Beautiful And Creative Logo Designs For Your Inspiration
Last week we already presented our first selection of beautiful, clever and creative logo designs. This post presents the second part of our selection, featuring even more beautiful and creative logos that will hopefully inspire you or at least give you the idea of what the current logo design trends look like.
Just as last time, we focused on logos that use creative methods to represent the brand through color, shapes, and typography. Every design presented below tells you something about the company that it is supposed to represent. Also note the brilliant color palletes and unique patterns used in many of these. Finally, pay attention to the typography, especially font selection and coloring.
Below you’ll find a collection of 40 more beautiful and creative logo designs to inspire you. Browsing through the showcase, you will notice many trends. Some of these include the usage of simple shapes to create something complex, origami shapes, coloring and transparency trends, and many more. You may want to take a look at the post Logo Design Trends 2009 for further reference.
40 Creative Logo Designs
Further Resources
You may want to take a look at the following related posts:
- Logo Design Trends 2009 (logoorange.com)
- Logo Design Trends 2009 (1stwebdesigner.com)
Merxhan
April 9th, 2009 1:44 pmVery Creative These gives me inspiration. I like the horror films logo, Very original, dark bg, and clean font.
verli
April 9th, 2009 1:45 pmthese are nice, but where are the WP themes? Are you done with them?
These logos, and inspirations were submitted last week. You should submit and release more
free CSS / XHTML templates for designers to download.
sara
April 9th, 2009 1:45 pmI couldn’t figure out the heart one until I looked away and saw it out of my periphery. What a trip.
Puto
April 9th, 2009 1:45 pmEsooo, bien ahy viejaa….
che va a llegar el libro de smashing magazine a argentina?
besooo
C. Rauter
April 9th, 2009 1:45 pmwow, some real amazing works!
C
April 9th, 2009 1:52 pmI was working on a logo – fits along with my day and seeking inspiration nicely. Thanks!
James
April 9th, 2009 1:53 pmSome of those are really amazing…yet others are so simple I have to wonder why they are included (maybe they are genius in their simplicity idk).
Rob Stevens
April 9th, 2009 1:53 pmThe Horror Films logo is about seven shades of brilliant. Excellent work. Honorable mention to the Schizophrenic logo as well. Yes, I like simple. :)
RolsRice
April 9th, 2009 1:55 pmGreat logos! love the Family one.
nick
April 9th, 2009 2:03 pmi hate wordpress.
Tom
April 9th, 2009 2:11 pmTotally agree – the Horror Films jumped off the page. The “6″ logo or whatever it is – is physically painful to look at. Which must be a brilliant marketing move – though I don’t get it. the rest are very good.
Katia
April 9th, 2009 2:14 pmGreat selection!
Bojan Stefanovic
April 9th, 2009 2:15 pmThanks for featuring my work again, but can you please fix the credit/link from my logo? Is it a punishment for my critique on the way you’re presenting the logos here? I still think they are cramped in those tight squares :) Also, is there a particular reason why some of the logos link to sites of the authors, while some of them are linked to various logo portfolios, besides obvious reasons – ie not having the time to research :) There are several personal favorites here, two of them would be play and families. Nice collection!
Josiah Jost | Siah Design
April 9th, 2009 2:21 pmExcellent round up! I’ve admired several of this designs before.
Its an honor to have a few of mine included (Horror Films, Schizophrenic and Office Strategies). Thank you!
Lila
April 9th, 2009 2:23 pmWhen oh when will people learn that schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple identities and is not bipolar…
Tom
April 9th, 2009 2:38 pmBojan – which are yours?
Josiah – Horror Films – again – fun brilliant – what is the logo for (project, fun?)
John
April 9th, 2009 3:14 pmAwesome logos, recent found this logo and totally love it
http://www.alanvanroemburg.com/projects/parkslide-branding/
Bojan Stefanovic
April 9th, 2009 3:17 pmThe prank one :) I thought you were joking with me linking it to this article :)
wyeko
April 9th, 2009 3:48 pmfamilies and playground. so aweeeeesome
matt
April 9th, 2009 3:51 pmThe one with the hearts is terrible. Yeah it’s kind-of clever, but it is completely impractical.
lipelip
April 9th, 2009 3:53 pmthe schizophrenic logo is just awesome
BORABORA
April 9th, 2009 4:09 pmHorror Films, PLAY & Families are my favourites!
Amazing!
