Comments on: DataPortability Launches New Logo Contest

By: The Logo Factor Design Blog » When logos collide

The Logo Factor Design Blog » When logos collide — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:19:41 +0000

[...] And so they did. [...]

By: And We Have A New DataPortability Logo | crown.MONKEY

And We Have A New DataPortability Logo | crown.MONKEY — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:17:38 +0000

[...] workgroup decided to hold a contest for a new logo, which anyone could vote on. Now the logo contest is over, and the winning design is shown at right. Congratulations to Alex Pankratov, who submitted [...]

By: And We Have A New DataPortability Logo | crown.MONKEY

And We Have A New DataPortability Logo | crown.MONKEY — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:17:38 +0000

By: TechCrunch en français » Le "DataPortability group" a un logo

TechCrunch en français » Le "DataPortability group" a un logo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:12:06 +0000

[...] Dataportability group (le groupe sur la mobilité des données ) a dorénavant un logo grâce au concours qui avait été lancé. Le gagnant est Alex [...]

By: And We Have A New DataPortability Logo

And We Have A New DataPortability Logo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:06:08 +0000

By: DataPortability: Logo Design Contest Winner!

DataPortability: Logo Design Contest Winner! — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:38:23 +0000

[...] iPhone from Jive Software, weeks ad space on Techcrunch! Thanks to Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch, A Month of ad space on either CenterNetworks or [...]

By: Joey Tyson

Joey Tyson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:01:20 +0000

As one of the logo entrants, I’m personally a little disappointed by how many of the entries are variations on the symmetry of “d” and “p.” Some of the requirements listed in the creative brief don’t seem to be met by several of the final entries, but I’m not one of the expert judges. And yes, I’m disappointed that my entry didn’t make it, but this isn’t simply about sour grapes.

btw, the voting web site seems to be down at the moment.

By: the truth

the truth — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:20:44 +0000

At Dave, probably the best post…..period. All these jokers that are posting negative comments on here seem to know something that brand executives don’t. My question is, where were their logo entries? These are some great logo concepts based off the creative brief, especially bottom row middle. All I have to say is mix in a clue, one time, then open your mouth.

By: TechCrunch’s DataPortability Conflict of Interest? : The Drama 2.0 Show

TechCrunch’s DataPortability Conflict of Interest? : The Drama 2.0 Show — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:45:25 +0000

[...] the same day that Arrington announced his “donation” to the DataPortability Workgroup, he also announced “DataPortability Launches New Logo [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:48:38 +0000

Those final 15 designs were chosen by people that know a lot more about branding than just about everyone making comments here. Why do people feel the need post such negative comments? I think it safe to assume that people that have been posting these crap comments have not read the design brief, or even bothered to click the links to read about DP.

By: Junk

Junk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:14:35 +0000

Great way to generate some clipart. Good luck with your clipart, I am sure the winning logo will and last as short as the company itself. The importance of the brand and its visual identity is directly proportional to the companies belief in their product. Based on this contest, we might as well as flip a coin for the company.

Good luck.

By: Drillbit

Drillbit — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:11:56 +0000

I thought there were a lot of entries that didn’t make the final cut that were better than the final 15, but maybe there were copyright concerns on those. It would be nice to know what the creative motivation was behind some of these final entries as I don’t see what they have to do with DP.

I agree with pedal, I like #2 as well.

By: Jaxson

Jaxson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:19:43 +0000

Middle row, second from the left.

It’s clean, creative, and works well for the DP group.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:02:03 +0000

also, techcrunch designed that image.. the originals don’t have those reflections…

By: steve

steve — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:00:17 +0000

middle-bottom for sure.
entire left column is cheese-ball.
middle top looks like a freakin’ zygote.

By: pedal

pedal — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:39:16 +0000

Impressive! Great work. I think the term ‘logo’ is a bit misused in this case, as Storm Bear kinda alluded too, and other comments regarding the lack of importance of the logo.

I think the word you are looking for is ‘icon’ rather than logo, as I can only assume the image will be posted in a method to define an action or capability, rather than promoting the idea or company in particular (but I could be wrong).

Anyway, assuming the icon will also act to define the company, I think the unlocked person (right in the middle, that is a person as the keyhole of the lock), or what somebody described as the symbol for gay sex (top right) work best. The first one is good too. Though I love the look of #2 (shapely green/grey/blue blocks). It is more of a logo than an Icon (personal opinion).

By: YDrive

YDrive — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:40:34 +0000

Impressive creativity at work… very interesting logos indeed!!

By: Storm Bear Williams

Storm Bear Williams — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:52:52 +0000

My day gig is running an ad agency and I must confess, non of these are doing it for me… not even close. Every good logo needs to tell a story, imo. being able to nail a company’s purpose in a graphic is not an easy thing to do, but none of these logos mean portability. From the Flickr pool has some logo that tells what DP is all about. The snail was good, maybe a turtle in the shape of a cube would be cool. The wings by taylor.michael are very cool and say movement. Cenk Oak’s logo of the hand truck was flat out awesome. Also awesome Uri Ar’s message in a bottle logo - my favorite.

By: George

George — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:13:04 +0000

I think that some of the sites need to be edited so that it looks like a briefcase if you ask me. Just add a handle to any of the square logos.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:44:38 +0000

@Chris: Why only that small set? On the Flickr pool there were some professional logos. On the small set you have selected there is no a single quality logo.

Programmers have no sense for aesthetics

Why don’t ask a design community like Core 77 to vote on the logos at Flickr.

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:28:25 +0000

knock me down for being brash but i would like to contact some of these designers to commission a new logo for our company. is that possible or are you guys pimping them as well?

By: The DataPortability Logo competition at Liako.Biz

The DataPortability Logo competition at Liako.Biz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:34:20 +0000

[...] check out the logos and don’t forget to vote (thanks to Techcrunch) ! DataPortability is a community effort for a new future - your small contribution by voting, [...]

By: jro

jro — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:24:20 +0000

Imagine this comment:

“Gosh, we had everything going for us, but our logo killed us. If only we’d come up with a logo design instead of spending our time on actually making data portable.”

Yeah, I can’t imagine it either. I’m not sure I understand why a logo for this group is needed for anything beyond the scope of vanity.

By: Rick Wolff

Rick Wolff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:07 +0000

Hey, I got an idea. Next startup that wants some Ruby on Rails or whatever, hold a coding contest. Then we can try out all the entries attached to this site, and vote our favorite. Best software design gets some nice prizes. All the other entries get our thanks and a subscription to TechCrunch’s email. How’s that?

By: Mary Trigiani

Mary Trigiani — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:27:25 +0000

Thanks to everyone at TechCrunch for volunteering your help and the visibility of the blog to the logo competition. We had a great turnout of design submissions to dataportability.org. Very good of you!