Another week, another shortlist…..
A record number of entries (443), but actually a shorter list this week, just 7 entries. I guess that inevitable as we get a better idea what we’ve looking for, and we have a base of designs to compare with from previous weeks. Still some good stuff this week, so lets begin:
1. Update 1.1 by Azzaoui
Simple concept, but well executed. We all liked the “s” as a pencil, and how it ran into the shirt.
2. Icon revised by Bulgrin
Clean, fits the brief and current webstyling well. The shirt as a tm is a nice touch.
3. Spreadshirt Color logo by Namelok
Easily the most commented entry this week. Very popular internally. You’re really into it and so are we. Its iconic, artistic but simple enough to be used in a variety of settings.
4. Create your own label by Alexander Wende
We liked the shirt becoming a pencil idea, the presentation of this was also really excellent and showed us how flexible the design is and that we could build complexity around it, such as:
5. Universal Language by Bean
Wow. We almost overlooked this at first, which would have been a massive loss. Its a really interesting idea, a whole new Spreadshirt alphabet. The logo in its current state is probably too complicated, but it would be wrong to have a shortlist this week without this design, its really impressed us.
6. Think Spreadshirt by Inadimova
This was our favourite version of this design, we think this one best gets across the “think” idea. Its a nice combination of a shirt and thought bubble showing really what we’re famous for, our shirts. Hits the brief and its very well executed. We also liked the imagination in Flying Labels, but it didn’t feel brief hitting or fully realized enough yet.
Both we and you liked this. Its a development of Handmade S by Chirp from last weeks shortlist. This time the hands feel more integral to the design, actually making the shirt.
Congrats to everyone that made the list! Thanks to everyone that took part and we look forward to seeing what you come up with in wk5! A reminder (as a few of your have asked) the contest closes on the 14th Oct!
Congrats to everyone shortlisted!
Im a little confused - the second one (”icon revised”) is my idea from round 2 -
http://olp.spreadshirt.net/entries/2007/09/05/copyrightstyle/
- that you did not pick since it had a similarity to ARD, now your picking this although the only change to mine is pretty much just filling the circle which makes it look even more like ARD?
congrats to everybody! it’s still nice to know about those designs who almost did it…like last week, that’s possible?
pascalphilly> i’m sorry for you, but honestly, viewing the designs from week1 to week4, that’s obvious that a lot of persons take the ideas of previous logos from others…that’s not nice, but the reality, we only can deal with it, trying to find new concepts ourselves ;-)
Jebs: yeah I see it again and again and it makes me pretty sad. Taking an idea and adding something to it or changing it somehow is obviously accepted here and kinda okay if its different enough. I also did that with the “label”-element but I do not take someone else’s idea and just fill one element and call it new. If nobody would pay attention to those copies it would be one thing, but picking the copy to the shortlist and giving it more attention than my original that was turned down makes me feel somewhat indignant right now.
To answer your previous question, this design is in this week purely because it got enough votes. I also remember your design getting at least one vote, but obviously not enough that week. Maybe it says a little something about the entries this week, or more likely that the people who like your design then, still like it, and see this is an improvement on it. The TM idea is re-used but the rest of the design has been changed (typo, colour, shirt itself, addition of a tag)
“accepted here and kinda okay if its different enough.”
Yep, I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, because we publish everything publically its inevitable that you will explore themes and develop upon others idea. I can see why your annoyed, they are similar. Its very hard to say okay pascalphilly owns all shirt in a circle used to denote copyright. We’d run out of ideas very quickly, especially as many designs follow similar themes, this version combining a tag within the shirt something we’ve seen at least 50 times before. I had a quick browse through the OLP1 entries and found the following designs that also explore the same idea:
http://olp.spreadshirt.net/wordpress/2006/02/19/registered-t-shirt/
http://olp.spreadshirt.net/wordpress/2006/02/20/emblem-logo/
http://olp.spreadshirt.net/wordpress/2006/02/20/my-idea/
http://olp.spreadshirt.net/wordpress/2006/02/21/spradshirt-gelabelt/
http://olp.spreadshirt.net/wordpress/2006/02/21/spreadshirt-shirt/
And thats just a quick glance, I was working here for OLP1 so i’m not sure if there were anymore without hunting through all 200 pages.
Similarity to ARD? Where did we say thats why we didn’t pick it? I don’t remember ever even seeing the ARD logo until now when I just googled it, i’m sure that wasn’t why we didn’t pick it before, just that it didn’t get enough votes.
Sorry you feel indignant, and I hope that as frustrating as it is, you can accept our decision to shortlist this as a significant enough redevelopment of an older concept.
Well, thanks for some explanations.
All those you showed from OLP1 are heading into the same direction but are not using it as I did. The selected one now is definitely not different enough in my eyes to be something new, but since I did not copyright “shirt in a circle used to denote copyright” I gonna have to accept your decision anyway. It does not change my mood though, its probably really also how all this develops, with 20 people copying one idea of someone else and stuff.
Apparently thats the thing with these public contests and those taking part should accept it I guess.
pascal - yeah, I do think so, too. And I hope in the end we will have a cool logo with all designers happy (and, well, one especially happy ;)) because you’ve all contributed to what we head for and what we are. really, no “flowerpower mood” here, but it’s really amazing how much different approaches on one thing we see - and how people on the other side whether develop an idea further or come up with similar ideas at the same time …
The only thing I am sorry about and I feel bad with this week’s shortlist is that the spready shirtdawg and the superheroes didn’t make it on the shortlist :((
-> anyway: congratulations to all the others!