Mark Butala
April 9th, 2009 4:24 pmI may have to copy some of those straight. haha
richtaur
April 9th, 2009 5:35 pmReally? You think shleep is creative? Looks really lazy to me.
smalllotus
April 9th, 2009 5:38 pmfamily logo~~I like it~~:)~~~
Niki Brown | The Design O'Blog
April 9th, 2009 5:54 pmThanks for adding my tiny mouse design logo!
Derek
April 9th, 2009 6:05 pmSome of these logos are very well crafted. Horror Films, Families and More being the best. They’ll work in greyscale, are scalable, are quickly read and understood, and will work even at a small size.
There are quite a few, though, that looks uninspired – some look like a million and one other you see at the Logo mill, churned out by the dozen.
just imo.
Umesh Persad
April 9th, 2009 6:29 pmThe Paradox logo is brilliant.
tareq
April 9th, 2009 6:37 pmcool
Two Socks - Graphic design and print
April 9th, 2009 6:55 pmNice list, a little something to provoke the thought!
jamie
April 9th, 2009 6:58 pmmeh some are ok but half of these would never work in black and white. First rule we were told in school was that concepts for logos should always be able to work in B&W and color.
Shane
April 9th, 2009 7:17 pmHorror films + Paradox jump off the page.
@jamie – you also have to consider the usage; for instance, Microsoft’s Silverlight logo will never reproduce well in print or b+W, but it’s inconsequential because that logo will likely never leave the web (or be low-res, for that matter).
mikemike
April 9th, 2009 7:37 pmYeah, really nice. Ignorant fools might want to read up on the history of Obama’s logo before you talk about how awesome it is.
Me
April 9th, 2009 7:49 pmThe Obama logo just doesn’t belong. Way overrated and over used. Honestly it’s almost worst than the new Pepsi logo.
hira kumar maharjan
April 9th, 2009 7:52 pmi like time mouse design . it is so nice.
bs.kishore
April 9th, 2009 7:57 pmOnce again,an excellent list !
Wes Wilson - Founder, IncSpring.com
April 9th, 2009 9:17 pmGreat collection! It’s exciting to see how many of these logos are from IncSpring! Thanks for sharing!
fuego
April 9th, 2009 9:24 pmThe schizophrenic logo makes no sense. The smile/frown face would work if it was called “bipolar” but the essence of schizophrenia has nothing to do with mood. Shame because the logo itself is cool – just people are showing their ignorance when it comes to understanding schizophrenia.
Kevin-K
April 9th, 2009 10:07 pmI like that ‘Families’ one!
Creamy CSS
April 9th, 2009 10:43 pmthanks, really nice collection! ;)
Jim
April 10th, 2009 12:16 amI find most of the logos posted too ephemeral and although they demonstrate the Zeitgeist, i’m not certain as to their test in time. My favourite logo is never shown anywhere. It’s on NeMe forum. Pity they don’t use it throughout their site.
ziosteve
April 10th, 2009 12:17 amWow, very cool!
Darran Morris
April 10th, 2009 12:19 amFamilies and Playground are lovely.. Nice typography and a bit of imagination
Constantin
April 10th, 2009 12:22 amHorror Films and Families… OAU! Very, very expressive. I’m not an authority in logo design, but as a common mortal, they really spoked to me. Great job on those too.
@_dznr
April 10th, 2009 12:24 amvery inspiring! “the creative company” looks like one those of abduzeebo’s tutorial. awesome!
Joe
April 10th, 2009 12:43 amGood collection. They’re all taken from http://www.logopond.com aren’t they?
Enk.
April 10th, 2009 12:51 amCool Inspiring Collection.. I liked Horror, Cinema Cafe and families. All rest are cool too.. :)
Allahverdi
April 10th, 2009 12:53 amPlayGround logo is really fantastic…
Aizul
April 10th, 2009 1:05 amSupercoollll!!!!
Pradeep CD
April 10th, 2009 1:26 amCool list… really inspired… “PLAY” was good…
David Pache
April 10th, 2009 1:28 amThanks very much for featuring some of my work.
frederik
April 10th, 2009 1:39 amthe point is there is never going to be a company that’s called “page fold”. companies that want to get a logo done usually have stupid and empty names.
it’s a great logo but creating one for a company with the name “company abc” is the real challenge.
ubik15
April 10th, 2009 1:49 amschizophrenic is pure genius.
Thanks!
Enoo
April 10th, 2009 2:13 amMy favorites are the “simplier” ones – not fancy gradients, no color overload and all.
Schizophrenic is just excellent, as well as Paradox. I love the Office Strategies one, clever mix of pin and tower.
