Logo design, naming, and web design

Latest logo and web design projects

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Please keep in mind some of these are old. I will update with new logos soon.

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Personafire - Exprimental project

INSPIRATION:

The 'personfication' of flame to man.

NEW

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web 2.0 safe data storage

INSPIRATION:

colorful cubic straight jacket!

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Proposed to the new I.T city of Alatau in Kazakhstan.

INSPIRATION:

An organic looking abstract fibre representation of hills that at the same time conveyed growth.

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Software start-up for retail sector.

www.merchantlogix.com - site mock up
This design was created in 2004. The business has since shut down.

INSPIRATION:

After creating the name, I toyed with the M and L letter forms and came up with this cube like icon. The L is in blue. This is a web version of the logo.

logo will be featured in LogoLounge3

PROFILE:

Performance enhancement for athletes. Product in development.

INSPIRATION:

cobras in unison, slithering, muscle fibre, flames. motion captured

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Fashion week, down unda'

INSPIRATION:

Kangaroo with style.

logo will be featured in LogoLounge3

NEW

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Created for the great people at Jive Software. You can see a blog entry about the logo evolution here.

INSPIRATION:

The C letterform serves as a thumb and finger capturing clear space.

NEW

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Jivespace is the developer community for Clearspace

INSPIRATION:

As an homage to the clearspace logo, I stylized this 'big bang' around a C

PROFILE:

Identity for a clothing business I am starting up.

INSPIRATION:

an elegant roar

NEW

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VAVA - GO! mobile technology soon to be seen at www.vavago.com

INSPIRATION:

Intrigue.

Vibrant dynamic coolness: All taken from the V and A shapes. The type also easily works as an ambigram. I wanted to create a visual state of suspension - making the viewer wanting more.

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Bistro 1689 in San Fransico

INSPIRATION:

Some people see 2 wine glasses, some people see 3 wine bottles. Drink all the above and who knows what you'll see.

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Secondary concept for above client.

INSPIRATION:

Is the glass half empty? Who cares, pour the wine!

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IgniteRealtime is the community site for the users and developers of Jive Software's open source Real Time Communications projects.

INSPIRATION:

Connecting radiant hotspots, the doppler effect, sonar, you get the point.

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Innoplex Technologies

INSPIRATION:

I tried to add some humanistic element by combining the letters 'I' and 'T'

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Trinvo - TRanslation INto VOice - An electronic translation device.

INSPIRATION:

Toying with the sound and shape of the letters T and V, I formed an icon that appears to be in translation.

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SignalCom - Voice and Data communications.

INSPIRATION:

around every corner of the world

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This mark was created for 2Talk, a new VOIP company.

INSPIRATION:

I got inspired as I was twirling the phone cord around my finger while speaking with the client. You can see the presentation board here

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Media Flo - Service provides TV for mobile phones.

INSPIRATION:

wink wink

PROFILE:

This is my own personal logo. I have it as a tattoo on my arm. Click here to see it.

INSPIRATION:

It took me three years to create something that I was satisfied with and felt represented me. The concept here is using one shape to create the letters 'r', 'a', 'j', and 'a' again (raja - my name) in a maze type of structure. You can see it animated here, on my friend Nirmal's website . This logo is also published in LogoLounge 3 and will be featured in a few more publications in 2008.

PROFILE:

online gaming and sports betting

INSPIRATION:

Q and P letterforms combined to create an arrow. A HIDDEN ARROW! :D

PROFILE: Ultimatennis - tennis league

INSPIRATION: Tennis ball

I got this idea while thinking about a tennis ball. If you look carefully, you can see a 'U' (for Ulitimate) and a 'T' (for tennis).

PROFILE: Fair Indigo - Clothing

INSPIRATION: Duality.

There is more to this logo than at first appears. If you look at the 'white' areas, you can see a 3 dimensional 'F' and a 3D block type lowercase 'i'.

Here are some more concepts that were presented to the client. These were inspired by the character 'F' and an open hand, to suggest giving, fairness.

PROFILE: online paper items

INSPIRATION: 'b' and 'p' to hint at paper shopping bag.

PROFILE: Spoiled Rotten Ent.

INSPIRATION: Grunge

see other logo concepts here

logo will be featured in LogoLounge3

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Video and Photo Sharing

INSPIRATION:

The combination of the letters V and S.

PROFILE:

Firstrate. Document handling company.

