Create the logo for a new event services company

Showcall Solutions

Contest Holder GregLloyd ?

Last Logged in : 4236days16hrs ago

Concepts Submitted

397

Guaranteed Prize

200

Winner(s)

A Logo, Monogram, or Icon

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Industry: Events Logo

Contest Launched: Jan 13, 2012

Selected: 1 winning design from 397 concepts

Winning Design by: cdnmike

Close Date: Jan 29, 2012

Concept #383

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Creative Brief

Project name

Create the logo for a new event services company

Design Text

Showcall Solutions

Tagline

Include this tagline in my logo.

Yes

Describe who/what this design is about

We are looking for a logo for a new event services company we are starting. The company’s main service will be to supply temporary labor to touring music productions. We would supply stage hands, stage managers, runners, catering assistants, wardrobe assistants, riggers, climbers, forklift drivers and other skilled labor to assist in the building and set up and management of concerts and other events such as sporting events, comedy shows, live TV shows, Awards shows, festivals and studio rehearsals. During the show we would supply change over crews, spotlight operators and stage and production managers to assist in the smooth running of the event. At the end of the show we would supply crew to pack away all of your equipment back in flight cases and onto the truck so you can go off to your next destination. We would aspire to work for companies like Live Nation, AEG, Metropolis Music, SJM, Sony Music, NFL, FA, UFC, WWE and Festival Republic working for artist such as Beyonce, Lady Ga Ga, Rihanna, U2, Coldplay and may more. We have no website yet but to give you an idea of what the business would do I have included link to the 3 biggest companies in the market we are entering www.stagemiracles.com www.showforce.com www.showstars.co.uk The company would want to ultimately expand beyond the provision of just labor services to supplying equipment, design and consultancy and promotional model services and as such the design needs to consider this and not focus totally on the crew provision side.

Industry type

Events

What kind of design are you looking for?

Logo Type

Symbolic

Abstract Mark

Web 2.0

How would you describe the effect in your logo:(Check all that apply)

Cutting-Edge
Unique/Creative
Clean/Simple
Sophisticated
Modern
Industry Oriented
Masculine
Abstract
Geometric

What colors would you like?

Given that everything in the industry is black...especially clothing, black should be included and for similar reasons so should white. I have a personal preference for yellow but that is about it.....but I am open to colors. I do not want it to be too multi colored as down the road that is going to cost me a lot more in reproduction costs with clothing etc.

How many colors do you want in your design?

not sure

Do you have any additional suggestions or ideas?

I would be interested to see the elements of trussing or flight casing incorporated in making up the characters of the text Some pictures of trussing http://www.lightinggantry.co.uk/gallery.php Or flight casing feel some pictures http://www.theflightcasecompany.com/ In my head I see a large bold Showcall with solutions written underneath in a signature script and sort of a ring of Saturn going around the whole thing .... but that is probably why I am not a designer and have come here for help. Although kind of interested in seeing it if it is an easy mock up to do. I want it to be cool, clean, current, contemporary.

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Discussion

Comments

January 27, 2012 4:04 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Thanks to everyone for all your hard work. Congratulations to our winner cdnmike .... still to decide on which of your 3 versions is the overall winner !! Special thanks to Greenless and InciseLogo for all your hard work sorry you were not successful this time but we really liked your work.

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January 22, 2012 6:44 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

For all those we have eliminated thank you for your entry and we appreciate your time, sorry you were not successful this time. To those remaining good luck and please check your inbox for messages detailing any revision we might need. Please could all designers remaining in the competition indicate via message if they are interested in helping design business cards and stationary for us and if you have any website designing skills.

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January 22, 2012 5:40 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

We are starting to eliminate a large numbers of entries. I have started to redo the stars we have placed on these designs. From now on if we have finished wanting or needing anymore versions or looks at your design it will have been eliminated if it is not going to be considered or given 5 stars indicating it is in the final and is one of the designs being considered as our logo. 5 STARS DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE WON YET BUT ARE A FINALIST. If it has 4 stars this means it needs some slight revision or tweak to make it a finalist. Please check your messages for any comments. If you have questions on what it requires to get 5 stars please ask. If it has 3 stars your design needs quite a few more revision to be considered but we would like to see it developed and want to make it more suitable so please check your messages for details of what we would like to see. Please feel free to keep sending in new ideas though..... We will have a meeting tomorrow to narrow down our selections a little more. I do not want to waste the time of those who's designs we have no interest in which is why we have eliminated so many today.

