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Old 05-06-2006, 10:19 PM   #1
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My Company Logo. Any Ideas For Making It Better?


Hi all,

The logo is attached.

Thanks in advance for idea/ideas on how to improve the logo .

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Old 05-06-2006, 11:22 PM   #2
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Re: My Company Logo. Any Ideas For Making It Better?


I like it, although yours may have the same problem we do with ours. Anytime you get into something with alot of fine detail, it doesn't always reproduce well in all areas. Using ours as an example.. it looks fine in print but on the embroidered shirts, it's very difficult to reproduce the little electric cord around the hard hat. You might have problems with the tool or saw blade edges on yours. I'd recommend testing it out as many ways as possible before making the final decision.
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Little too busy with the P and the C for my tastes.

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It is a good start, however, IMO:

the house graphic at first glance looks like a mask. I would fill in the roof and the wall line to eliminate the confusion. Your design forces the brain to assemble a jigsaw puzzle.

the P and C are also confusing to the eye. At first I saw a PO or even worse, a FO. I would use the hammer design as a lower case f in Perfection.

I would indicate your corporate structure after Perfection Construction ie. LLC, or Reg., or Inc.. Perfection Construction sounds awkward.

General Contractor should be on the left. Your current logo puts Design first, General Contractor seems to be an after thought. I would drop the Design, Build, Remodel stuff and put a phone number instead. If you are a General all the other stuff is implied anyway.




Keep in mind that most people will see you logo for a few seconds while they pass you at 60mph. Don't give them too much to think about.

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Looks Very creative,

But as MarkNov wrote: the house graphic at first glance looks like a mask. I would fill in the roof and the wall line to eliminate the confusion.
Your design forces the brain to assemble a jigsaw puzzle.
the P and C are also confusing to the eye.

I agree.
It's alot to look at. You have basically 3 'trademark' type icons. You have the 'house', the 'P' and the 'C'.
That is alot. Most companies (ours included) use 1 good trademark icon.
IMH - Consider just one of these that will best 'identify' your company.

Personally, FWIW - I like the house with the curved line. I would just keep that and get rid of the confusing 'P' and 'C'.
You want people to be able to clearly read your company name - Perfection Construction. That name should be CLEAR, quick read and easy to comprehend.

MarkNov also makes another good point about your wording.
Maybe you could 'separate' the wording underneath (in a sense) - by using a different font.
For Example:

PERFECTION CONSTRUCTION
General Contractor

Design, Build, Remodel

Try playing around with some of your fonts to 'separate' - What You Do- with "Who You Are".

Just my 2 cents.
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I agree with the prev. comments
I like it a lot, but it's too busy to be an effective logo

Less writing would help
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I just want to say thanks again to everybody. I'll update the logo with everybody input as much as possible.

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That house is some one elses graphic and I'm willing to bet you do not have rights to use the image becuase you have cut off the bottom part and added your own text. You should be very carefull in using other people property esp with some as important and a company logo.

I gotta question why you'd name your company perfection contruction, is Jesus himself coming to do your work for you? Anyways enough with the poking at you.

You probably don't care becuase I see that your last post was in 2006. lol
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That house is some one elses graphic ....
Strong words....what is your proof?


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You probably don't care becuase I see that your last post was in 2006. lol

How do you explain this:

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I'm a new member who's had a Logo for a long time. I feel making your logo maybe a little diffent also makes it yours. It time people will remember you because of your logo. Try to use it on everything you can and make sure you register it with the state as your Trade Mark. Good Luck
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Strong words....what is your proof?
It's an old logoworks.com logo. I know becuase I used logoworks for one of my first logo's. Who ever did the work on this logo changed just slightly some of the attributes of the house but it's not thier original work and original lettering thats under the house has been cut out and his text/image has been pasted below it.

His last post on this particular topic was back in 2006.

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Your logo is far too busy. Less is more.
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Your logo is far too busy. Less is more.
Hows this:

I work
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Hows this:

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Thats My logo, CELTIC!!!!
I'm gonna sue for copyright infringement!!!
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Hows this:

I work
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You phone must be a party line. When I paste it into Google, about 10,000 people have it!
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Thats My logo, CELTIC!!!!
I'm gonna sue for copyright infringement!!!
LOL

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You phone must be a party line. When I paste it into Google, about 10,000 people have it!

It's a corporation....we also supply ladders at the border...we don't want our "peeps" getting hurt before the first day of work
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Hi all,

The logo is attached.

Thanks in advance for idea/ideas on how to improve the logo .

Taylor

Here's a good test for any logo...

When the logo is reduced to the size of a postage stamp is must be recognizable and relevant.

You want to be able to use it on business cards, letters, proposals and any other printed info.Think of the "shell" for Shell gas, or the golden arches for McDonalds.

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Hire a professional.

Your logo is wacky.

I am sure you are an excellent builder, but that is not the perception I get.

Hire a professional.

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very Simple and to the point.
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