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raja said on Sep. 04 '06

Flernk, thanks. Good to hear someone on this site speaking about recognition over readability.

Steven, the R and A are connected because I am using the exact same shape for each letter and I don't want to loose that concept. I need the extender to make the J.

Colin, that's an interesting idea. But it would take away from the enigmatic feeling I want to get across.

Lumpy custard, Liz, thanks.

M.Hess, simplicity is not the answer for someone as complex myself.

Thanks, Randy.

Ranjha, I made the letter using basic lines. I then just rotated it to form the other letters. Is that what you meant?

Karma, who are you?.. you sound like me.

Can someone translate what droid said...

sao said on Jan. 02 '07

Hey Raja,
this is my first time commenting here and I just wanted to tell you that for as
long as I can remember my favorite logo has been puma the puma ag's trademark.
But your logo is the most masterful logo I have seen in my life, it's now my favorite.
I think that the trademark and the name make an unbreakable connection and it almost looks to me
as if it's telling me in a humble way "Raja is Amazing".
I truly admire your work!

Oh by the way,
I took the liberty to translate what Droid commented, line by line.
Some people just don't get it, keep up the good work man!

-sao

Droid said:
A logo is supposed to be easy to understand and easy to recognize.

This logo is too complicated, if I wouldnt've read the comments I wouldnt've realized that it spells RAJA, it doesn't work
in my opinion, it creates more problems than it resolves. And if it was published by logolounge3, well, then at
logolounge they're not doing a good job. Greetings.

Cliff said on Jan. 04 '07

Hey Raja, I think the Logo looks AMAZE-ing. I don%u2019t understand how it%u2019s %u2018too abstract?%u2019 It%u2019s explicable from a designer%u2019s point of view that a logo should be recognized not only readable as Flernk commented. According to me, and I%u2019m sure many others would agree, the logo is stupendous. For those who thought the logo was too complicated, I say you turn out to be a little more creative (H).

raja said on Jan. 05 '07

wow sao, I'm flattered

Cliff, thx!

Skyler said on Sep. 11 '07

I love the depth in this one!

moverdrive said on Sep. 23 '07

Great mark. And readability does not make a great mark...memorability does. So you did a great job.

icu said on Sep. 24 '07

I just visited your website and was impresed by your portfolio... I mean wow... respect! I love your works

my favorites:
-vapshare (...oh my god)
-qommunicate (so simple)
-flo (perfect)
-inoplex (very nice)

amyblandford said on Sep. 27 '07

I agree that a mark doesn't need to be readable to be recognizable, which is the only thing that saves this. It's not legible AT ALL unless you're told what it says, and even then, it says "rada."

my first thought upon seeing the thumbnail was- that's not much of a maze, you can walk right through it. (no clue those are supposed to be letters.) One would assume that AMAZE is the name of the client and the maze is a supporting graphic element.

what's so great about making 4 letters out of the same graphic if no one can read them!

liambeattie said on Sep. 28 '07

Nice, but a little bit difficult to read the 'raja' section!

raja said on Sep. 29 '07

Thanks guys - everyone makes a good point. I guess my intention with this logo is a lot different than your typical end-consumer logo/brand. I am not selling a product or service with this. It's solely my visual key. Also not trying to follow any 'rules' to be honest, your comments are valid nonetheless and thanks to all for looking. You can see it on my arm here, http://rajasandhu.com/raja_tattoo.jpg

This logo will be published in 4 design reference books in 2008.

