My post title is a simple question but I would like to elaborate it further to help you find a reasonable answer. People who have been in this design industry for so long are not sure on “what makes a successful logo designer…a design degree or creative skills?”

Lately, surveys have proved Graphic Design to be one of the most demanding and famous career choices. Number of students graduate from design schools every year but only few of them turn out to be successful designers. They all get their design degrees but why only some of them leave their marks in the industry?  

It is all because design lessons and degrees can "sharpen" one’s skills to a certain level of perfection but it is the inner gifted spark which helps a designer go long way. However, in this advanced computer age anyone with a latest version of Adobe Creative Suite and a Mac book pro, can claim to be a logo designer but only few come up with great designs.

Short and sweet, a design degree and few design software on your laptop, are not enough to make you a successful logo designer. Design Degree and Design tools can help you learn the mechanics, concepts, and theories of designing but they can’t add magic to your logo designs.

Please don’t assume that I claim design degrees to be useless and accredit raw talent to be the secret of a successful logo designer. After all, there is no way to skip the eternal trend of hiring logo designers or logo design companies on basis of their design degrees and design certificates. It’s a bitter truth that many talented designers fail to get jobs in established design firms because they haven’t been to a reputable design school.

Who takes the award – Design Degree, Design Tools or Talent?
Many people believe that one should work hard and gets a degree to do wonders in a field while others are too confident about their creativity skills. Many also rely on the additional exposure and services provided by the internet advancement.

Anyhow, I have openly shared my perspective with you all but still cannot decide which characteristic makes a successful logo designer….Design Degrees, Design Tools or Talent?

Now your go

With the arrival of every new year, trends are released for every field and logo design is no exceptional. Being a part of logo designing industry, involuntarily we become addicted to the design trends and eagerly await the long lists of design predictions for the upcoming year. Although I do not believe much in following specific rules and regulations for logo designing but I would confess that these trends can get you excellent inspiration sparks.

Logo designing is a crucial part of design industry as it is responsible for making or breaking the corporate identity of a brand. Therefore, it is important that we stay updated about the happenings and trends of the industry but I wouldn’t suggest confining your creativity skills to a list of trends.

However, with this ending year, I bring you a wrap-up of logo design trends frequently adapted in 2009 but I would like you to answer couple of these questions:

Not to forget….I have picked up the logos from logopond, faveup, logolounge, creattica

Dots and Stripes:

Circular: 

Origami

Encrusted

Typographic

Geometrical

Sequential

Pixels

Gossamer

Whenever, we have to get a logo design, we simply access some of the top logo design galleries which we have on our finger tips. Undoubtedly, these famous logo design galleries deserve to be on top as they display unlimited creative logos but it makes us overlook other qualitative resources. Internet provides us various compilations of top logo design galleries but have you ever come across a list of underrated but inspiring logo design galleries.

This is why today I decided to assemble a big dose of inspiration for you all. Below I have listed the renowned logo design galleries which prove to be of big help while designing a logo. However, to help you expand your resource list, I have also compiled some not-so-famous logo design galleries. It should be a company’s utmost priority to get a professional logo to be successful and memorable….just a reminder

a ) 10 Famous Logo Design Galleries:

1 ) Logo Pond

2 ) Logo Lounge

3 ) Logo of the Day

4 ) Logo Moose

5 ) Logo Faves

6 ) Logo Design Love

7 ) Creattica

8 ) Logo Funy

9 ) Logoed

10 ) Logo Galleria

b ) 10 Not-so-famous Design Galleries:

1 ) 38One

2 ) BuzzShout

3 ) Lemon Flip

4 ) Logolicia

5 ) Logospire

6 ) Logofi

7 ) Design Inspiration

8 ) Designguide’s logo gallery

9 ) Logo Gala

10 ) LogoTwo

You get to enjoy thousands of logos over the net everyday but have you ever noticed those unusual features which make a logo stand out among the crowd. Including unique features to a logo design makes it unforgettable and extraordinary for the viewers. Here I would like to appreciate the idea of punctuating the logos …. commas, colons, semicolons, exclamation marks, question marks and brackets can amazingly decorate your logo designs.

Exhaust

Negative

Person Tage

Sh*talking

Branding

Numerical Man

Look!

Wynne Designs

Luv Talk

Fire Embrion

Enfinitive

Up

Schizophrenic

nhow

Ingenio

Quotekid

Rawik

God Press

Cloud Corner

Inequality Records

Punch Quotes

Earth

What?

studpaper

Talkmore

Enrecell

Web Company

Restyling

Ouch!

Have you ever imagined the earth without colors…how boring and dull our lives would have been. My journey as a graphic designer has helped me learn the symbolic and psychological impact of different colors. Every color has a unique personality and delivers a different message. Therefore, when you get a logo design for your company, be very careful with the color selection. Always pick those colors which reflect the nature and characteristics of your business.

Red, is claimed to be the most commonly used color in logo designs as it easily grabs attention of the viewers. However, red should not be only used for its arresting quality because it says a lot more. It reflects courage, romance, aggressiveness, strength, danger, blood, passion and Christmas.

Yes, my friends, with the soon approaching Christmas, I clicked with the idea of collecting some of the charismatic red logos from the internet. So, let’s join the Christmas celebrations with these inspiring 35 Red Logo Designs”