Logo contest: Laborad srl

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First of all thank you "justoverclock" and "florinake" for being the first to submit creative ideas and to partecipate to the very difficult challenge that we have launched. Either submitted good quality works, but unfortunately both the logos are far from our target, perhaps because we require both a good designer (like you are), and a clever psycologist in one single person ! The logo should be mainly an emblem, a character or a pictorial mark, the word "Laborad" should only appear to complete the logo but should not be the main part of it like in "justoverclock" product: we need a character or a graphic that the costumer can easily remember! Names are easily forgotten without an image linking to it (who would remember "Michelin" name without the "Tire man" ?) Moreover in the logo should counteract "danger and pollution" and "safety and the protection". We appreciate the efforts of justoverclock to represent the danger (the radioactive symbol) but his logo does not express any "safety and the protection". Florinake presents good quality graphic but in his logo lacks both the concepts of "danger" and that of "protection" . Last note the "srl" word can appear or not in the logo. You decide !

Thank you "light" for your proposal. Nice colors and original and creative graphic but please read our previous comment and try to develope your idea following our guidelines.

Thank you all for your efforts ! The logo is growing and it is now time for other guidelines for everybody:

1) the graphic should be predominat on word (like logo #3 and #1) or at least strongly integrated (like logo #2)

2) please use possibly both blue (like the sky and the sea) and green (like nature during spring). Additional other colors are allowed : you decide (orange, yellow ecc) !

3) Use vivid colors, we want something impressive, not something that looks flat (like #6 and #1)!

3) The graphic should express both "danger" and "pollution" concepts verse "protection" and "safety". A shield could be an example, but it is overused and often improperly used (links to the concept of aggression). Example: two hands that tenderly keep and that sustain a man or a building protects from danger (that could be represented below): The hands (LABORAD) takes you away from danger) while a hand rapresented like a punch is too aggressive, please do not use it ! A bubble or a stylized house around you or around a family while the danger is represented outside is another example of danger and protection represented together. A peaceful natural landscape o simply a leaf or a tree represent nature. If you put a yellow helmet on it you represents shielding and protection, but also safety in workplaces, add the danger....

These are guidelines and examples to let you understand what we need, not requests... PLEASE MAKE USE OF YOUR UNIQUE AND SPECIAL CREATIVITY !

4) pollution is not only the radioactive symbol: please use your creativity ! A cloud of dust could indicate pollution, a wave could indicate a "radiation" (electromagnetic, radioactive or optical...) a stylized industry building is potential danger but is also a workplace and our target costumer...

Hi everybody ! Quick comment: Justeverclock in its #8 logo and in two variants #10 and #11 and now designarus in #12 and #13 are trying to play with the radioactivity symbol to represent pollution. We don't want to be linked only to radioactivity. We measure several kind of pollutants. Try if possible to represent pollution in a more general way and don't forget to represent also safety, protection and possibly environment, looking for something different from a shield used (perhaps sometimes abused)in several different logos (#8 #5 #7 #9 #6 #10 #11). Please read once again our previous comment February 5th, 2012, 4:25am expecially point 3 and 4 !!!

Thank you everybody for enthusiast partecipation to this contest !

In your future works, please try to avoid shields, radioactive symbols, padlocks. Try to represent the concepts behind these elements with other icons. Give lymph to your creativity !

We wish to thank all the authors of these 83 fantastic logos. Thank you all for partecipating to this very difficult contest with so huge enthusiasm. A special thank to Blaine, Justoverclock, Light, Roseetha and Zilda for submitting so many ideas. We really appreciated your work. It has been very difficult to choose only one logo between so many good products: we really wanted to give the first position to all of you ! We wish you all the best for next contests. The Laborad group.