Paul Rand, arguably the best graphic designer who’s ever lived and the genius behind logos for IBM, Westinghouse, UPS, ABC and others, said this about logos:

“如果在传播业务中,'图像是国王',则该图像的本质,徽标,是其王冠中的宝石。”

对于如此奇异的图形设计来说,这是很大程度上的力量。知道目标是创建旨在承担这种巨大责任的东西,图形设计师以刺激,恐惧,焦虑,恐惧和骄傲的混合来处理这些项目。

Fortunately, there are principles (how many and what they are depend on who you’re talking to) that guide the development of effective logos.

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Once you’ve taken the time to understand what you need your logo to “say” and to whom it should mean the most, you can start directing a designer. As you review the options presented to you, evaluate them with these principles in mind:

1.简单

The best logos – the ones that give the viewer an immediate and clear sense of “you” – are clean and uncluttered. In general, less is more and simplicity is more impactful. Like this:

吐司的简单徽标 - 带有SANS Serif Company名称的面包图标旁边bob全站app请记住,徽标以多种方式,不同的平台和各种格式和大小使用,因此将丢失细节。强大的徽标几乎没有元素,每个元素都可以轻松地识别出您希望交流的内容。如果您的元素没有贡献整体,请摆脱它们。

下面的徽标试图将大量塞入其徽标中。没有人有时间花时间试图弄清楚它们:

三个徽标,每个徽标具有三个以上的视觉元素和其他文本

2. Memorability

A logo should be easily recalled after just a glance. A glance, after all, is typically all your logo is going to get from most people.

Like any symbol, it should stand for something singular, and it should be easily recalled if, after a person looks at it, he or she can immediately describe its basic elements (“It’s three interlocking circles” or “It’s a dog with a bone”). A logo that’s complex, fussy, has multiple parts and pieces or is overly stylized will be difficult for the viewer to “get” and, as a consequence, easily dismissed.

三个徽标,所有徽标都有极其复杂的细节

3.独创性

Don’t settle for a me-too logo. Do a quick search of logos in your industry and look for patterns and avoid mimicking them. Telecomm is filled with logos featuring globes, technology and electronics with logos that involve swooshes, and dentistry with logos of teeth or smiles (or both – see below).

这些都是有道理的,并传达了公司想要的东西,但是如果您这样做,您就会失去所有受到关注的希望。

at&t logo with globe, samsung logo with oval, and blue tooth dental logo on a smiling tooth

4.现代但永恒的

“现代”是“今天”,但不是那么“今天”,五年后您的徽标看起来很愚蠢。

而且,现代与时尚不同。趋势“今天很热”,自然而然地(有时值得庆幸的是)用完了蒸汽 - 可能要早晚。另一方面,现代化的风格较低,更受限制。它捕获了时代的相关特征,而不会详细地失去自己。

徽标应该是现代的,因为它应该是当代的,但对“热”组件并不是那么细微,以至于当该趋势运行时,您将留下过时的东西。因为那时您的公司感觉已经过时了。bob全站app

Your overall approach should be modern as should specific elements, colors and typefaces.

随着时间的流逝,一些徽标几乎没有变化,只能使它们更现代,但保持基本元素完好无损,例如UPS,星巴克和汉堡王。

before and after logo versions for ups, burger king, and starbucks

5. Balance

The best logos are designed using principles of proportion and symmetry. Illustrated below, you can see how both the Apple logo and the Twitter logo utilize circles of proportionate values as well as symmetry to create a pleasing, balanced aesthetic quality.

Twitter和Apple徽标用同心圆和黄金比例分发,显示出良好的设计

6.互补

徽标的图形设备和字体共同使用(通常称为锁定)并相互增强。或者应该。如果您的图形设备干净且线性,请不要选择复杂且有趣的字体(想到Fajita)。这两个元素实际上是一个元素,即使您确定可以单独使用它们,并且必须是互补的。

百事可乐徽标,显示文本元素反映了视觉元素

7.多功能性

Your logo will be used in a number of ways and in multiple contexts. Here are just a few:

  • 在T恤,棒球帽和fanny Packs上
  • 在笔,钥匙扣和水瓶上
  • 在非常水平和极端垂直的横幅上
  • 在黑色和白色背景上(确保您的设计师用黑色和白色创建徽标,以便在必要时满足这些需求)
  • 非常大,非常小
  • 与其他公司徽标一样,例如特定产品bob全站app和服务的徽标

Imagine how these logo would look on pens:

三个徽标,每个徽标都有很小的复杂细节,如果大小降低

无论使用什么使用,您的徽标必须保持其完整性并达到其目的。优秀的设计师将了解所有这些,并创建一个在所有情况下工作的徽标。他或她还将考虑其他任何其他品牌元素,例如纹理或图案,它们是您品牌的一部分,并创建一个与之补充的徽标。

If all you’re hoping to do with your logo is stand out, your designer’s job is blissfully simple. Doing something outrageous graphically will make you stand out; creating something painfully minimalist will make you stand out, too. But “standoutability” is just one element of good logo design. There’s much more to consider before you get a designer working on your brand’s logo.