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January 22, 2012 8:35 AM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Would be interested in seeing a design that used a 4 sided Hypocycloid somewhere in it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hypocycloid-4.png

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January 21, 2012 11:13 AM
SiteAdmin

Designers, Raster based design will not be accepted as winner so you all are advised to submit only vector based designs. Good Luck!! -Steve

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January 21, 2012 10:26 AM
fajarindia

i got it

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January 20, 2012 8:33 PM
fajarindia

two object i cant understand

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January 20, 2012 4:33 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Clearly #194 is some awful drawing done by me...You can see why I need someone with skills. I would like to see someone produce this for us. It is an idea inspired by #23 and some designs we saw elsewhere in other contests on this site The items going around the SCS in the drawing are meant to be a star, a microphone, a flightcase, a light, a hard hat (yes really terrible drawing I know) and another star. You can also use a van, a speaker, an outline of a person, some cable, some truss or anything else relevant you can think of. Will someone please attempt this. We asked the designer of #23 to attempt this days ago and have had no response. Please you the colors we discussed earlier with the black and white backgrounds as also mentioned.

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January 19, 2012 10:43 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Could all designs be submitted against both a plain black and plain white background

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January 19, 2012 2:01 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Please no color gradient or fades These do not reproduce very well at all on merchandise or at small scale. Where color is used it should be bold and of a single constant shade throughout

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January 19, 2012 1:59 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

These are the tones of Grey and Yellow we would like to use if Grey and Yellow are to be featured in your design Steel Gray PANTONE® Solid-Coated: 431 C RGB: 99, 107, 112 / HTML: 636B70 CMYK: 11, 01, 00, 64 Gold PANTONE® Solid-Coated: 1235 C RGB: 247, 181, 18 / HTML: F7B512 CMYK: 00, 29, 91, 00

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January 17, 2012 4:25 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

To save anyone else from trying it we really do not want to see any sort of rendering of graphic equalizers in the design. There are way too many companies out there using that effect

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January 17, 2012 3:19 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

I have guaranteed this contest to make it a bit more appealing. Outside of this design we will be looking to employ the winning designer going forward for other projects including web design if that is something you do, Stationary and business cards, banner advertising for events and other projects for us as they arise.

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January 17, 2012 3:07 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Interested to see a design with circular truss as in the link. SCS in the middle and then Showcall Solutions wrapped around the outside or underneath http://www.pslx.co.uk/Litec_QX30S_Circles.htm

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January 17, 2012 9:53 AM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

We have decided not to use SS as an abbreviation. To many negative stereo types associated with it, especially given our work uniform is black. Too many German clients as well.... Would still like to see some initials so we would like to use SCS used instead. Which has a better feel as 3 letters and has personal meaning for the owner of the company outside of the company name.

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January 16, 2012 5:02 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Help if I included the address.... www.showcallsolutions.com

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January 16, 2012 5:01 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Domain and company name registered a temporary web page has been put up. It should give you an idea of the services we offer.

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January 16, 2012 3:47 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

Interested to see some of the elements I mentioned in my last post incorporated within the text: Trussing. Flight casing, trim, surround, edging. Flight case metal. Lighting - par cans etc Speakers Speaker grills Interested to see Showcall Solutions or parts of the name written on the side of a flight case with that stencil effect that you see used. Interested to see some play on the SS of the Showcall Solutions creating a logo around the two letters with the rest of the name coming off it.

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January 14, 2012 6:01 PM
GregLloyd
Project Holder

I would like the font to be a little more complex than a standard text font. Maybe with some texture to it copying the style of trussing or flight case metal sheeting. Maybe with a metallic feel to it. http://www.rockemmusic.com/product/stagg-fc-8u-professional-flight-case-8-unit-rack The use of speaker grill covers or par can lights could maybe be incorporated. http://www.psdgraphics.com/textures/metal-textures/ http://www.pslx.co.uk/prod04.htm Maybe the corner edging and framing from a flight case could be incorporated http://www.carecross.co.uk/flightcases.php

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