Typophile

mark critique

shalinaj

In the process of creating a mark for a new startup, which helps its clients’ in articulating business messages, through appropriate old and new media, rapidly and simply, using technology tools.

I wanted something minimal looking, but at the same time readable, unique and got certain element of recall. Working alone, I felt maybe I should get some help/critique, before I venture fully resolving it as a mark, and thinking of its application elsewhere.

This has to work well both in print and digital. I am already facing problem with this unit while I am reducing it to smaller sizes, which I feel need tweaking within particular sizes.

I personally like the fact that at the first glance it isn’t decipherable fully but would get after a while (I hope so). Once the visual cue is solved, people would remember it long. Not sure whether—
1. I am on the right track, or whether i should completely ditch this idea and go for something else.(since its too abstract)
2. Typographically whether the letters and its proportions need to be re–looked? (I already had many iterations on the ’B’ part, also the fact, I do not want the counter spaces to be straight horizontals)
3. Will this last long or die faster as a fad?

Will be very happy if someone could throw some light, and help me in decision making. Please feel free to comment everything and anything, even the gut feeling.

Thank you - Shalin

Too Challenging Shalinaj?!

It looks to me like something that would be in pink or orange on a ’60s jazz record cover.
Does it say ZEBU?

which helps its clients’ in articulating business messages, through appropriate old and new media, rapidly and simply, using technology tools.

That statement is so full of fluff and doesn’t actually say what they do.

My initial reaction is, man that logo is going to have trapping problems at almost any size.

If the company’s job is to make things clearer, which I think is what that statement was saying, then this logo isn’t anywhere near the mark. I’d almost go in the complete opposite direction. Thin, spaced out letters, something very pure and simple.

What does ZEBU stand for, is that just another WEB 2.0 nonsense name? Or does it have some roots?

> That statement is so full of fluff and doesn’t actually say what they do.

But for Sure, the company is so frank and hearty in manner (Bluff)
+ doesnt deceive anybody by pretending to be able to do something (Bluff)?!

no ... it’s full of fluff.

1. You don’t know? It’s your job to know.
2. Yes they do need to be “re-looked”. That’s clear.
3. Hang on let’s look in this crystal ball. No it will fail before it dies.

What visual ’cue’ are you referring to? The fact that something exists in space?

What decision making process did you go through to reach this point?

And what’s the name mean?

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Paul Ducco
Graphic Design Melbourne
Bicycle Film Festival

I do like the name Mark Critique though ...

A typographical super hero.

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Paul Ducco
Graphic Design Melbourne
Bicycle Film Festival

Perhaps this would be more appropriate direction to take the logo in...

The Zebu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebu

oh definitely something bull related.

;)

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Paul Ducco
Graphic Design Melbourne
Bicycle Film Festival

Come on guys. Go easy on the guy. Everyone’s doing their best. No need to insult people.

Anyway. As Asvetic suggested initially this logo will produce more problems than positives so go with something different. Start anew. I may also say that these shapes don’t look even anyway and they are not really well done. They could probably be more balanced with each other but try other ideas as well.
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Robert Koritnik

Guys, thanks for all the comments. Fluff part was a cut paste from client’s written brief, sorry for letting you guys party on that, was away a bit long.

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