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Vintage Crest/Insignia for Historic Town Blog

Essex on Lake Champlain

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Project: Vintage Crest/Insignia for Histor ...
Contest Launched: May 23, 2012
Selected: 3 winning design from 54 concepts
Winning Design by: DigitalDream
Close Date: May 31, 2012


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Vintage Crest/Insignia for Historic Town Blog

Essex on Lake Champlain

A guide and community blog for Essex, New York.

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Simple but elegant logo that looks like it might date from the early 1800s. It should be a single color and work equally well in black ink, embroidery, etc. See example of the embroidered hat we used last season, but note that this logo does NOT necessarily have to incorporate the wording, “Essex on Lake Champlain”. A mountain/lake themed crest or nautical burgee might offer a starting point. Other visual ideas to explore: SX in period font, traditional anchor, Adirondack Mountains, Lake Champlain, Essex-Charlotte ferry, rising/setting sun motif (see Historic Essex),

Essex, NY is unique as a destination because it combines architectural and historic heritage (the town was founded and almost totally built in the first half of the 1800s and remains extremely well preserved) with rich lifestyle opportunities afforded by the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Champlain which is the biggest lake in the United States after the Great Lakes.

I've listed some more ideas for inspiration in the suggestions/ideas section below including some visual references.

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Illustrative


Retro
Traditional
Sophisticated
Simple

Dark, nautical blue and white but should work equally well in black and white.

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Although none of these suggestions are intended as literal models for the logo, they are provided to help narrow the direction I'd like to go. I will also upload a quick (and unquestionably poor) mockup of one brainstorm that came to me. I know you'll do much better!

Essex sun rising/setting motif (see Facebook logo)

http://www.facebook.com/EssexNY

Kiel James Patrick (logo)

https://kieljamespatrick.com

Historic Essex (logo)

http://essexny.org/

Lake Champlain Transportation

http://www.ferries.com/about/gift-shop

Old Adirondack

http://www.oldadirondack.com/

Lake Champlain Committee

http://www.lakechamplaincommittee.org/

Rare Nantucket

http://www.ectomachine.com/wp-content/themes/ectomachine_theme/images/2009/05/31.jpg

Lake Champlain Research Institute

http://web.plattsburgh.edu/files/446/images/lcri-logo-sm.jpg

Ruthcliffe

http://www.ruthcliffe.com/images/logo250.jpg

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Discussion


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  • June 01, 2012 6:34 AM
    emargau emargau
      Project Holder
    Much thanks, everyone. Really appreciate your interest in creative logo ideas. I have selected winners and look forward to working with you all again soon. Keep your eyes peeled as I have two more projects that I'll post in short succession. Cheers!

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  • May 28, 2012 3:38 PM
    DigitalDream DigitalDream
     
    Thanks for the invite

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  • May 26, 2012 11:23 AM
    SiteAdmin SiteAdmin
     
    Attention Designers!! MycroBurst permits you to submit unlimited designs with unlimited variations. However, if you are providing 2 or 3 different color versions of the same logo in one draft, please make sure that if the particular draft gets finalized, each color version should be separated before you will send the final files. Thanks, MB/LDG Team

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  • May 26, 2012 9:12 AM
    emargau emargau
      Project Holder
    Quick update: on the recommendation of one of the designers, I've guaranteed this project. Hope that inspires confidence! And thanks for teaching this newbie about Mycroburst "best practice". Don't worry, I'm a quick learner. :-)

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  • May 25, 2012 9:41 PM
    LogoCloneService LogoCloneService
     
    thanks for the invite

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  • May 25, 2012 10:08 AM
    emargau emargau
      Project Holder
    Thanks, micpus for your newest versions. Closer! I'm contacting you with some more individual feedback. And mdsgrafix, I really like the clean, simple quality you've captured. I can see these working well as embroidered logos. I'm sending you direct feedback, but please note that Essex is spelled without the final "s" in your example. Thanks. I've posted a handful of new mockups for you to see in order to help guide the process based upon what I've seen so far.

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  • May 24, 2012 1:05 PM
    micpus micpus
     
    sweet, looking forward to it :-)

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  • May 24, 2012 12:59 PM
    emargau emargau
      Project Holder
    Fantastic! We have our first two drafts. Thanks, micpus for getting things started. Nice bold imaging. I'll shoot you a private message with some feedback.

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