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Which icon/logo do you like best?

Option 1
Option 2
A different logo that was submitted (Please specify which one you liked more in the comments)
I don't like any of the logos I've seen so far

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #300 on: January 31, 2017, 09:08:38 AM »
The feedback is fine. Neither of these logos speak to me either.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #301 on: January 31, 2017, 09:09:24 AM »

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #302 on: January 31, 2017, 09:11:07 AM »
I'm not voting..I don't like either, and much preferred either the deals revealed logo or the sales tag. I'm not interested in either of these, so I'm not voting (hmmmmmmmm this reminds me of a certain election.....)
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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #303 on: January 31, 2017, 09:13:10 AM »
I guess I must have missed something. What happened to the 'D-Page Flip' design?
I thought that it was very good.
I also liked that logo (deals revealed) but it seems the designer did not follow the recommendations & guidelines that Dan wrote.

Brands need to be futureproof & work across all mediums, Gradients are out, and the logo would probably not look as good as a single color.

Most new brands (especially web-only brands) try to future proof their branding so there would be no need to redesign every few years (like Pepsi, Instagram, google, microsoft etc)

Examples of simplification and minimization of popular brands:










 

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #304 on: January 31, 2017, 09:13:26 AM »
Dan hasn't had his bingo moment. When the right one comes we'll know

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #305 on: January 31, 2017, 09:16:33 AM »
Dan hasn't had his bingo moment. When the right one comes we'll know
I like deals revealed (though is it too reminiscent of Paypal?), but I'm not a logo expert.
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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #306 on: January 31, 2017, 09:22:38 AM »
Guys, as much as we feel like owners, this is not our site... not our parnassah... and not our choice. It's a privilege that our feedback is being solicited and considered at all.

I 100% agree. I just think that if our opinions aren't gonna count anyways what's the point in asking.
At this point though, it does appear that they were considered, just unable to be fulfilled for technical reasons. This I can appreciate.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #307 on: January 31, 2017, 09:27:17 AM »
I also liked that logo (deals revealed) but it seems the designer did not follow the recommendations & guidelines that Dan wrote.

Brands need to be futureproof & work across all mediums, Gradients are out, and the logo would probably not look as good as a single color.

Most new brands (especially web-only brands) try to future proof their branding so there would be no need to redesign every few years (like Pepsi, Instagram, google, microsoft etc)

Examples of simplification and minimization of popular brands:










Simplification - yes.
No gradients - yes.
Two-tone - why not?

I think the problem I have with your 2 finalists are the resemblance to Jet and beats.

Maybe you should first focus on the tag line, and then get a logo to go along.
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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #308 on: January 31, 2017, 09:30:15 AM »
Number 1 just looks too cheesy
Number 2 I just can't stop seeing an owl

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #309 on: January 31, 2017, 09:31:41 AM »
Number 1 just looks too cheesy
Number 2 I just can't stop seeing an owl
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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #310 on: January 31, 2017, 09:39:51 AM »
I also liked that logo (deals revealed) but it seems the designer did not follow the recommendations & guidelines that Dan wrote.

Brands need to be futureproof & work across all mediums, Gradients are out, and the logo would probably not look as good as a single color.

Most new brands (especially web-only brands) try to future proof their branding so there would be no need to redesign every few years (like Pepsi, Instagram, google, microsoft etc)
I am not a designer, but all the logos you mentioned are multi color. and even Instagram has a multi color logo, just they also have a b/w one.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #311 on: January 31, 2017, 09:43:02 AM »
Netflix app logo has a gradient of red.
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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #312 on: January 31, 2017, 09:53:35 AM »
Nothing comes close to the Deals Revealed one so far IMHO.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #313 on: January 31, 2017, 09:54:06 AM »
Guys, as much as we feel like owners, this is not our site... not our parnassah... and not our choice. It's a privilege that our feedback is being solicited and considered at all.
No one is saying it is but when you ask for a vote it usually means you'll at least take the majorities opinion into consideration which people are complaining had not happened.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #314 on: January 31, 2017, 09:54:25 AM »
+1 to all of the above. I wasn't trying to be facetious either. If our opinions don't count, what's the point in voting?
I also liked that one.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #315 on: January 31, 2017, 10:04:05 AM »
#2.
16 is definitely better than 22.
But as everyone said , deals revealed is the winner by far! Maybe it can be tweaked to "future proof" it.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #316 on: January 31, 2017, 10:12:31 AM »
#2.
16 is definitely better than 22.
But as everyone said , deals revealed is the winner by far! Maybe it can be tweaked to "future proof" it.
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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #317 on: January 31, 2017, 10:38:49 AM »
Who said this is a democracy? None of us own any shares (or are members - I don't know what the business legal structure is) in Dansdeals.com. We were asked for our opinions and other than the winner of the submission contest, weren't even promised anything in return.
If we are being asked for our opinion, let us be able to voice it. Not just choose from one of two logos that most people aren't such a big fan of.

As said earlier, there were over a hundred submitted. Also, many people have expressed interest in the deals revealed logo.

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #318 on: January 31, 2017, 10:40:02 AM »

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Re: [Final Round] DDMS Redesign Branding - Help us choose.
« Reply #319 on: January 31, 2017, 11:10:03 AM »
Guys, as much as we feel like owners, this is not our site... not our parnassah... and not our choice. It's a privilege that our feedback is being solicited and considered at all.

No one is saying otherwise. The thing is there was virtually unanimous preference for one, and as you know, unanimous doesn't happen on ddf. Like ever. So it was curious as to why that wasn't a finalist. I'm satisfied with the explanation, even though I'd try work with that logo if it were my site.