Logo Design Blog

I had been reading a lot about how designer in design contest sites rip off designs and post them as concepts. Today, we realized Logo Design Works has also become a victim of this issue.

We had created a crab based logo design for a company back in 2005 for a client, Cajun Crab Restaurant. It was a fairly illustrative design and the client was quite happy with it. Here is original logo. You can see it in our mascot design portfolio.

Today we found that a design had ripped the Cajun Crab design from our site, modified it slightly and posted it as a concept on the 99Designs contest site. You can see the contest here. In fact one of the other designers mentioned this design rip off in the same contest.

I find this quite agitating. We have sent off a notice to 99Designs website. Hopefully they will bring the designs down and reprimand the designer. If that does not happen we plan to inform the client (who actually owns a trademark for this logo design) and pass it to our legal counsel.

This is disgraceful. Wanna be designers trolling design sites, ripping off designs and trying to pass them off as their own. Actually I would blame the design contest sites since they are catalysts in promoting such a culture.

A logo is a symbol of pride regardless of the industry you’re in. That’s why you will read so many harsh comments about logo redesigns of cities or brands. And they have the right to do so because we are all part-owners of logos and brands we patronize.
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We mentioned last year about the cleverness of Obama’s logo and its flexibility to adapt with other logos during its campaign last year. It comes as no surprise then that different companies, big and small, will find a way to make the most of this powerful logo and profit from its success.
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Hoping to attract more visitors, the French government has decided to re-brand its tourism logo along with a new tagline. This romantic country is the world’s number 1 travel destination with more than 82 million visitors in 2007. However, its popular spots like Eiffel Tower, French Riviera, and vineyards were not enough to convert visits to tourism revenue.
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2009 is here and every one at Logo Design Works wishes you all A Happy New Year!

Last year has seen a lot in terms of the economic crisis and almost every one has been tested. Hopefully 2009 will be a better year.

At Logo Design Works, we had worked on more than 600 projects in 2008 and had moved to a bigger office in Cleveland. Even though our team size has reduced, we now have a highly qualified, experienced and motivated team.

We wish all our customers the best of luck in 2009!