logo design processes and logo inspiration

Hi, today I’ll show you a selection of logo inspiration from design processes of some of the greatest logo designers around the world to articles, inspiration from the best of the best and articles about how to improve you logo creation skills, read them and learn from the masters.

And you need to make sure your logo looks great even when it goes on promotional products.

Logo design processes

Logo Design Creation Process from Start to Finish by Expert Graphic Designer – Angela Ferraro-Fanning

Over at allgraphicdesign they had a guest writer called Angela Ferraro-Fanning who wrote a logo design process from start to finish.

Logo Design Creation Process from Start to Finish by Expert Graphic Designer - Angela Ferraro-Fanning

Logo Design Process by Dirk Leys

Dirk Leys is a dutch logo designer, He’s one of my favorite logo designers and He’s Dutch.

Logo design process by Dirk Leys

The Logo Design Process of TOP Logo Designers

Jacob Cass wrote an article about the way top logo designer s design there logos, by the way Jacob Cass is an excellent logo designer himself.

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The Logo Design Process for Ultimate Potential

Hey another one from Jacob Cass, hehe. I told hey was a excellent logo designer and that’s why hey here twice. This time hey wrote a logo design process for VECTORTUTS.

The logo design process for Ultimate Potential

Sikbox Logo Design Process

Want to know how abduzeedo creates the logo of Sikbox, hey worked together with his brother Eduardo Sasso and Fabiano on Slikbox

Sikbox Logo Design Process

Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough

Chris Spooner shares a logo design process of a project he’s working on, it’s called myNiteLife.

Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough

Logo design process of Scroll magazine

Veerle Pieters is a graphic/web designer from Belgium, She’s CEO of Duoh! n.v.. Read her article about the logo design process of Scroll magazine.

Logo design process of Scroll magazine

Dache: Logo Design Process

On Webdesignerswall they wrote a logo design process from David Pache, he’s an great logo designer from Switzerland.

Dache: Logo Design Process

The creative process for the Design Cubicle’s logo

Brian Hoff runs a Blog called The design Cubicle, he’s showing the community how he did create the logo of his blog.

The creative process for the Design Cubicle’s logo

Dissecting the Logo Design Creation Process

Over at Freelanceswitch Angela Ferraro-Fanning wrote another fine logo design process about a logo of “The Modern Woman’s Divorce Guide”.

Dissecting the Logo Design Creation Process

Articles about logo development.

Brand New: Best & Worst 2008 from underconsideration

Brand New: Best & Worst 2008

What makes a good logo design?

wrote about what makes a good logo design, a interesting article explaining how to get inspiration and what to do with it.

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The Evolution of Tech Companies’ Logos

Alex of Neotorama wrote an article about the logo evolution processes of the big tech companies.

The evolution of Tech Companies logos

Logo Design Trends 2009

Jacob Cass shows us here what the trends of 2009 are.

Logo Design Trends 2009

Who will Design your Logo – Design Agency or a Freelancer?

Who will design your logo - Design Agency or a Freelancer

How NOT To Design A Logo

Jacob Cass wrote a article at webdesignersWall about the way NOT to design a logo

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What Should You Get From Your Logo Designer

Brian Hoff worte this outstanding article about what you should get from a logo designer, this article is not only for buyers butt also a good read for logo designers.

What Should You Get From Your Logo Designer

50+ Pro Logo Designers to Follow on Twitter

A massive list of great logo designers you should follow on twitter by Siah Design

50+ pro logo designers to follow on twitter

Hidden Secrets of Corporate Logos – It’s fun to find them!

This is fun and it makes you look at logo in a different way. – by Michael J. Taylor.

Hidden Secrets of Corporate Logos - It’s fun to find them!