INSPIRATION:

F-R monogram, digitized

logo will be featured in LogoLounge3

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Online retailer of innovative products.

INSPIRATION:

Using the WhimsyTT typeface, I combined the letters in LUDOS to form this character. LUDOS means "games" in Latin. I used the letters below to make the face.

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Alarm and monitoring.

INSPIRATION:

Chain link

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Proposed concept for Grammy award winning singer Norah Jones.

INSPIRATION:

Dichotomy. The initials N and J are twined in an impossible linkage.

M.C. Escher

NEW

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A personal project.

INSPIRATION:

a firey fish!

NEW

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Landscaping business.

INSPIRATION:

Using the A shape I used the inside to suggest a tree or bush. I added 2 more to create a landscape. Client wanted a contemporary look.

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FIDO computers.

INSPIRATION:

Good to the bone.

PROFILE:

State University of New York, online education.

INSPIRATION:

Empowered individual traveling forward, in touch with the world ahead of him riding on the magic pillar of knowledge.

PROFILE:

new VOIP service provider

INSPIRATION:

natural blends

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Lending group.

INSPIRATION:

freedom, flight, laying in a hammock.

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proposed to a web design firm in the UK

INSPIRATION:

This personified line character is looking back in angst at the artist who is drawing him and telling him to continue drawing the line so he may carry on walking.

I remember seeing something like this when I was a kid.

PROFILE:

Creator of video capture devices. First concept, still in progress.

INSPIRATION:

RGB, graduates.

PROFILE:

chinese networking site

INSPIRATION:

Rising Sun - 9 fingers.

PROFILE:

You Photography - Logo proposal

INSPIRATION:

This figure was created using the lletter forms, Y, O, and U from the Herculanum typeface.

PROFILE:

logo proposal

INSPIRATION:

The letters IMBT were combined to create this logo.

PROFILE:

New Media design firm

INSPIRATION:

Watching a high-wire performance. Arms out. Perfect balance. Movement in stillness.

PROFILE:

Foley Products (concrete fill)

INSPIRATION:

you should be able to see the letters F-I-L-L in that cement block

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Sting Security ( London, UK)

INSPIRATION:

Ouch.

Had to suggest some pain :)

thought this would look good on a bouncer's black t-shirt

PROFILE:

Photo-Sharing and storage.

INSPIRATION: :)

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Cabin.IT

""we put the .IT back in cabinetry""

INSPIRATION:

can't think of anything cool right now, it's not easy coming up with these little blurbs

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Ghostwriting services

INSPIRATION:

Using a paper corner, I attached a paper clip and formed a G

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Independent consultant

INSPIRATION:

I don't know, Mr.

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Virtual 3D Imaging company.

INSPIRATION:

A block letter 'I', immersed below a glass floor.

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Fun Stuff

INSPIRATION:

Having fun with one shape. All the letters are made up of the same form, just rotated differently.

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Impossible Is Nothing - IIN

INSPIRATION:

an impossible object

Escher

PROFILE:

blue fire design group

INSPIRATION:

paint brush tip, smoking, bound, yet unbound. The letters B and F, twined.

man, that's a lot of fire logos

PROFILE:

same as above

INSPIRATION:

These were some other proposals for GhostWork...

PROFILE:

Distributor of gold products

INSPIRATION:

The letters H, G and D were combined to create this mark. The H can be seen in the negative space.

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Male "enhancement" gel, concept presented.

INSPIRATION:

hmm, I don't really want to say I was inspired now do I?

This logo gets honorable mention at B3ta.com

Here are the Phallic Logo Awards. LOL

PROFILE:

EdgeLink

INSPIRATION:

Letters linked.

This logo reads the same when inverted.

This is an ambigram.

logo will be featured in LogoLounge3

PROFILE:

bunk design

INSPIRATION:

bunk bed

this logo reads the same when inverted, another ambigram

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New media firm

INSPIRATION:

NEW

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An inter-office project for an insurance

company.

INSPIRATION:

using a quotation mark, I suggested the end of one of those old telephone handsets.

PROFILE:

TBA

INSPIRATION:

think computing

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I can fly, graphic.

INSPIRATION:

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New Hip-Hop group. Goldiggez.

INSPIRATION:

G and D and Bling.

Here is a web site mock-up I made for them.

PROFILE:

Virginia US, based escrow business

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Beyond Networks.

INSPIRATION:

some gizmo from space (beyond me)

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ETFI, broadcasting organization.