Matheus said on Sep. 30 '07

I just think you need a website at the level of your identity. Your v2 needs to hurry!

cresk said on Oct. 01 '07

Nevertheless, this is one of my favorites of yours.

sandhya said on Oct. 01 '07

OMG! I am "amazed" at this discussion thread!

raja said on Oct. 03 '07

agreed - i really need a new site but I just cant make the time - thanks

nido said on Oct. 03 '07

raja needs a v2 life at the moment.. (dont we all!)

kaimere said on Oct. 03 '07

hahahah .. such narrow minds :)

raja said on Oct. 04 '07

v2 life - i like that idea a lot

guezworks said on Mar. 24 '08

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_carl/2342860542/in/set-72157604144345854/

bottom right hand corner

guezworks said on Mar. 24 '08

Still love your better, 100% better =)

nicolemarie said on May. 27 '08

Hi--My name is Nicole.
I am interested in having you design a logo for my project. I can provide you all the details. I would appreciate if you could send me your contact and pricing information. I am contacting only a handful of people and I will be making a decision on price and quality fairly immediately.

Thank you
Nicole myofficedesk@gmail.com

jcnicholls said on Jun. 17 '08

Excellent work, Raja. Your logo should be seen more as a marking than the usual text-based. You know, like Apple.

I made my JCN logo many years ago after hearing that there were some German designers that tried to find the absolute simplest way to get their initials into a box.

Cheers from Montreal!

raja said on Jul. 03 '08

cheers!

babo said on Aug. 06 '08

Really beautiful, really, really wow.

NEXQUNYX said on Aug. 23 '08

Raja, i've been admiring your work for quite some time now...your logos are brilliant mate! I was on ebay a few minutes ago looking at logo design services and guess what I found? I found one of your logos being used by a wannabe designer as part of his portfolio! Here it is (hope this link works here. If not email me and I will send you the link directly):

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250286154325&_trksid=p2759.l1259

I recognized your work right away the second I saw it. It's your SKYCUBE logo.

Have a look at it and let me know what you think? You can sue this clown's ass dude.

cheers,
Patrick

gthobbs said on Aug. 24 '08

!!!!!!!! Everybody should check out the link that Patrick (user name: NEXQUNYX) provided above. He's linking us to a guy that's ripped THREE of my logos as well for his "ebay portfolio" (Dirty South, Riverboyne and Navigator). And I see a lot of other samples that I recognize as other Logopond regulars' work. He's got a footnote on his site: * Bluepixel retains rights to post your logo in our portfolio unless you request us not to do so.

The jerk's emails are danny@bluepixelmedia.com and ebaybluepixel@gmail.com.

Let's all hit him hard.

Thanks for the heads up Patrick.

firebrand said on Aug. 24 '08

This makes my blood boil. I've reported the charlatan to eBay.

brandsimplicity said on Aug. 24 '08

This has got to be the dumbest mongral I've ever seen.

muhanadhachem said on Aug. 24 '08

difficult to read RAJA in it...... mmmmmm

nido said on Aug. 24 '08

I think he has removed them all now!.. i don't know what annoys me more though.. that my work gets ripped off.. or the fact that it doesn't! its my ego that sways to the latter!

@muhanadhachem... "difficult to read RAJA in it (for me)...... mmmmmm" ;)

logomotive said on Aug. 24 '08

LOL Nido, hey let's take these to the forums guys. there's a couple posts there.

jessicacrawford said on Sep. 19 '08

I wouldn't have noticed the maze said Raja if you hadn't mentioned it but I'm not sure if that was your main concern. Nonetheless, a fun logo!

raja said on Sep. 23 '08

NEXQUNYX (Patrick) thanks, I really appreciate that!

LOL at brandsimplicity and nido

Thanks Jessica

epsilon said on Apr. 04 '09

Raja, check this out - "Noe":http://www.noe-interactive.com

raja said on Apr. 05 '09

oh noe!

2creativo said on Apr. 05 '09

aMAZing!

Good work, very interest

raja said on May. 06 '09

beautiful work 2creativo - thanks - hey clients check his stuff - http://2creativo.net/en/

BlindAcreMedia said on Aug. 05 '09

Raja,

Even at first glance, I liked the vernacular of your logo, then I noticed the maze spelled out your name, almost like you have more to you that nobody knows about! Or its your 'secret' way of designing. I am a fan of this!

raja said on Aug. 05 '09

BlindAcreMedia, thank you.