(For some reason, the “Horror Movies” didn’t work. I don’t like it but I can’t find why)
adrive
April 10th, 2009 2:35 amMy favorites:
Families – nice and clean,
Schizophrenic is just fine, but what activity it represents – online sanatorium?
Horror films is also one of the best together with air turbines
Snoupix
April 10th, 2009 2:42 amNice collection!
I made also a list of 35 beautiful logos few days ago
Thanks!
Bjørn Friese
April 10th, 2009 2:55 amAwesome post, many great logos.
Jacob Cass
April 10th, 2009 3:12 am# The Ultimate List of Logo Design Resources
# Logo Designer Blog – http://logodesignerblog.com
JAn
April 10th, 2009 3:39 amWhile I agree that some of these logos are greative and great, many dont work well as logos – any designer working on corporate identity will tell you that gradients, shadows, blurs and anything of the like that works well for bitmap and web is terrible for print. This is the reason why most corporate identity logos are crafted first in black and white, and only afterwards are a few choice colors selected. The more colors you use the more it costs to print your logo.
Also, logos with minute details (Illusion Studio or The Creative Company logos, for example) may look good at their intended size, but if they are reduced to say, a 50x50px box, thsoe details are lost and the main image of the logo is unrecognizable. Think of it this way: the Nike Swish is an excellent logo because it works and is recognizable both on the massive scale of a billboard as well as on a tiny web favicon.
Nico
April 10th, 2009 3:44 amMy favorites are „schizophrenic“ and „HopeSpark“—they even work well for print and other things. Great post!
Alicia
April 10th, 2009 4:11 amNo, the Schizophrenic logo is not in any way genius, clever, or great. It makes me angry to think that the designer didn’t even bother to research the illness before designing it, considering that Schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple personalities or any kind of mood disorder that could be indicated by the :): symbol (hell, even the first description on the first link that appears on Google will tell you that). This logo just perpetuates general ignorance and makes it out to be a quaint disease in which the person suffering is pleasantly loopy. It really is ignorant and just downright offensive.
Matthew Smith
April 10th, 2009 4:27 amGreat to be featured here again! Thanks. We’re real proud of our logo.
ozenyx
April 10th, 2009 4:42 amGreat Inspiration thanks for sharing. Really like the “families” one.
Greg
April 10th, 2009 5:34 am“No, the Schizophrenic logo is not in any way genius, clever, or great. It makes me angry to think that the designer didn’t even bother to research the illness before designing it, considering that Schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple personalities or any kind of mood disorder that could be indicated by the :): symbol (hell, even the first description on the first link that appears on Google will tell you that). This logo just perpetuates general ignorance and makes it out to be a quaint disease in which the person suffering is pleasantly loopy. It really is ignorant and just downright offensive.”
BINGO
heather van de mark
April 10th, 2009 5:41 amI’ve seen some of these logos before and I was under the impression that most were made for fictional brands. And while I see the benefit of designers letting loose their creative juices, I also think Jan’s comment about the practically of these as logo/identities more important.
Maybe they could be separated into in-use logo design vs. imagination logo design. Because it also makes it “easier” to design a logo, if the designer has 100% control over everything–color, tone, company name, company’s business etc.
I’d like to be inspired by the great works of people who worked within constraints that most projects have.
Yves Bernard
April 10th, 2009 6:15 amHorror Film my favorite.
@JAn – That why logos like “Deep Six” never win recognition. Thanks for the reality check.
@Alicia – Thanks for the info. They got me at first.
We should have more info on what or who the logo represent.
Thomas Strobl
April 10th, 2009 7:00 ami just love those logotype showoffs they’re way better than all this freebie stuff. Thanks SM!
Kevin Burr
April 10th, 2009 7:33 amThank-you for featuring some of my logos here.
Tom Bradshaw
April 10th, 2009 7:35 amI love these kind of posts, logos are so important and it can be hard to find good inspiration. Thanks alot!
Allen
April 10th, 2009 7:47 amI think a logo needs to be clear on what it’s representing. If your going to have a logo without the name incorporated into the focus of the design, make sure you then label it… like the Obama and Squared Eye… not like the Alight logo. And if your going to incorporate the name into the logo, make sure it’s understandable… the Play and Adjika logos fail on this (I thought they were PBDsomething and Adika, respectively).
I really like the ones that use the name in the logo, or the illustrative elements in the name, like Swing, Families and Playground
brian
April 10th, 2009 8:51 amGreat collection. Logos can be one of the more challenging design jobs. When my design tank is in “e” I will come here for some inspiration. Thanks SM…cheers.
