Inspiration comes from odd places.
In creating LogoSauce we of course had to come up with an initial logo design. When we settled on the brand name we had a vision of chilli sauce bottles or perhaps a ketchup bottle as a graphic device. Read more…
Now that we’ve decided on the image sizes to be displayed on the site – we had to think about how we ask users to upload their logo designs.
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Because we’ve decided on a lightbox image size of 640×480 – we’re going to need at least that size uploaded. Read more…
The super secret project we’ve been working on has a name.
The super secret project we’ve been working on has a name.
LogoSauce™ – the logo resauce :-) for designers. Read more…
One of the underlying tenants that we are applying to this Project is the concept of less is more.
What this means for the project is that we are staying focussed and saying “no to features” that aren’t absolutely necessary. And when a feature is necessary but perhaps complex or optional then we are working to hide that function until it’s needed.
Focus is hard. Read more…
As we were designing LogoSauce we were sure we wanted some sort of tagging capability.
This is obvious for a site that is based on a community of users adding content. Tags are an obvious and standard way these days for categorizing information for later retrieval.
Most web 2.0 sites that you look at include some form of tagging. Read more…
Add a gradient, a mirrored effect, pastel colours, the word beta and you have a web 2.0 logo. Just have a look this flikr group and you will see a few excellent examples. This is a growing trend among web designers. Some people love it other hate it. Read more…
If you’re looking for a listing of logos with possible access to artwork, there are a couple of relatively popular sites you can look at.
The problem with these sites is that the listing are not necessarily endorsed by the owner of the brand, nor are they necessarily up to date. Read more…
One of the things we wanted to do with this project was to expose the development and decision making process of the project. We hope this will help users understand our logic and the resulting application when it launches.
One of the decisions we’ve just made is regarding the size of the displayed logos. essentially three sizes are required. A thumbnail, a gallery image and a lightbox image. Read more…
We recently announced in a previous post that we were not going to do a “tag cloud”.
However we are reconsidering this. A tag cloud could be interesting for users and visitors in getting a quick view of what user tags users are publishing logos with.
What do you think : Do you want a Tag Cloud ? Read more…
Making a site look ‘swish’ is hard work. But there are some very talented people out there making it a little easier. We owe these people a lot as they helped make this site run smoother, faster and look better.
Go and give them some love. Read more…
Ever have trouble deciding exactly whats colours to use for a new logo or design?!? Well Adobe. has come out with the perfect solution! Read more…
I’ve just started a project to design a wine label for a mate who owns a restaurant and bar at Viaduct Harbour in Auckland. He’s going to market his own label at the Restaurant.
So we set about looking at a number of wine labels for ideas. Read more…
Which is better – a graphic icon or text for providing information.
I think it’s pretty well understood that a good graphic is worth many words (1000 even). However a graphic is not always the best solution. Read more…
There’s a lot of talk around the web and now in mainstream press about Web 2.0.
There’s also a lot of talk about a Web 2.0 bubble and lots of money and development effort pouring into Web 2.0 initiatives.
There is a lot going on. So we thought it would be really interesting to have a look at Web 2.0 logos across a wide range of brands/websites. Some well known ones like YouTube and some lesser known names like Riffs . Read more…
Competitor LogoLounge has just been relaunched with a new design and they announced a bunch of new features that somehow look awfully familiar. Read more…
It seems that getting comments and ratings on logos is really hard. Harder than getting logos listed it seems.
As a community site, we obviously want comments. But how do we encourage our users and viewers to comment? Read more…
Amazing what a simple mention in someone elses site can do to your web traffic.
This morning we arrived at the office to see a whole bunch of new logos published and a bunch of new profiles. Always a pleasant experience.
When we checked our Google Analytics we can see a big spike (well big for us anyway) in traffic and page views. What-do-ya-know a new referring site has popped out of the woodwork. 32% of yesterdays traffic was from a site called Webcreme.
Webcreme is a site that shows other website designs as a source of inspiration featured Logosauce on it’s home page yesterday. Read more…
Since we blogged about reaching 999 logos 13 days ago – we’ve seen a big surge in logos (now 1309). That’s about 23 per day.
A lot of this activity has come about due to Competitions which have also jumped (currently 11 active competitions). Read more…
We recently disabled our first member for comment abuse.
Unfortunately there is a not a lot we can do about this sort of abuse other than respond to complaints from fellow members.
We’d rather not disable member accounts – but let the community work it out – however we also want to look after our regulars who are doing good work. Read more…
There has been requests for a number of enhacements/feature requests to LogoSauce.
Please use the commenting section to tell us what you want. Read more…
Hey folks
We’ve been thinking about a new look for LogoSauce. Here’s why and a look at a one concept.
I think it’s time for a fresh new look, that works across browsers better and has more impact.
1. Our CSS curved boxes are not reliable across al browsers (I.E stand up please) 2. Top of the page looks a little messy (in out view) 3. Logo a bit weak. 4. We’d like to see designs stand out more on the page. 5. Thinking the score and text elements under the thumbnails detract a bit.
What do you think? We want your feedback. Click through to see the screens! Read more…
Ok here we go….
New CSS look and feel, no scores on thumbnails, tweaks here and there. New simple logo. More of your logos, less noise around it. Read more…
Don’t you just love CSS? We had a bit of criticism with the previous design so we made a few changes… What do you think? Read more…
We’re off to the Webstock conference in Wellington, NZ this week.
Actually I’m already in Wellington for a couple of meeting before the conference proper begins on Thursday at the Wellington Town Hall. There are some brilliant speakers lined up and I’m really looking forward to Thursday morning.
If you’re going to be there yourself it would be great to catch up and have a chat in person. I hope to do the same with the Campaign Monitor folk who are over from Sydney and hopefully a bunch of other folk. Read more…
Dear Logosauce Users
A user has decided to use her profile make a political stand with regard to No-Spec. No-Spec is a cause promoted by AIGA to encourage designers not to compete in design competitions.
I could delete her profile or remove her comments – however I’m fair minded enough to let her express an opinion provided she can accept that others have a different view. So her profile remains provided it remains fair.
I believe there is a time and place for everything. Competitions are not meant to replace the designer pitching process. Instead they should be seen as a complimentary way to raise a designers profile, meet new clients and more. Read more…
Designer Chris Heath sent a link in for all you folk interested in old logos. These ones from a logo book published in the 70’s. Read more…
Check out these cool ads and creative for Minichamps brand toy cars spotted by Santy . I wonder what Maserati, Lamborghini, etc think of these logo parodies. Great concept and execution.
Reading through my Coolhunting feed this morning and I came across Flogos – Logo that fly. These are really cool. Read more…
