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Godiva Books
by itsgareth
Online Book Store.
Number of views: 2278
Date Submitted: Aug. 22 '08
As seen on: Down With Design

Aug. 22 '08

nido said:

very clever gareth.. i like the concept.. have to ask why the barcode?


Aug. 22 '08

itsgareth said:

Cheers nido. I'm not sure it's common knowledge but every book in the world has an ISBN number for which it can be found through databases:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ISBN

The barcode is a reference to this along with the obvious consumer connection. I'm praying this gets chosen.


Aug. 22 '08

nido said:

oh yeah... plus they can tell who's buying what books too.. like who actually bought Mary Cheney's book!


Aug. 22 '08

itsgareth said:

Haha yeah probably, seen as I just had to use google to find out who she actually is!


Aug. 22 '08

bahrouh said:

Clever ^^


Aug. 22 '08

siah-design said:

Very creative - I love it


Aug. 23 '08

gthobbs said:

Immediately says "purchase" and "books". Nice.


Aug. 24 '08

hindmarshdesign said:

This logo really does speak. I love it. Favorite. :)


Aug. 24 '08

tdf said:

Great concept!


Aug. 25 '08

danthonia said:

Nice one Gareth! There's something cool about b&w.


Aug. 26 '08

kustom said:


Very nice, and very similar to: http://www.juliotelio.com


Aug. 26 '08

itsgareth said:

never seen that before but if I'm completely honest I think mine is better


Sep. 19 '08

itsgareth said:

Thanks nima, glad you like it ;)


Sep. 19 '08

Houston-we said:

I like this one lots, gareth!


Sep. 19 '08

itsgareth said:

Thanks houston-we :)


Nov. 13 '08

cannot said:

Genius!


Mar. 30 '09

fogra said:

Well done on the feature, Gareth!


Mar. 30 '09

itsgareth said:

Thanks Sean! 4/39 featured designers are from the UK & Ireland. We're slowly taking over...


Mar. 30 '09

fogra said:

Come on The Lions! :)


Apr. 09 '09

oscuro360 said:

Mary Cheney's book... HAHAHA thats funny...


Apr. 13 '09

Mason Roberts said:

Really nice man! :)


Aug. 29 '09

milou said:

aah, i like this one!


Sep. 02 '09

jsml said:

love it! didn't even notice the barcode reference until i read first comment on here.


Feb. 16 '10

itsgareth said:

http://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/creative-logo-design-bookscouter-36993

What ya'll reckon? Too close?


Feb. 16 '10

fogra said:

Yep. Same concept and similar execution.


Feb. 16 '10

mcdseven said:

yes very close, have seen other logos like it aswell, trying to source them.


Feb. 18 '10

itsgareth said:

Hi,

Thanks for the report.

OK, copyright laws boil down to this: they stop people copying implementations of ideas or concepts.
Therefore, concepts and ideas cannot be copyrighted.

We're sorry, but the reported design doesn't have any part that has been directly copied from the original.
Therefore, there is nothing we can do about this.

We agree that coping a concept very closely isn't the best of practices however it is not illegal, so there is nothing we can do sorry.

If you require any more assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me again.

Regards,

Steven
99designs Support Team


Feb. 18 '10

firebrand said:

That's a familiar cut and paste response from 99 designs. They may has well remove the report button from their website because complaints about plagiarism often fall on deaf ears.


Mar. 01 '10

purpose said:

nice!


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