BRANDIN EU Branding Handbook for SMEs | Page 30

The main pillars for the right logo: LOGO 1. Be simple 2. Make it versatile 3. Must be usable and printable on different shapes, textures, marketing tools and varety of media Should be adaptable, needing no changes for any environment 4. Don’t copy, make your own! – Be creative, be different 5. Make sure it has a story to tell... 6. Choose the right colour Colours have the power to affect feelings and emotions. Ideally, your choice of colour should be made on the basis of the target demographic of customers. Consider the age, gender and cultural orientations of the target audience, and couple it with your artistic creativity, and you’ve got a killer colour palette for your logo already! Should Be Able to Be Displayed in Black and White / 1 colour and inverse version! 7. Pay attention on typology: Readable, printable, unique 8. Use professional people to create your own logo Good Practices Apple This simple image has become iconic and internationally recognisable as the American multinational technology company headquartered in California which designs, develops and sells consumer electronics. It is clever because the logo is an everyday object which has now been marketed in a way that people think of this image as the brand Apple, rather than the object. http://1stwebdesigner.com AgroCoach How to design a logo, a logo design process www.curtisbestdesign.wordpress.com 28 1. The name_ AGRO: targets and narrows the market, which is agriculture. Coach: shows the purpose of the services 2. Colour: reflect the market, but in the same time: elegant, visible – shows quality and trust. Also well visible, printable in 1 color or black&white 3. Pictograms remember to the land and sun=sunset or sunrise: also a link to the target group. But in the same time the shapes and lines are modern, can be used separately in presentations as well. 4. The slogan: The measurable development – which is unique on the coach market, also reflect the service 29