You have cracked the code and the secret is out!

Thanks for your comments, appreciated. Enigma was a part of the design process, you got that right :)

dbunk said on Aug. 05 '09

Amaze...ing

logoboom said on Sep. 29 '09

Somehow I never said how cool this design is.

Chad Sanderson said on Sep. 29 '09

Me neither! Fruggin' awesome man.

wesa said on Oct. 03 '09

Irreducible complexity... Very perfect!

raja said on Nov. 12 '09

Thank you all for looking!

felro said on Feb. 03 '10

Great logo. Kudos

raja said on Feb. 06 '10

Thanks felro.

Why are comments deleted from this post, looks like I am talking to myself in the begining LOL

impodster said on Feb. 22 '10

Sweet mark! I agree with your opening remarks. Symbology in the abstract is what moves and stabilizes societies. When participants in culture get spoon fed narrow fare I think culture becomes gaunt. Narrow visual language, and I include poetics in the allusion, reduces into soulless cliches. Thats all....

tbsstores said on Feb. 25 '10

Great Work!

Can you pass me your contact info to discuss logo design work?

raja said on Feb. 25 '10

I hear you impodster - since our primal times, all language was symbology, it's universal, and intuitive in terms of your comment about it's prevalence in society. For example, to a non english reading pedestrian at a cross walk faced with a "walk" or "dont walk" option, chances are, symbols would do the job much better. And I also agree with your points on the diminishing appreciation of deep rooted visual communication...not that this has anything to do with this logo.

If you are inclined, have a "look at how this mark has transformed to now represent the corporate entity of my business":http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/93117

mcdseven said on Feb. 26 '10

have to add a comment, love this logo, instantly recognize anywhere I see it. Little gutted to see it involve into the latest version, but like everything else in life it has to evolve and adapt. But this piece is simply... amazing.

raja said on Mar. 28 '10

thanks mcdseven - I should have explained this logo will remain personal while the other is going to be representative of the business side

logopunk said on May. 07 '10

Saw this about 3-4 years ago and I love it as much now as I did then - the sign of a really great logo.

Timeless logos tend to be simple, but this has an extra edge to it.

Think I'll still be looking at it in 10 years time and liking it just as much.

raja said on May. 10 '10

hey thanks so much guys!

rudy hurtado said on Jun. 17 '10

Congratulations on your award Raja, well deserved, guys, see this: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-raja-sandhu-wins-wolda-09-international-design-award-1276802752.html

logomotive said on Jun. 17 '10

^ yeah congtas Raja, glad to know you.

Chad Sanderson said on Jun. 17 '10

Raja is my sensei.l

nido said on Jun. 18 '10

"Raja Sandhu... was named one of the world%u2019s best designers" NOT :)

raja said on Jun. 19 '10

Rudy, thanks for posting that

and thanks guys

raja said on Jun. 24 '10

Some one emailed me this link saying I should know about it, the designer is on logopond as well but doesn't have this one in his show case:

http://logoawards.mediabistro.com/node/349

rudy hurtado said on Jun. 24 '10

Sorry to see that Raja.

firebrand said on Jun. 24 '10

There should be a 'this logo has been ripped' button. If nothing else it would discourage a ripper ripping a rip... But then again...

raja said on Jun. 24 '10

I think the Greeks were the first to take credit...they ripped the idea from the Indians

raja said on Jun. 24 '10

Ok..but this guy wins, hands down.

!image link!:http://bodytemple.net/store/images/greek_key_knit_shirt.jpg

raja said on Jun. 24 '10

whoops

"click me":http://bodytemple.net/store/images/greek_key_knit_shirt.jpg

raja said on Jul. 06 '10

..and since you seem to be an CG fanboy, you might like this

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/9262/tom-geismar-interview.html

raja said on Sep. 12 '10

thanks topicdesign

joelalexander said on Sep. 20 '10

super, duper SWEET! nice one.

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