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Published: 2008-08-23 01:43:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 4361; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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During the last term of university, there was a small contest held for creating a logo to represent an ongoing project called Homework..."The Mixed Reality Lab, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, Imperial College London and Georgia Tech (USA) has received funding for a new project called Homework, as part of the EPSRC call for research in Wired and Wireless Intelligent Networked Systems."
I managed to find the time to piece a few concepts together during the writing of my final project report. I didn't have much to go on for a theme, so I tried several. They did not win, but I am fairly happy with them all and their different characteristics.
To me, logo 1 looks reminiscent of restaurants (is the W a wine class or a fork?), logo 2 a designer/fashion store and logo 3 might be associated with estate agents.
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i don't like homework, but I do have to say that you did make it look sexy
BRAVO!
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My favorite is the second.you don't notice the "hw" right away but its just such a neat little thing when you do. plus it's the most modern looking one
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I like the 3rd one most.
heh "Macromedia Fireworks MX is a poor man's Adobe Illustrator for these purposes."
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Damn u. I hate ur skills lol
Really nice works mate. I love them all, although I dunno why, but the 2nd one is my fav
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You have great taste - that's why. It's my favourite of the bunch too.
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The third one caught my eye ever since I saw the thumbnail.
And YAY, Macromedia!
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That one was the hardest, as I had to make guidelines for all the perspective.
May Macromedia rest in peace.
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It's still one of the best.
Macromedia lives on! Though it's now called Adobe.
They're mostly the same employees.
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Yeah, I guess you're right. At least the merge has been very good news for users of both packages i.e. they can put Freehand vectors into Photoshop etc.
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The second logo is a good concept, but the workout could have been done better. The 3rd one is the best overall logo.
Btw, Macromedia?
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What do you mean by workout? Is that a term?
Macromedia made Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand etc. before it was bought by Adobe a few years ago.
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What's wrong with using (ex)Macromedia products? The interface is a lot more straightforward and easier to use. Sure it's not as advanced as Illustrator, but it does most of the same things a lot neater and cheaper.
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Macromedia Fireworks doesn't equals Adobe Illustrator at all. There is Adobe Fireworks too. A great program for all web designers, certainly if they also do logo's and stuff. Vector and bitmap editing in one program, that's kinda cool.
And by the way, I just thought it was funny because Macromedia is already dead for 2 years now. So how could it be cheaper if you can't buy it anymore?
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You do agree that Fireworks is cheaper than Illustrator, no?
What point is using the Adobe version of Fireworks if all you do is logo work? Vectors and gradients have been a part of Fireworks since its inception. The only new features Adobe has added to Fireworks are better integration with Adobe file formats, and some minor UI tweaks; therefore I really don't see the point in upgrading.
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I normally don't have any idea about prices, but I went to the site. It's indeed cheaper, kinda weird. Probably because it's not that well known, I guess.
Like I said.
Fireworks is bitmap and vector editor, the "basic" editing of both.
Illustrator a vector editor, and so it goes deeper into the vector editing.
And Photoshop a bitmap editor, and goes deeper into that...
I don't care which program you use, I thought designers and stuff always intended to have the latest upgrades. Point finale.
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Nice designs, amusing comments of yours...
The first one, while good looking, doesn't really work as the psi character doesn't fit the W letter in my mind. Looks like a too clean game symbol too... 
I like the simplicity and symbolism of the second.
And the third, indeed, looks too much like a real estate logo, hindering the intended message.
PS.: Have you tried Inkscape as an alternative vector tool? I have it installed but didn't played much with it. It looks like it greatly improved over the years.
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Damn... I didn't realise that particular shape was a greek letter. 
And yes, I gave Inkscape a quick try during my report work but haven't created anything proper in it - just used it to modify existing svg files.
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All the 3 logos are great. The first one is my favorite.
I also like the way you designed the second logo, with the "HW". Pretty creative and really nice.
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