Navdeep
April 10th, 2009 9:49 amAnother beautiful list. “Families” is really a cool type logo.
Haddy
April 10th, 2009 9:50 amDay one, page fold, office strategies, nice!
-W3bDev
Manohar
April 10th, 2009 10:53 amgreat logos… SM rocks…..
Families & swing are rocking
Alex Cue
April 10th, 2009 11:31 amThe Page Fold logo is the exact same idea as the very first logo in the first roundup: Fold It. Wonder which came first….
Also, the Horrorfilms one is genius. And the Families logo is classic…check out the rest of Herb Lubalin’s stuff to see what I’m talking about!
Alex Tayra
April 10th, 2009 11:57 am“Play” logo is very creative.
Kim
April 10th, 2009 12:07 pmThat Sidewinder logo is so sweet :D Took a while to figure out the snake thing :P
Ivan Raszl
April 10th, 2009 12:16 pmThanks for the great collection! I’ll link this post from creativebits.
I always liked logos with an idea, especially if the meaning is not as obvious at first sight. Here a few more logos that have hidden meanings. I don’t mean to spam, I really just want to share.
ayaz malik
April 10th, 2009 12:30 pmawesome share thank u :). do u have any art site related logos too ? Blasting Art
Gonzalo LLorens
April 10th, 2009 12:48 pmYuhu gracias. Ahora solo falta publicar un libro con todo esto que vais publicando..
Toxdel
April 10th, 2009 2:29 pmYea I have to say the horror films logo is brilliant. So simple, so effective.
Lee
April 10th, 2009 3:21 pmEvery logo on here deserves to be up here for one reason or another. Just because you might not agree with why one or the other should be up here, it is just your opinion. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And just because a designer has to work within “restraints” does not mean that the logo should be or has to be, any less imaginative.
bob
April 10th, 2009 3:45 pmthese logos were all horrible… disgrace
anjum121
April 10th, 2009 10:22 pmI really dont know why you guys are posting such crap in your site. If i want to check logo for inspiration. then i will just google it i will get thousands of design for being inspire . pls dont spoil you brand name to post such article thanks I have learn many things from you guys and i really appreciate your work :)
akin
April 11th, 2009 2:50 amI don’t see the relevance of spreading these type of works. The fictional company names and brands are completely inoccuous on their own, and only serve as crutches. “Horror Films”? Really? You shouldn’t confuse the subject for would-be designers by presenting it as “the current trends in logo design” when it isn’t even logo design. It’s pure design masturbation.
Jesse
April 11th, 2009 3:38 amabsolutely great!
thanks
W3
April 11th, 2009 12:42 pmthese r wonderful i think
aSmashling
April 11th, 2009 11:19 pmvery nice logos, beautifull for inspiration..
akshat
April 12th, 2009 12:07 amthnx its nice
thuyLa
April 12th, 2009 6:04 amLovely logos.
francisa
April 12th, 2009 7:32 pmnice
Poonam
April 13th, 2009 4:31 amI liked the Page Fold & Playground logos………. very nice :)
tom@plasticprinters
April 13th, 2009 8:10 ama lot a great designs here. i think a few might have trouble being converted to b/w and scaled down to 1″ x 1″. good work all around though.
Jeff
April 13th, 2009 8:30 amI am looking for a logo for a new website I am working on. Budget very limited
Anyone just starting out who is looking for experience and willing to do inexpensively feel free to contact me:
coffeefreak ::: at :::: ureach dot com
Ms. Tura
April 13th, 2009 9:33 amI agree with #59 above. What are these icons going to look like when they’re shrunk down to favicons?
Sarah
April 13th, 2009 9:52 amThere are some really compelling logos here, while others seem to be art pieces (I think the others have fleshed out what really makes a good logo in terms of communication and functionality). LogoFaves.com is one of my favorite sources of inspiration. I’m a great fan of the Horror Films logo, which I first spotted there.
I have to say though, that some logos I’m starting to see are a little more than just “inspired” by the Obama logo, and I’m not sure if I like that trend. Has anyone else noticed that?
Marc
April 13th, 2009 12:00 pmI completley agree with 85. “Made-up’ logos are not examples of good design, it’s just pure ego massaging.
ganjipally
April 13th, 2009 1:33 pmGreat Stuff… its gives inspiration to create great stuff.
Shashank
April 13th, 2009 10:23 pmVery creative and beautiful collection.. LOVELY!
I specially like – Horror Films, Families and Page Fold Logos. A real thought behind them.
Great Work. Cheerss!!
OverZero.it
April 14th, 2009 12:30 amGreat.