Thanks for the gallery spot, never expected that!Cheers for the comments and floats too guys, really appreciated.
@topicha Yeah I guess it could be more technically accurate - I've done a lot of messing with the tooth shape to make sure both the tooth and helmet are recognisable.
I am interested in hiring you to create a logo for my company. However, I can't seem to locate your contact information on this website. I can be reached at joehobbs115@yahoo.com. Thanks.
Even if you were serious - this would just come across to pretentious for a dentist's office - assuming that's what you were pretending this to be for.
Also, the Roman association, helmets were worn by the warriors I think - and boy, did they ever have bad teeth.
In the profession of building smiles, I think this would fail once you look past the 'oh there's a tooth in there' realization
Looks to be making some people happy though, so don't mind me...
@raja Cheers for the feedback. Yeah I see what you're saying, but I guess that's the great thing about designing just for fun - ideas can be explored that would never usually even be considered. I was originally designing a logo for a company called "Royal Dentistry" and once I saw the helmet/tooth combination I just had to get it down! Even though I knew the company would never go with it... I agree about the pretentious thing, I think people like to see a more clean, welcoming (and generally blue) logo at their dentist. But hey, what's the point of limiting - with design anything can happen :)
@alexanderspliid I guess that's like saying why would any bookstore name themselves Waterstones? They don't sell water or stones, nor does the name have any relation to books... Looking at the gallery it can easily be seen that companies have a whole array of names - none related to anything the companies actually do/sell - and just a quick google search shows there are already a number of dental related companies called Empire! Another name I did consider using though was "ToothGuard". With this design the idea came first, and then the name followed.
Although I guess it may sound better if I said I explored hundreds of names - but the name Empire came to mind as it represented both strength and unity!
I think this is a successful logo as well, I like the overall effect. The only thing I would like to see is a version without the helmet spike. The spike adds additional visual noise, and I would be interested to see how the logo played with it removed.
This is the real deal. Nice work. Speaking of pretentious, check your own comment! Any dentist with a practice named Empire would be more than ecstatic with that logo. I'm sure any dentist would buy that logo even with a completely unrelated name. We all know some our best ideas are unrestrained by client limitations anyway. I say bravo brandsanity!
design-northwest said on Jan. 12 '11
brandsanity said on Jan. 12 '11
misanthropy-pure said on Jan. 13 '11
allanyoung said on Jan. 14 '11
topicha said on Jan. 14 '11
alterego said on Jan. 14 '11
Spavvic said on Jan. 14 '11
lumo said on Jan. 14 '11
Mikeymike said on Jan. 14 '11
vernics said on Jan. 14 '11
brandsanity said on Jan. 14 '11
@topicha Yeah I guess it could be more technically accurate - I've done a lot of messing with the tooth shape to make sure both the tooth and helmet are recognisable.
Sean Heisler said on Jan. 14 '11
logoboom said on Jan. 14 '11
artmns2 said on Jan. 15 '11
LadyGrey said on Jan. 15 '11
Logolibre said on Jan. 15 '11
And I agree with logoboom
brandsanity said on Jan. 15 '11
Hmm, everything is slap bang centre... Maybe it's shadow on the chin that's throwing it off balance?
hmmbird said on Jan. 15 '11
brandsanity said on Jan. 16 '11
What are your thoughts on the name "TOOTHGUARD" for this instead?
koodoz said on Jan. 16 '11
brandsanity said on Jan. 16 '11
What are thoughts on the revised name?
brandsanity said on Jan. 16 '11
Chad Sanderson said on Jan. 16 '11
Jedah Doma said on Jan. 17 '11
Oronoz ® said on Jan. 17 '11
jhobbs115 said on Jan. 18 '11
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barbararocas said on Jan. 18 '11
jonden@ectomachine.com said on Jan. 18 '11
hamidos said on Jan. 19 '11
raja said on Jan. 19 '11
Also, the Roman association, helmets were worn by the warriors I think - and boy, did they ever have bad teeth.
In the profession of building smiles, I think this would fail once you look past the 'oh there's a tooth in there' realization
Looks to be making some people happy though, so don't mind me...
alexanderspliid said on Jan. 19 '11
brandsanity said on Jan. 20 '11
@raja Cheers for the feedback. Yeah I see what you're saying, but I guess that's the great thing about designing just for fun - ideas can be explored that would never usually even be considered. I was originally designing a logo for a company called "Royal Dentistry" and once I saw the helmet/tooth combination I just had to get it down! Even though I knew the company would never go with it... I agree about the pretentious thing, I think people like to see a more clean, welcoming (and generally blue) logo at their dentist. But hey, what's the point of limiting - with design anything can happen :)
@alexanderspliid I guess that's like saying why would any bookstore name themselves Waterstones? They don't sell water or stones, nor does the name have any relation to books... Looking at the gallery it can easily be seen that companies have a whole array of names - none related to anything the companies actually do/sell - and just a quick google search shows there are already a number of dental related companies called Empire! Another name I did consider using though was "ToothGuard". With this design the idea came first, and then the name followed.
brandsanity said on Jan. 20 '11
brandsanity said on Jan. 20 '11
richardbaird said on Jan. 20 '11
jasonday said on Jan. 20 '11
128K said on Jan. 26 '11
128K said on Jan. 26 '11
raja said on Mar. 15 '11
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