Having an eye-catching company logo is a great start to promoting your business, but how do you plan to connect with your target demographic once you have the logo? How will potential customers learn about your business? Traditional advertising media—television, radio, and print ads—can be cost-prohibitive for small businesses, and marketing on the Internet is easier said than done. That's why promotional products are such an attractive alternative to businesses just starting out. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft Windows 8’s simplistic logo ushers tough times for logo design companies.

If you wish to receive a brief history of logo design fashion and graphic program capacities, all you need to do is to take a look at the gallery of Microsoft Windows’ logos. Every version of the operating system so far has had a logo more elaborate than the version preceding it. Windows 1 starts it off with its original simplistic window-shaped logo from 1985. The Windows 3 logo (1990) is created with use of the Blend tool and wave editing. The Windows 95 one includes a shadowing effect and color nuances created with Photoshop editing. In 2000, Windows ME’s logo includes gradients, and the 2009 Windows 7 logo goes even further, with gradient transparency. And now, in 2012, with almost endless possibilities for graphic design available thanks to dozens of programs developed to that effect, Microsoft suddenly hatches this logo that seems to have escaped right out of the year 1985. Read the rest of this entry »

“Crime doesn’t pay”? LogoGarden proves an old saying wrong by obtaining 2 million dollars worth in financing, even after having been rightfully accused of design theft all over the internet. Lately, LogoGarden and its unorthodox “design” tactics have been all over the internet, including our blog. You may remember our article on this infamous company (http://blog.logobee.com/?p=961) in which we discuss its habit of lifting logos from other logo designers and offering them to their clients for cheap. Read the rest of this entry »

Is any design that looks somewhat like yours necessarily stolen from you? When to be genuinely alarmed, and when to calm down? As you might know, Logo Bee has been at the receiving end of logo design theft and we have no mercy for thieves. For instance, LogoGarden, the company that has swiped a multitude of logo designs straight from other designers and sold them to clients barely tweaking a line or two. Nevertheless, there is only so many concepts in existance, and the same general idea for a logo might appear in two unrelated works by accident. Read the rest of this entry »

Logobee is seeking creative writers and editors to write and publish blogs, features, or articles with a design theme. The main criteria for the material are to be original and oriented towards graphic design. Primarily logo design, stationery design, web design, print media and visual media design. You may include your credentials, but articles must contain LogoBee credentials as well, with a direct link to Logobee's home page, http://www.logobee.com. Besides writing the post you must also publish it online. We are willing to pay 20$ to 200$ per release, based on the originality of your post and its online placement. We are mostly targeting existing or future editors of diverse online media, blogs or forums. Upon request we can also provide you with some ideas for the post. LogoBee is a highly professional design firm with over 11 years of experience in the field. We have designed thousands of logos and brand identities throughout the world, and hundreds of websites. LogoBee has designers with over 25 years of experience in the field, and has a very deep knowledge of the subject. We believe this collaboration can produce very unique and useful material for the public. If you are interest please send us a message

Some alleged logo design companies, such as Logo Garden, blatantly rip off logos from other logo designers and sell them as their own.   You wouldn’t steal a purse. You wouldn’t steal a watch. But would you steal a logo? For “logo design company” Logo Garden, the answer, sadly, is yes. Design association AIGA.com alerts us that this company’s list of logos for sale consists primarily of stolen logos. The list of victims includes designers such as Bill Gardner and LogoBee itself. In fact, Logo Garden is not above swiping such iconic designs as the WWF panda and the famous donkey which is the symbol of the Democratic party. Read the rest of this entry »