Three Acts

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Description: Revised concept for for high-end design and web solutions company.
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inso Mar. 22 '08

Looking forward for your feedback... Do you think THREE is readable enough? Should I try just the word mark without the symbol?

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inso Mar. 22 '08

Fair enough, here's an alternative version and the legend:**The philosophy of the company's offering revolves around the narrative approach, as in theatre: **In the first act, the actors are introduced (branding, identity - the design).**In the second act, the story is developed, audience is engaged (user experience).**In the third and final act, all comes together - loose ends are tied, plot fully revealed, audience gets all answers and develops a response to the story (technology implementation, the cementing factor to product/service perception).**This mark represents the facets of the whole: without one part, the picture is incomplete. Type treatment tries to reflect the theatrical feel.**Does this make any more sense now?

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inso Mar. 22 '08

Right... thanks for comments...**Back to the drawing board...

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logomotive Mar. 22 '08

The secret to %22logo design%22 is explaining a message or powerful mark to the %22general audience%22. If it needs explanation there lies a problem. unless it is visually interesting for one to take interest in and wonder. I see neither in this logo.

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gthobbs Mar. 22 '08

In logo design, you only get one act. And it's just a 5 second first impression.

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inso Mar. 23 '08

Ok, so here's another revision.**@clashmore: simplified concept**@logomotive: general audience is a relative term. Three Acts is primarily a B2B operation, so it's not a consumer brand. IMHO, with corporate identity there is less need for striking logo design - the brand experience rests on quality of your work, not on your logo.**@ gthobbs: in software design and development its is only the third act that matters: brilliant identity behind crappy product is still crappy experience.

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gthobbs Mar. 23 '08

Then why are you here for logo critique if, by your own admission, the design doesn't matter?

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fogra Mar. 24 '08

This logo reminds me of this for some reason:*http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/26772*

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inso Mar. 24 '08

@ gthobbs: I must admit, I am an amateur in identity design - my background is interactive design and software architecture. **The design does matter - and God knows I am very critical of my own work in areas of my expertise (UI). The problem with the majority of web design companies out there is that they offer very fragmented services - they can usually get only one thing right: look-and-feel, interaction, or technology. This company, however, aims at closing the loop by offering quality service on all three levels.**@ fogra: i guess it's the %22E%22 cutting through the chevron.**@ smartinup:*%22High-end%22 means %22really good quality%22 and integrity on all levels. This company does not target logo design service on its own.**As said above, I am looking for critiques because this area of design is new to me, and boy it's hard (system architecture is like a walk in the park to me compared to this).**So lots of respect to all brilliant and talented designers here on this site!

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gthobbs Mar. 25 '08

@ inso: well you've got a good start. As you practice your chops, I would urge you to think simple. Don't over design. Keep it understated. And that usually means that you use one visual hook as your hero. A cool icon usually looks best with clean, simple type. Very designed type may not need any icon at all.

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inso Mar. 26 '08

thanks for comments and advice!

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