INSPIRATION:

F-I in E-T

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Online design firm

INSPIRATION:

Something that would look good on the side of an airplane.

Morphs of the letterforms D and O.

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StudioZ Imagery - Animation studio

INSPIRATION:

Client asked me for "Something magical".

I thought, hey, how about a floating wizard :)

PROFILE:

LOGOED. Upcoming web site for logo design inspiration.

INSPIRATION:

Nike, Lucent, General Mills, Microsoft, Disney. Pop-culture.

All copyrights are retained by the respective companies.

PROFILE:

Concept presented for motivational speaker, Burke Hedges.

INSPIRATION:

B-H monogram

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Financial Services

INSPIRATION:

A merger of the 'm' and 'c' letterforms.

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Software company.

INSPIRATION:

Let's see if you can get this one ;)

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proposed idea, mobile communications

INSPIRATION:

infinity, connectivity, and something else that rhymes with the above two words :)

Company did not use this icon, up for sale.

PROFILE:

Software start up.

INSPIRATION:

Still life.

This was my first doodle with a Wacom

I havn't improved much since :(

PROFILE:

Singer: Ashley-The music

INSPIRATION:

Eh?

PROFILE:

Import and export logistics.

INSPIRATION:

Bird, flight. The letter H.

Recognition from a distance.

PROFILE:

Concrete & Steel construction/engineering company. Tag=Go With The Flow

INSPIRATION:

Metal, concrete, flow and elegance. Water-saw. Engraved S

PROFILE:

wall systems

INSPIRATION:

P, trowel, precision

PROFILE:

JCK Landscaping co.

INSPIRATION:

Arranging the letters J C K from the Danube typeface, I formed this fella with the spade.

The only dumb question is the question that you don’t ask.
—Paul MacCready

PROFILE:

Adrenaline Apparel, Canadian manufacturer of sports wear. Concept.

INSPIRATION:

Pro sports

PROFILE:

X365 software is a small software co.

INSPIRATION:

An embedded "X" in 365, negative space

PROFILE:

Hapy - Egyptian God.

Hapy Imports Ltd.

INSPIRATION:

This design was meant to work even if flipped 180 degrees. Go ahead, turn your head sideways and read it backwards

John Langdon.

PROFILE:

DJ CLIP

Underground NYC DJ

INSPIRATION:

Paperclip, play on the name. Also forms a D with the J in the negative.

PROFILE:

Cellular services.

Q - Quest-like

PROFILE:

Clothing label

INSPIRATION:

retro boogie

PROFILE:

Linux network maintenance

LNC website

INSPIRATION:

network cables

PROFILE:

PC hardware retailer. Proposed design.

INSPIRATION:

buttons and little people. All things "techy".

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IT solutions.

INSPIRATION:

Nature, math, sine dots

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Landscaping company

INSPIRATION:

A's and V's. Mountains.

PROFILE:

A personal business venture of mine.

INSPIRATION:

I saw that Q and thought of, well, a thought bubble - to communicate. Then I said, "hey, what a cool name for a business"

the domain name was available so I picked it up.

PROFILE:

Latin Brothers

INSPIRATION:

L-B combo mark, bull fighter.

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Video gamers community. This concept wa never sold to or used by the client.

INSPIRATION:

naughty naughty

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Interior Design Company

INSPIRATION:

Turquoise. Arrows, the number 4.

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Data management.

INSPIRATION:

Lab chemicals, something brewing, I hear sounds when I look at this logo, bubbly ones :)

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Foreign exchange house.

INSPIRATION:

Internationalism. Flags. Money.

PROFILE:

Creative firm.

INSPIRATION:

Light bulb (Idea) Bomb.

Someone jacked this domain from me as well, stole the logo concept too, www.ideabomb.com

PROFILE:

Mortgage group

INSPIRATION:

Gracefully big. Corporate look yet neighborly feel. P-M. duality, again.

PROFILE:

data management

INSPIRATION:

PROFILE:

ROOP - retailer of home stereo equipment

INSPIRATION:

boom boom boom boom

PROFILE:

Racks

INSPIRATION:

Resonance

PROFILE:

Contest winner. Fitness equipment.

INSPIRATION:

PROFILE:

Carpages.ca, car sales online. Visit site

INSPIRATION:

Rubber.

PROFILE:

concept presented to high-tech firm

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consulting firm

INSPIRATION:

A-S monogram icon

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