Logo Design Process
If you’ve never gone through the process of designing a logo, you might laugh at the idea that it is one of the most thought-intensive and difficult endeavors within the larger field of web design and graphic design as a whole. A simple glance at a range of popular modern logos likely conveys the idea of extreme simplicity and may lead many to imagine the logo as a quick and non-intensive design job. But in fact, logo creation is one of the most challenging projects that web designers face in the course of their work.
Part of the difficulty of achieving excellent results with logo design is that extremely simple things can often be hard to precisely pinpoint. As an exercise, consider how you’d explain to a child or an alien the concept of heat, or how you might describe life itself. If you’re a physicist or biologist the exercise might lose a lot of its effectiveness, but most people will find it a real challenge to accurately and elegantly define the very simplest of things. This challenge is the focal point of the logo design process, which seeks to transform the ideas and goals of a given company into a recognizable symbol, either alone or with an accompanying logotype.
A typical procedure when initiating logo design is a consideration of the market in which the business will be advertised; in the creation of a logo for the city of Austin Texas, the details and demographics of both the Southern and overall American markets would be useful, while a company launching and selling its products exclusively in Singapore will require an understanding of an entirely different geographical market. This information can be used in the consideration of the logo’s many elements, such as color, texture, and spacing. Choosing an appropriate and attractive logotype to accompany the graphic is another important step; “Austin TX” might greatly appeal to local patrons if presented in a rustic, western font and style, while its appearance in a tiny cursive or ethnically-influenced script might not reach the intended audience in the same way.
In fact, logotypes themselves can sometimes form the basis for the entire logo. Companies with names or concentrations in fields that are commonly referred to with acronyms, such as “IBM” and SEO, can create a high degree of impact through using these short and easily-remembered letters rather than “International Business Machines” or “Search Engine Optimization.” Other companies and projects can benefit from the creation of a simple graphic design, such as an abstract shape or a particular take on a universally recognized and relevant object like a flower or a bottle. In certain cases, a character can be created to take on the personality of the business being represented.
When the confluence of color, shape, and logotype combine to reflect the atmosphere of the business itself as well as the triggers of its intended market, a valuable and timeless piece of art has been created: a logo.
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