1.根据您的品牌和价值发表声明。

为了使徽标有效地发挥功能,必须做出强烈的陈述 - 正确的陈述 - 您必须做的第一件事就是弄清楚您要说的话。徽标是符号,因此应该告诉人们您对他们的意义(或您希望对他们意味着什么 - 徽标应该有些理想)。

evernote logo

Evernote是一个受欢迎的录音应用程序,它使用带有狗耳朵耳朵的大象作为徽标。该应用程序用于收集和记住列表,图像,想法等。

建立使您的公司对客户和潜在客户有价值的属性后,请将其用作徽标的沟通目标。bob全站app

2.了解您的听众。

A logo should not only reflect the company for which it stands; it should reflect its target audience, too. If your audience is middle-aged male gun owners who take part in the annual deer hunting season, your logo should be designed to appeal to them, with elements that suggest things like ruggedness, nature/outdoors, camaraderie, strength, etc.

了解您对客户和潜在客户的意义和价值可以帮助您根据自己的代表(或应代表)来确定想要实现的外观。如果您不确定,请问自己是什么使您的公司比竞争对手更好;bob全站app更好的是,询问您的客户。

Depending on your product or service, your competitive advantage might be speed, authentic old-world craftsmanship, precision, attention to detail, reach, intelligence, variety, coolness, good health, power, innovation, elegance, efficiency or one of a thousand other characteristics.

您选择的东西对您的潜在客户和客户来说应该很重要,而不是仅仅对您来说。

3.减去不必要的元素。

由于太复杂的徽标不能很好地缩小尺寸,而且更难记住,因此您需要将“简单性”原理置于内心。将您的徽标煮至其最重要的元素,删除对消息绝对必要的组件或细节。此外,在许多情况下,诸如阴影,斜角,轮廓和渐变之类的视觉效果使您的徽标变得不必要。

删除这些东西将有助于使您的徽标具有更大的视觉影响。

4. Create it as a vector file.

您的徽标是一种通用的东西,它可能会在从最小的赃物(如笔)到大格式图形促销(例如广告牌和横幅)的各种情况下使用。因此,一个500px x 500px的.jpg文件不会削减它,因为大规模更改会将其减少到像素化的糊状中。

Enter the vector.

Unlike raster images like .jpgs which are made up of pixels, vector images rely on lines, points, and curves to construct your logo in a more mathematical way. Vector files can be sized up or down infinitely while the image proportions stay the same (and without pixelation or distortion).

如果您在矢量环境中设计徽标,那么稍后您将为自己节省很多心痛。使用矢量图形软件(例如Adobe Illusbob电竞官方下载trator)将在这方面为您提供成功。

5.使用Pantone颜色。

想象一下:您在家庭办公室的笔记本电脑上设计徽标。然后,您可以在网站上实现新徽标。您部门的某人抱怨徽标具有“太多温暖的音调”,即使您的笔记本电脑显然显示出带有凉爽音调的徽标。您将徽标打印为测试,并发现颜色的第三个变化。不幸的是,您已经为办公室订购了油漆,该油漆应该与您认为是另一种颜色的这种颜色相匹配。

监视器和打印机具有不同的校准设置,因此您看到的并不总是得到的。尽管使用Pantone颜色是通过使用Pantone颜色,但确保您的颜色保持一致的方法。Pantone匹配系统(PMS)是一种与特定颜色保持一致性的方法,无论生产颜色的过程如何。

通过使用Pantone颜色,您的团队将始终在同一页面上,无论其设置是什么样子或如何生成颜色(数字,打印等)。

6.有效地传达你的意思。

您可以通过对公正的个人进行“眨眼测试”来发现很好的见解:

  • 将徽标打印在8.5 x 11张纸上(不要填满页面 - 使其高约1英寸)。
  • 将这些纸交给尚未看到徽标或参与设计项目对话的一部分的人(换句话说,将一个人从街上拉出)。
  • 要求这些人查看徽标 - 仅3秒钟!
  • 现在要求每个人向您描述它。
  • 如果您的徽标的意图立即清楚,那么您就可以使用!

7.除非给人留下深刻的印象,否则不要前进。

  • Put your logo and 8 others on a piece of paper (arranged in 3 rows of 3); make sure they’re about the same size.
  • 将其显示给将要参加的许多人;让他们简要查看 -不超过30秒,但至少15秒。
  • 拿走纸张,要求观众回忆和描述尽可能多的东西 - 您中间是吗?

This is a poor-man’s research that replicates (somewhat) what your customers and prospects go through every day: they have just seconds to consider a logo and it’s often at a time when other logos are competing for attention.

For your logo to do what it’s expected to, you first must understand what your value and meaning is to your customers and best prospects. Then, by following design principles that are the foundation of some of the world’s best logos, you’ll have a symbol that stands for something. A logo can never represent everything a company is, offers or wants to be, but a good one will say something distinct that your target will naturally respond to.

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编者注:该帖子最初于2014年1月发表,并已更新以进行全面性。

最初发布于2020年8月31日下午12:00:00,更新于2021年10月29日