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great job by all contestants, salute!

1) or the middle logo of 4) are definitely the best ones.

I’m glad to see a lot of good logos, and I’m also very happy to see so much Romanian designers here. :)

Number 19! Number 19 is my favourite! None of that overused wetfloor stuff.

1, 11, 14, 20 i think would be great a fit for the site.

Wow, there’s some fantastic logo’s here. Some really talented designers! Congrats to all!

IMHO Best logos are: 1, 7, 16, 21, 24 and 25

Impressive.

Favorites: 6, 7b, 24b, 25b.

Except for the treatment of the “g” I think that #1 is the best. Simple, effective and well-executed.

I definitely prefere the first one. He choses to respect your graphical charter (at least your favicon’s color). And for the 2 logo he proposes, I like the first.
I also like the number 16 but it make me think of newspaper, not to a blog.
The last one I like is the 21. He correspond to the idea I have of your blog and have a favicon (that’s a plus).

I have a question: Is there a favicon which correspond to the first?

Is #14 stolen from Link [www.quirksmode.org] ?

Not that I created anything better, nor submitted anything, but originality would be great for something like this.

Whoa! Those are cooooooool. Way better than the one I submitted.

I prefer the first one too. It fits your website perfectly while looking quite pretty.

sorry, but they are all ugly - except nr. 13

can’t see those “web2.0 gradient glossy styles anymore” - tell me any successful big site with a glossy logo?!

4, 11, 25 and 26

Absolutely awesome!

Obviously some very talented designers read Smash’mag!

Personally I prefer #1, #8(1), #12, #23, #24(1&2), #26(1), and even #28. It’s so much not web 2.0 it’ll still look good when the fad’s finally over.

The choice is gonna be tough!

Whoaa … cool, my favourite 24b 25b. I am so happy my submit listed here.

romanian is the second language as i see :P

#1

I don’t like the arrow on the “G” though… Keep it simple.

“z” missing in the winners link.

Woow… there are some goods designs there, personal favourite #1 and #11.

Seems that all of them have done well. All the logos are pretty cool.

They’re all really good. You guys have a tough decision.

11 is a gr8 logo… very nicely done but 20 would make ur site LOOK like a proper magazine.

Great example of why logo contests suck. They shortchange the contest holders, who get a logo that has no direct relation to their product, because there was no conversation/exchange/dialog between the client and designer. They shortchange the designer who gets no direction from the client other than “make us a logo,” but is then expected submitted (allegedly) original, yet appropriate, work for free, despite the fact that they put are expected to put serious time into it.

Even worse, there is nothing original in this grouping- every single logo in this list engendered the exact same feeling of “I’ve seen this somewhere before.” If you’re happy with derivative work by amateurs that has nothing to do with your product, by all means, keep having contests… but you get what you pay for, and you ain’t got nothin’ here.

Most are boring. when will this whole “web 2.0″ logo phase die?

So much style and very few ideas in these logos. Too bad.
I think the best idea and design is #28 by Matthew Ravenhall.
Well done!

1, 2, 10, and 26 are my favourites. Some good ideas there - Makes me want to find enough time to do a logo!

I love almost all of them, especially 8a. And I think all of them look better than the logo on “http://gillico.com/”.

What is a web2.0 logo phase? And if this in fact a current phase, what was the web2.0 logo phase’s predecessor called?

*Confused*

Love 24b! Blot image stands very close to “Smashing”

I’m surprised with the creativity of the people!
I like Hugo Beltran’s logo

Congratulations to all the winners!

Wow! So much of creativity and look how many designs you now have. That one there! #18 looks very nice and fresh. Other good ones are #4, #13, #17 and #20 but then all the designs are pretty cool and impressive. Must mention that #28 is much different than others and worth appreciation, good thinking on that one!

wow.. thats friggen sweet!

Link [www.everydayweekender.com]

I would feel bad using a free logo on my site… you’re bludging off of young talent.

#3 - love all of the meanings tucked into the graphic
#6 - some more graphic-meanings, plus it doesn’t look “so Web 2″
#7a - is it a smash or an asterisks? either makes perfect sense

hey fellows
quite a work these guys did hum?

#2: like the font-face!
#12: the S is just smashed!
#19: like the cracked box!
#24b: it’s more for a splash, but i like it too

Hey, I’m know the winner! 24 (second)! Sexy logo ;)

Other great logo:
9
14
26 (first)

Wew … wonderful … there are some very goods designs there, personal favourite #30

Do you want to vote #30 as your personal favorite under any more names?

The only one i feel would fit as a logo is number 1, the rest just seem like stock logos to me.

well looked that #30 good
clean and elegant
i prefer with #30

My favorites:

16
22
26

Thanks guys.. for NOT putting my design!!

i like No.12

26 (the second) is my favourite…

Numer 10 (the first one) and number 15 are simple and nice! I really like all the logos, you guys did a great job! I hope Smashing Magazine will make the right choice.

#4 & #2

Romania Hello from Moldova :))

In general, i like the logos. But I prefer 15a and 7a.

great works!

the web2.0 crap worries me :|

i wud vote for 30b
nice design..

the 15th is copy my website!~

Link [www.blueui.net]

1, 8 and 26 are definitely amongst the best. As a logo, 26a is my favorite, but I think 1a is better suited for Smashing Magazine.