33 Exceptional Logo Re branding In 2008 For Your Inspiration

33 Exceptional Logo Re branding In 2008 For Your Inspiration

Logo Inspiration

35 Green, Leafy Logos

A cool list of leafy logo By Steven Snell

30 inspiring logos

Very inspriational list by Mirko
30 inspiring logos

Logo design: beautiful black & white logos

by Limeshot Design

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90 Professional and Creative Logos

By back to essentials

90 Professional and Creative Logos

280+ Best of Best Inspirational Logos

by deepan

280+ Best of Best Inspirational Logos

54 Kick Ass Creative Logos Hand-Picked from Logofaves

by dzineblog

54 Kick Ass Creative Logos Hand-Picked from Logofaves

22 Amazing Black and White Logos-You gonna love it!

by Michael J. Taylor

22 Amazing Black and White Logos-You gonna love it!

27 Colorful Logos

by Steven Snell

27 colorful logos

Logo Inspiration Galleries

Logo Faves

logopond

Faves up

Logospire

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logomoose

logo of the day

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  • User Gravatar Dirk Leys
    February 25th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Thanks for mentioning my logo design process article and LogoMoose, Hein.

  • User Gravatar admin
    February 25th, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Hi Dirk,

    Your welcome

  • User Gravatar Klaye Morrison
    February 25th, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    Hey Hein, here’s another great logo inspiration gallery: http://www.logogala.com

  • User Gravatar Jacob Cass
    February 26th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Great list you have here… you got me sidetracked for a whole hour! Also add the blog http://logodesignerblog.com :)

  • User Gravatar admin
    February 26th, 2009 at 11:34 am

    Hi Jacob,

    Thx mate, appreciate it a lot.

    Regards,
    Hein

  • User Gravatar Rahul
    February 26th, 2009 at 11:52 am

    A collection of the best of the best logo design. Must say this is one of the best logo collection I’ve seen till date. Superb.

  • User Gravatar David Airey
    February 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Thanks for the kind mentions, Hein. Good of you to take the time.

  • User Gravatar Timothy
    February 26th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Is that really apple’s original logo? Is the company really named apple after newton?

  • User Gravatar admin
    February 26th, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Hi Timothy,

    Only the picture of Isaac Newton was used, hey sits under an apple tree. read here about the idea of the Apple name http://www.creativebehavior.com/index.php?PID=27

  • User Gravatar Creamy CSS
    February 27th, 2009 at 8:13 am

    Great and helpful post! Thanks for that ;)

  • User Gravatar Jacob Cass
    February 27th, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Timothy,
    I did a pretty massive essay for on Apple for a University project… you can find it here:
    http://justcreativedesign.com/2008/04/18/a-comparative-study-of-logo-design-between-the-70s-and-90s/

  • User Gravatar kiran voleti
    February 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Great post…Thanks for sharing.

  • User Gravatar Hypoly
    March 9th, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    I would love to work with some of these really well designed logos. I am producing 50 idents for free, if you fancy forwarding your logo for a free ident in return please go to hypoly.com

  • User Gravatar Digital Graphics
    March 26th, 2009 at 6:21 am

    I’m new in the internet business field. I’m skilled in the graphics side, but I need info to learn about this business. I was going through your post and got a few pointers.

  • User Gravatar Mariusz
    June 28th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Thanks for that! I will be posting long and in-depth post about my logo process based on a logo that I’ve made for the programming competition, soon. Stay tuned! ;)

  • User Gravatar Hein Maas
    June 28th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    @Mariusz

    Thx, I’m looking forward to it ;)

  • User Gravatar Miss23
    October 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    Many potential distractions and interruptions can occur while in the archives, but careful planning can eliminate most of these nuisances. ,

  • User Gravatar Vertinix
    January 14th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    Really nice list of conceptual logo inspiration list.

    Thank you,
    Vertinix

  • User Gravatar Gareth Coxon - Dot Design
    January 30th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Great list, but you forgot http://www.dot-design.co.uk ! :-)

  • User Gravatar Mark Cossey
    March 21st, 2010 at 9:39 am

    This a great round-up. I even found one of my logos in the 35 green leafy logos!

    I wrote a blog post a couple of months back about a simple process I used to design a logo for a client: http://www.burning.me/2010/01/my-logo-design-process/ Let me know what you think

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