed by Sir-SiriX
Clever and well made logo, true power of typography. Playing with words we can reach stunning results, such I Hate You! 
Designed by Siah Design
So simple logo but such great concept behind it. Could be a film reel, could be a mask. Fantastic!
Designed by North Design
The Mill is a post-production and visual effects company in the UK.! If the logo was seen only on its own it would not have the strength. Mill logo is hard to forget because of connection to The Mill – so strong and simple it is.
Designed by mister jones
Logo for an anti-social network site, could not fit better. Don’t need any explanation, I think!
Designed by cerise
Logo for adventure wear brand.
I get associations with army wear, but concept is pretty good!
Designed by Karl-Design
Logotype Against Nazism and Racism. It is a bit provocative and says a lot really, but the logo is awesome!
Designed by Harshak Dmitry
Keyhole within a B. Unlock a secret of business! Nice and clever!
Designed by VikkiV
Excellent concept. Barefoot awoke an emotion to run to the beach.
Designed by Sibley Peteet Design
Made for spring line clothing collection. Fresh, nice and powerful!
Designed by eziemac
In origami style. Could see KS immediately. Great conception, nice look and smart!
Designed by Jure Klaric
Clean graphics displayed in this logo.full of mean, simple illustration… Nice coloring and typography, brilliant concept.
Designed by Nima Jazireh
Very meaningful logo with great concept.
Designed by junian Round 5, letters make up an icon.
I like the way how the fingers are found within a letters. Clever solution.
Designed by Logomotive
A combination of the word Loc and Key. Smart logo.
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Dainis Graveris is 23 years old blogger and designer, founder of 1stWebDesigner, now more silently managing everything behind the scenes. He usually hangs out in Twitter tweeting design related links and chatting with people. If you have any questions or feedback that's the best place to start! Cheers!
Friday, April 27th, 2012 10:31
very creative logos.. Friedman psychology group, Uck, I Hate You are the best in the list…
Monday, July 4th, 2011 04:56
I love all these designs but the one that I really like is the DJ Loop one. It looks impressive.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 06:41
yes… very inspiring ones, you have given me some good idea about logo design, Thanks for sharing!
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 08:07
So beautiful! So simple. The Sound logo is organic and fun and strong. Love the simplicity. If your interested in logo’s like this you can see a heap at a site call
Well worth the time if you get a chance! Such a great article. Love this Blog!
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 00:43
VErry creative Logos !
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 04:07
i guess you’re interested in logo design just like me, i’m not a pro but i like ideas related to this kind of business, if you’re into this field would you please show me some samples !! (you’re Moroccan i assume , right ?) …Yallah, wish ya all the best, dude !!
Friday, March 4th, 2011 11:48
Great ideas. Working on a logo myself but will go much simpler.
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 10:57
Awesome compile!!! Though I had seen ones like Piano Forest before, I liked “Push the Bottle” and “DJ loop”
Cheers!
Saturday, December 18th, 2010 09:02
Really these are stunning logos. Actually no shares such confidential logos but you shared such eye catching logos, it’s really good work. Keep sharing.
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 07:28
Not sure if anyone’s said anything about the loop one, but it’s stolen from G4.
Thursday, March 25th, 2010 13:10
What a great feeling when a logo design really comes to together, that it just makes sense. Thanks for sharing!
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 09:25
Some really smart logos. I espically like those which communicate so much with such simple yet smart graphics like mill, horror films and piano forests.
Kudos to the designers!!
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 17:44
Looks amazing . All are beautiful especially fold one.
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 02:01
Oh I love posts like this. There are so many great ones in here that I can’t even point out my favourite in this comment! I do love the simplicity and effectiveness of the Horror Films one though – that’s just genius!
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 23:41
Hi! nice roundup of interesting logos. I don’t know if anyone mentioned this, but since I see you didn’t operate any correction, my guess is nobody noticed it : the name of the creator of number 8 is MUGUR not MUGAR… as seen even in his weblink. I would be grateful if you would operate that correction. Thanks.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 05:00
Very good!
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 16:02
Love the I hate you, and Antisocial…
just incredible
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 13:47
A nice collection. Lots of logos are worth mentioning. The logo “I Hate You” will really make you look twice
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 02:56
All these logos are very nice. Would like to be able to do that.
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 16:23
Brilliant round up! My favs have to be Fold It and Shocked… they really stood out in my opinion.
