kieranroberts / message me / 22 Sep 09 20:00

i am disapointed you all feel this way about my design as i believe many of the designs were well thought about and i wouldnt post the same way about yours. however in the brief it contained .. 'Looking for corporate identity that goes beyond the tired cliches of holding hands' and many of the logos contained this. but i feel my logo is 'something that inspires confidence and professionalism' nether the less the competition has ended now and i hope none of you hold a grudge against me in the future.

franchi111 / message me / 22 Sep 09 13:22

I didn,t mean that my designs are the best.There are many other designs which are more creative and unique(eg;orkoto,logokid,cybermedia,brandy etc) than your winning one.It's you gave as feedbacks that the logo must represent a community.Let me ask you one question where is the community representation in your selected logo.So i have the right to express my opinion since you mis lead us.

guruhe / message me / 21 Sep 09 23:30

Franchi111 - It is a shame you had to express such thoughts so publically ... you must know Kayne West. For the rest of those watching this thread, I felt several of your designs were very good - close second. But when I shared one of yours and the winning design to the various folks that are associated with the company (that come from around the world) it came down 7 - 1 in favor of the winning submission. Based upon my own agency past, working with great designers, I can only guess you must be young/new to the design world because if you are in this space long enough you will experience that 'good' creative is very subjective. Of course I suppose we always think ours is best ... oh well.

franchi111 / message me / 21 Sep 09 4:36

can't belive this.Are you crazy...very bad selection.

LogoKid / message me / 21 Sep 09 0:05

hei KIERANROBERTS ... you hit the lottery man your rickh :))

guruhe / message me / 20 Sep 09 16:58

Once again, many thanks to all of the designers that submitted entries. This certainly was not an easy selection as many of the entries displayed a high level of creativity. Please stay tuned as we (community brands) will likely use this site in the future for client design needs.

Thanks again and Congratulations to KieranRoberts!

administrator / message me / 20 Sep 09 15:02

guruhe you need to choose a winner very very soon.

guruhe / message me / 15 Sep 09 22:43

Thank you - thank you - thank you. I hope to announce "the winner" shortly. I have narrowed the selection between two finalists and am just soliciting feedback (votes) from other members of my team. Should be able to announce this week. Thanks again, all very creative - and appreciated.

LogoKid / message me / 14 Sep 09 17:54

goodluck to everybody

guruhe / message me / 12 Sep 09 17:41

Hello All,
I want to once again express my appreciation for the effort that is being put into this contest. As I already stated, this will be difficult (happy problem) to decide. I wanted to offer some general feedback as it would apply broadly to most entries. Whereas I appreciate some of the more non-traditional designs, I feel that they imply that our organization focuses on specific causes rather than a broad spectrum. For example, we are already working on engagements ranging from economic development community plans to launching a new non-profit group in the environmental space. So the corporate identity needs to be broad enough to apply accross many different types of engagements. The ones that have implied 'community' have appealed to me ... although I realize that I shyed away from that in the creative briefing.

Not sure if this helps but thanks again for the continued submissions - I am very much looking forward to final selection as the contest comes to an end early next week.
Thanks ~ Thom Ruhe

wdct / message me / 10 Sep 09 16:23

some nice designs

guruhe / message me / 7 Sep 09 17:30

First of all, many thanks to all the creative entries thusfar. Selecting a "winner" is going to be harder than I thought. I am reviewing each and every entry and as I figure out a way to narrow things down, I will comments with those whom I believe are going in the direction that I prefer.

Thanks again!
Thom Ruhe