diyAudio Logo Competition Draft Entries

[TheNoodPoopler]

Heres one with a capital A, instead of lower case. It also has different writing for the "Projects For the Fanatics, By The Fanatics" part. Hope you all like!

[TheNoodPoopler]

another again!

[TheNoodPoopler]

and again.

[zix]

This is fully scalable and printable in color and b/w (color logo shown). It is available in .ai, .pdf and .gif formats. If you need others, just ask.
(The GIF image is antialiased into the message cell background colour, a different one will be needed for white HTML background)

Three pictographic mental links are used: sine wave, soundwaves and needle.
In my view, this pretty much sums up diyaudio:s different forums without necessarily focusing at any particular one of them. I think a logo with an image should work both with and without text, so both options are included.

[Sch3mat1c]

...And it has an interesting sperm euphamism to it.

Tim

[Jason]

Yeah, I see sperm, zygote, and perhaps with the head missing and ripples - the moment of conception. Probably all rather apt metaphors for various things happening on this board (lol) (don't read too much into that ;)

[ajju]

Here is another attempt. !!


A slight improvisation on the wave idea with a different treatment. A simple design. The font, capitalisation is retained exept that the colour has been changed but still confirms to the original tones. The logo is given prominance here. The name and punchline has been included for completeness as a part of the logo. I liked this representation quite much. The name, punchline may be used freely on the right side of the logo in adequate size still not upsetting the form.

ajju

[zix]

Originally posted by Jason
Yeah, I see sperm, zygote, and perhaps with the head missing and ripples - the moment of conception. Probably all rather apt metaphors for various things happening on this board (lol) (don't read too much into that

Nice! Giving birth to audio gear... That association works nicely too.

[geewhizbang]

The second version is good because it doesn't have the weird sperm aspect (though I thought the sperm version was VISUALLY OK)

However, you need to express the wave more compactly on the second version. A web page logo is preferable to be square or squat. A tall one wastes valuable header space unless it is made vanishingly small.

I do like the colors and the simplicity of the design. You may want to continue using the same fonts and colors for the logo title as the current one, and make the wave more flat.

[ajju]

A web page logo is preferable to be square or squat. A tall one wastes valuable header space unless it is made vanishingly small.

I choose to differ.
The requirement of the logo is not just for the website but for quite a few merchandise as well... And for those purposes a tall logo fits perfectly. (on a coffee mug, a T-shirt, or cap etc etc...!) It doesnt look good if the logo has to wrap around...does it...imagine it on a cup or a cap say..!!

Considering a website, we always prefer scrolling vertically on a webpage than horizontally, which means that the header space can be extended more freely vertically than horizontally. Its uncomfortable to scroll across a page than up or down. Also Considering that the existing "diyaudio.com" is more horizontal than vertical it makes sense to add a logo which is taller.

Generally the arrangement most frequently used in web pages is one with a menu on the left side. In that case the left topmost corner is best left without any interactive content. This space is generally occupied by a Logo. (though not in our case)

A logo with an aspect ratio of say 2:3 is perfectly viable...Generally fonts will choose to occupy such a ratio on an average...hence scalability is not an issue, and it need not be made vanishingly small to match rest of the stuff..! No rule says that the logo should always be the size of the Text you choose. You can always establish a balance bewteen the two such that no compromises are made.

We choose to highlight "diyAudio.com"
in the sense it will always use a bigger size font for readability. Considering that its a bit lengthy name, a logo with more height than width tries to balance the final geometry. Also from a human perspective, we are more comforatable seeing objects that are upright than lying. It catches ones attention.

Secondly, I dont buy the argument that a logo should be cramped into available space. In that case its better left unused. A logo must have its owns space so that it can express itself without distraction from rest of the stuff.


ajju