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 15:09
Some great work here, most working from sound the basis of:
• Simple
• Smart
• Memorable
• Unique
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Steve
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 01:48
No matter how many times I see some of these, I still love ‘em.
Fold It is one of my favs, reminds me of the F1 logo style.
Shocked is great.
…and Eight impressed me, simple but effective for capturing attention.
Arvind Singh
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 19:02
These are amazing..
Great collection dude..
Ekke
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 21:07
Truly amazing!
Metacom
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 10:02
Man, these are awesome! I can’t even choose just one to point out. A lot of them have something to do with music, different types of creativity together is a nice thing to see. Thanks for the post
Pink Pig
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 13:32
The CSCN is clever- havent seen it before
Shocked and Horror are bril as well- wish I’d designed them!
Kit Ekhat
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 22:24
#11 seems to be saying, look I found your hash pipe.
Nickunj
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 06:54
some Exceptional wrk’s and very refreshing ideas …………. :) . Was definately great. all the best too all who put an effort in logo’s and CHEERS !!!! ;)
Patrick Hill
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 00:48
It annoys me that the Uck logo actually makes me think of the exact opposite of what the company stands for. If I knew nothing about the company and saw this logo with a swastika and an f-bomb, I would definitely think it was for some kind of neo-nazi group. Seems like poor logo design to me.
Michael J. Taylor
Monday, October 12th, 2009 08:59
The best one among all these logos is “Texas association of stolen children”….it is amazingly creative and intelligent use of negative space. Rest of the logos did not amaze me much as I have been using them on ‘n’ off on my blog but have lately I stumbled across amazing negative space logos
Thomas
Monday, October 12th, 2009 11:16
Nice Showcase, very nice Ideas, very inspiring
Emanuele Aina
Monday, October 12th, 2009 23:21
One of my favorites is the logo for Grande Punto from FIAT, the Italian car producer:
http://www.cartype.com/pics/1587/full/fiat_punto_05_logo.jpg
The ‘P’ has a “punto” (which is the Italian term for ‘dot’) over it, but it also can be seen as the head of a driver sitting in front of a driving wheel with both arms in front of him.
John Bloomfield
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 15:18
Some of these are great but a few I think have put design and technique above communication, you shouldn’t have to look as hard as you do at some of the logos to get the initial meaning hidden meaning is great but the initial meaning should hit you in the face.
If you hadn’t told me that DJ loop was the name of the company it would have taken me too long to look at it and guess.
Chipo Mugomba
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 06:30
Awesome logos!
Mark
Monday, October 12th, 2009 22:42
Love them. It is a great collection of logos that deliver strong messages through simple design.
beo
Monday, October 12th, 2009 21:07
a logo needs to work in two colors. I agree some are interesting and work well. or at least start the design in two colors. the negative space on SOME of these are well done, however some are not and do not work. period. read some design books before posting “these logos rok yo!” terrible. the fold it is an interesting design, but it wouldn’t reproduce small well, you’d have to create a 2nd version. some are just illustrations, frogami… the haggar springs logo is probably the worst example up there… atrocious.
Ryan
Monday, October 12th, 2009 19:07
Really nice collection of logos (and I appreciate the fact that you linked to your sources). I will be revisiting for inspiration in the future.
However, your writing could use a lot of improvement, Dainis. Having a friend proofread the article before you publish would be a good first step. I think if you could express yourself as powerfully as your content, this would be a great blog!
soshime
Monday, October 12th, 2009 19:46
you’re kidding! you’ve got it backwards! tidy tom’ sucked and the i hate/love you logo worked great on so many psychological levels.
Nora Reed
Monday, October 12th, 2009 19:52
that’s a great collection of logos. It can be tough to create a good, meaningful design, but creativity is always a great way to go. I love when hidden messages are integrated. it makes it much more interesting.
Jacob Yap
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 21:58
Awesome logos. My favorite #4, #7 and #9. Really nice.
Steve Bellante
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 20:10
Very nice write-up on a interesting topic. I was happy to find this article today as it supplements my discussion last week about the importance of creating a meaningful logo.
Adrian
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 12:14
I like the bison one.
Jasmyn
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 19:43
Thanks for the list. Great inspiration!
Andrew
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 08:42
these are very creative, these seem like small brands, a good example of a big brand logo for the Big 10 conference.
sravkum
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 08:35
Nice Find – Good to see the creative logos :) – Good Job