If you’ve followed this blog for longer than a few days, you’ll notice we don’t get around to sharing other site’s cool stuff. We should, admittedly, but we’re so busy keeping up with all the cool stuff on Brandstack and Upstack that it’s hard to share other stuff. This is an exception.
Ryan Kelly of Pear Analytics (numbers guru and exceptionally tall guy), sent this to me tonight because I’m interested in everything “logo”. Normally, his stuff gets thrown to the side (kidding Ryan), but not this one. If you haven’t seen it already, here’s Logorama. It’s a 15 animated short featuring over 2,500 well known logos. Not suprisingly, it’s been nominated for Best Short Film in this year’s Oscars.
You’ll probably need to watch it a few times to catch them all, but how can you not. I’ve always envisioned Ronald McDonald being a mass criminal but have never seen it. Now you can…
Every week, we’ll summarize the week in Brandstack. Every week, you will read it. Glad we had this talk.
Here’s take two of the new and improved Week-End Wrap-Up. Now with pictures! Again, it’s amazing the quality of logos we get and we sell weekly. We’re so very proud. *tear*
— Cloud Cast by littleboxofideas – 40 springs
— DogCat by vasvarip – 37 springs
— jollidrop by NancyCarterDesign – 36 springs
— friendby by willfarant – 35 springs
— YellowRoom by voxsix – 32 springs
Every month, Brandstack will recognize logos which exhibit particular badassedness. Is that a real word? At Brandstack, it is. Scroll down to see why…
We’re back with our second go at this feature after having a lot of fun going through and selecting logos last month. It seems you guys really enjoyed what we came up with, so why not keep the party going? Like Mardis Gras. We had some extra beads, so we went with 42 instead of 23 logos.
And to clarify, these are logos all posted in the month of February. That is why they are badass logos for February. We can’t show you logos for March because they don’t exist yet and we do not have a time machine. At least… not yet.
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Every week, we’ll summarize the week in Brandstack. Every week, you will read it. Glad we had this talk.
As you can probably already see, we’ve decided to make our Week-End Wrap-up feature a little prettier for you. Who doesn’t want to see these beautiful logos on a weekly basis? Nobody. That’s who. Wait… double negative… Yeah, nobody.
— Angryz by TabithaKristen – 56 springs
— Ultimate Victory by 1981 – 48 springs
— Databox by Martys – 44 springs
— Nordero by WildOne – 41 springs
— Chip-Chop by DNA – 36 springs
It’s almost that time of year. In the next few weeks, South By Southwest will be rolling into Austin, Texas as will we. We’ll be showing off Upstack, our new service for custom graphic design work and we’re sure to be the belles of the ball. First of all, we’re all going to be wearing the most exquisite evening gowns, with… Well, actually, we don’t want to ruin the surprise.
In all seriousness, we’re very excited about exhibiting our new creation at SXSW 2010 and getting to meet with a lot of you in person. We’ll be giving away $100 discounts on design work through Upstack and some other great stuff we’re sure you won’t want to miss out on.
In all funness, we’ll also have an Xbox set up, most likely with Rock Band so you can show off your skillz to us. Who knows, you might impress us and we’ll marry you. Be forewarned, though, we don’t know how to cook.
So, what we’re really getting at is, you are cordially invited to come hang out with us at booth 1123 between March 12th and the 16th. We’d love to see you there.
Every week, we’ll summarize the week in Brandstack. Every week, you will read it. Glad we had this talk.
A good showing again from the always awesome designers of Brandstack. Let’s keep it up, guys!
The Top 5 Most Sprung Sales this week:
Buildog — by oski – 40 springs
Silk Skin — by designabot – 36 springs
NUHOOO — by malbardesign – 31 springs
Webanchor — by alterego – 15 springs
Eco House — by Corobori – 14 springs
The Brandstack Favs for this week:
Bird — by Houston-we
Droplettes — by tanami
PixelPyrate — by 1981
BOMBERSS — by mircha69
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Since announcing our new service Upstack, we’ve met with quite a few questions about the process and a little bit of skepticism that what we’re saying can’t be done. Allow us to clear the air.
Here is exactly what Upstack is not:
Upstack is not a place where anyone who owns Illustrator can design. Every designer is screened for design quality and process before seeing their first project.
Upstack is not spec work. In fact, we don’t even hold design contests in which our designers get paid chump change after budgets are split up. Designers see project fees up front and don’t lift a pencil until they are paid.
Upstack is not a place to get only logos designed. We have already completed several web, print and illustration projects in our infancy and working on more. **Side note: We are currently enlisting more web and print designers as well. If you feel like you have what it takes to do print or web, please request an invitation.
Upstack is not a place where they can steal other people’s work and hide behind anonymity. All of our designers sign non-disclosure agreements and provide picture ID to verify identity, ensuring confidentiality for clients and accountability on the part of the designers.
Upstack is not just another website where the client-designer relationship is diminished. The beauty of this concept is that we provide you with a killer network of designers and the tools to make your design project a success. After that, we’re just advancing the traditional design relationship. Once the project is started and your selected designers are in place, both parties are in direct contact with each other in a one-on-one environment.
Upstack is not a concept that has been done before. This one goes out to those people who are speculating that this is just another spec site or another logo mill. Which brings us to our next point.
Upstack is not for everyone. Upstack was developed for a more sophisticated customer… someone who understands the value of a great designer and the message they can convey.
How can this work?
Because we’re brilliant! But seriously, we have already received a strong response of beta requests and we feel we’ve determined the sweet spot of pricing and functionality for the type of customers looking for quality custom design work. We’ve put a lot of thought into this from both sides of the equation. What will make designers and clients both happy and repair the relationship between both sides to more efficiently achieve great design? It won’t be contest sites. It’s going to have to be something else.
Every week, we’ll summarize the week in Brandstack. Every week, you will read it. Glad we had this talk.
Hi, again, everyone! Let’s get down to business and break down this week’s logos.
The Top 5 Most Sprung Sales this week:
Logossip — by TabithaKristen – 49 springs
RARZBRI — by matjak – 27 springs
ecoflutter — by logobunny – 24 springs
Infinature — by Houston-we – 22 springs
Homeburbia — by matjak – 20 springs
The Brandstack Favs for this week:
Sail on Rain — by Matto
simurgh — by mootova
Valentime — by TabithaKristen
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Every week, we’ll summarize the week in Brandstack. Every week, you will read it. Glad we had this talk.
We had a big increase in logo uploads this week with our announcement of our new Upstack service. We love all the attention so please keep’em comin’!
The Top 5 Most Sprung Sales this week:
Sushiluvr — by malbardesign – 59 springs
Woof! — by AM – 38 springs
WinkyCloud — by cooljaz124 – 37 springs
Hunterrace — by Vasvarip – 37 springs
The Installers — by Jeiji – 37 springs
The Brandstack Favs for this week:
Media Labs — by cooljaz124
iPadre — by malbardesign
Web Stars — by Matto
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Every month, Brandstack will recognize logos which exhibit particular badassedness. Is that a real word? At Brandstack, it is. Scroll down to see why…
This is our first go at this and we have to admit it wasn’t easy narrowing down the designs we felt deserved this honor. We take this sort of thing very seriously and put quite a bit of thought into choosing which designs belong here. It was even more difficult deciding who deserved top billing — the king of the month, so to speak. So without further ado, here are the Badass Logos of the Month for January 2010, starting with the best.
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