Also, the spamming from contestant 30 is just sad.

Which font has been used for?

26. Marcos Guiponi

24b sticks out for me. Something about it that makes me wanna see more like it.

IMHO everyone is interesting but the most closer 25. Manolis Gerasidis (Greece)

Which font is used for logo 26a?

IMHO best is 24. Alex Molchan (USA)

30b, your logos really smash!!!! So…smash you’re life with simple mind! KISS yeah!

The first #8 is simply the best… I wonder how it would look if it used red/orange combination besides green?

Wow!

Good work Roland Hidvegi!

25a, only because it subtly illustrates the partnership between Vitali and Sven. It has MEANING unique to Smashing Magazine. There are many strong designs but 25 gets my vote for creativity, originality and communication.

Anyone have a link to an explanation of what Web 2.0 design is?

I guess we all love orange, huh?

Dan

hey, number 30 has a unique theme

“your smashing life”???
cool….

errr, the b part is more preferable, since “a” doesn’t really show “simplicity”

I dig #12 & #19. Both represent “smashing” visually.

Just curious what site some of these picks were looking at? Some of the color schemes seem to be for a whole other site.

i like knol aust’s the best!

Nice logos, high quality stuff.
No. 1 is my favorite.

I was going to participate drawing a cool red boxing glove SM logo, but I missed time limit :/ shame on me!

#18 :)
#22b
#24b

.. In no particular order.

6: I like the idea off merging information together.

24b: really smashed. but less gloss!

- - -

All others are a mix of too much gloss, too much saw-it-yesterday-on… and too much wheres-the-relation?

Number 20!

Speaks right up to me, simple as as it shoet.

Sorry for the bad spelling, neat to install engelish dictionary in firefox.

#30. your smashing life. for smashing magazine. is a good motto. not leave your old motto but keep it and straight forward. a summary for your old motto.

7b
13
24b (hot!)
25b
26a

#15a is very nice..

My fave:
13 (but I know they won’t pick it, because it’s not 2.0ish)

Others I like:
3, 5c, 8b, the one between 17 and 18 by Goce Mitevski (you forgot to number this one, guys!), and 25c

Snarky comment:
Good god, gentlemen, why are you manually typing numbers on these things? Make it an ordered list with LIs. Semantic markup!

I dunno about these. Take your Web 2.0 tutorial, add your logotype of “Smashing Magazine”, and you have a hackneyed rehash of 99% of the trendy logos out there right now. I’m pretty unimpressed, to be honest. I don’t say that as a discredit to the idea of a contest, as was aforementioned by another poster. I merely mean to state that pretty much all of these designs are boring, uninspiring, and cliché. If I wanted a Web 2.0 logo for my site or company, I’d teach my little sister to use Illustrator, direct her towards your Web 2.0 badge tutorial, and she’d blow most of these out of the water.

The only decent ones, in my book, are 11, 29, and 30 (you better believe that it’s very hard to put 30 on my list with that nasty type treatment).

Excellent collection, great job on the submissions everyone! Hopefully this many people participate in our redesign contest, but I doubt it :S lol

Nice logos. I like 25(2)

Yeah, frankly, I’m getting really tired of web 2.0. It’s just another “movement” that’s not going to last very long (hopefully). At least there’s a name for it though. Now I can feel relieved that I have answers to those art history dilemmas. The recent time line goes like this: Modern, Post-Modern, Web and Web 2.0. Phew, I feel better.

wow every logo is cool, i like all logos.

but i like 30b. really smash

All collection is nice logo
but 30b nice +++

I’m surprised that the logo by Dan Loffler got little mention. I thought it was the most creative of the bunch. I wonder if the sense of humor elicited from logo #29 is lost on the Web 2.0 readership…

Good:
#9
#24 b
#26

#7 like it but not love it, need more work on the ng and ag

#30 not preferable, the designer describes that he want to Keep It Simple, Stupid…and it look stupid really but not simple enough, the color makes the logo look busy, it’s to heavy for simple logo, the blue is ok

I loved the logos of Oli / Kooc Media, Alex Molchan and Marcos Guiponi.

Yeah, kinda agree with T Madrid, i was keep looking back to # 29, bit different compare to the other design

so I add #29

and for friends of #30 please get real, jangan mentang2 sodara don’ heheh

And the winner is… Salesforce.com

Personally I think number 13 is really nice - not particularly for this site but it has a nice typographical feel to it. Think there are some nice elements here that, with a little work, could make some really nice logos. I think the winning logo could do with a little tweaking with the spacing between letters. Think ‘Smashing’ looks a little squashed while ‘Magazine’ looks a little too spaced out. Great work though guys

Nice Salesforce.com Ripoff

Link [www.salesforce.com]

Most of them are really amazing, this must have been a very hard decision.

13 mofooo

Hi there,

All the designs are really very great, very creative, we have to encourage to all the participants and their work should be publicized with their name.

Thanks and regards

Abdul Majeed