Behold, the new DNW logo.
A little over five weeks ago, Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire announced that he had been running a logo design contest at 99Designs.
Having narrowed down the potential candidates to 13 logos, Andrew asked for opinions on which logo looks better.
As always, when a lot of chefs are invited in the kitchen, the recipe quality fluctuates. 😀 Still, there is only one Master Chef – Andrew.
Apparently, the logo of choice was #5 that can be seen directly on the contest page.
There is a definite resemblance to and/or influence from the Network Solutions logo, that features a similar band or tape forming the letters in a continuum.
This particular “banding” style trended about two years ago in graphic design, examples of which can be seen at Voscast and in the branding of Microsoft Office for the mac.
A logo is an important element of a brand, and as long as Andrew is happy with the results, who are we to judge! 😀
The new Domain Name Wire logo has not gone live yet.
This post is 100% true!
Ribbons are the new “swoop”.
Remember how “logos” all used to have something like this : http://cdn.epltalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dish_network.jpg
See if you can find the new NameCheap.com logo too. . It’s a ribbon as well.
was a trend mentioned in logos in 2009.
http://logolounge.com/article/2009trends#.UdGpeOCbiy4
Adam – That’d be “swoosh”, a great design of the 90’s 😀