Can you judge this design? (San Antonio, Vidor: condo, designer, trees)

[PopsGuysRule]

Originally Posted by SilverCreek78250

This version (http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/images/easttown_Logo02.gif - broken link) looks nice, but it doesn't match our skyline. But I like how they used a lot of colors and lines.

Kudos to your friend for trying to be original - I'd just steal someone else's logo and modify it to fit our needs. Of course, I have no artistic abilities at all!

but is that design copyrighted? I'm betting so.....
gotta be really careful with that....

[PopsGuysRule]

I agree with everyone else. The design is non-descript and SURELY does not appear to be an E or a T...

Although I pointed out that Silver Creek's rendition looks to be and probably is, copyrighted, I DO love the idea of color being added, but DO leave the print in grey and white....

GOOD LUCK!! Hope he wins.......

[Cookiemeister]

I like it. Very elegant, simple, clean, upscale, suitable for its purpose. I can see the E&T but would not see it without the words below to clue me in which is ok since the words are part of the logo. I think it is very classy... very NYC. The more I look at it the more obvious the E&T and the more I like it. I know a little about design.

[SanAntoQT]

I can see the E and the T, but, honestly, the first thought that came to my mind was a graffiti "tag".

[Cookiemeister]

Maybe if the E & T were not having sex... lol. Maybe if they were not touching and less abstract... I like the typestyle because it looks Victorian or King Williamish. I think a dark plum color background would look better than gray. JM2cents.

[sapphire]

I see The Reaper on the right, and he has just punched the daylights out of his latest victim. But I am an avid player of the "what does the cloud look like?" game, so maybe it's just me.

[the_dimwit]

I'm with the others. While the design is pretty, it fails to convey what the area is about. If I didn't know anything, just fancy scroll-work and "East Town" wouldn't tell me much.

As for the wording, tell him to adjust the kerning (space between letters) a bit. Remove a bit of the space (squish it a little). The result should be a little more sophistication.

Perhaps something more on the simple side would work for the ET part of the logo. Maybe a really "blocky" font or a little less scroll-work (straighten the scroll out some).

Just my 2 cents...

--Dim

[tops]

I think we have to be careful of over branding a neighborhood. Isn't it already the St.Paul Square/Sunset Station/Dignowity Hill area? You could make the same note about Southtown just being the same as South Alamo/King William/Lavaca, but it seemed that from the beginning Southtown was more of summary of existing character, while East Town and this floral logo seems to be coming from scratch.

Either way, I recommend that the designer, and the client, really get into the heart of what makes the area special, and gives cues to that.

[Insomniac]

St. Paul Square is a small collection of buildings off Commerce St. Sunset Station is the Amtrak station and Dignowity Hill is a neighborhood that does actually encompass the EastTown District. As for Southtown, King William and Lavaca are bith included in the Southtown district.

[Bo]

I think the "E" leans too much to be immediately recognizable. I like the fleur-de-lis "T."