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820
08-02-2007, 06:59 PM
Admin code added by Abby - 2NU66004FT4866332

Company Info:
King Scott

What text should be included in the main part of the logo?
King Scott (for sure)

What type of product or service do you offer?
Everything (EVERYTHING!) for the 'back of the house' at pet grooming shops as well as vets, kennels, etc... - clippers, scissors, dryers, accessories, and shampoos/chemicals.

How long have you been in business?
15 years

What do you hope to accomplish with your new identity?
The name King Scott is a surviving name from several businesses ago, and doesn't exactly scream 'Groomer Supply Products'. We would like the new logo to tie the name King Scott into a more obvious connection to our industry from a visual standpoint.

What are your long term goals?
Establishing some brand identity for our business

When is the deadline for final entries before choosing a designer?
August 31, 2007

Audience Profile:
Please describe your existing audience
Pet store owners, head groomers, buyers for mid size and larger chains, vets, kennels

Who would you like to add to your audience?
Internet shoppers, mail order customers, and possibly franchisees

Perception/Tone/Guidelines:
What type of logo would you like?
The primary distinguishing factor for King Scott as a company is friendly, hands-on service. We offer personal delivery in an industry taken over by drop shippers, and personal on-site sales calls from people who understand the customer's specific needs instead of phone based order takers. The logo should be simple, friendly, and a little Web 2.0-ish - basically, iconic. A good example might be the Sirius dog, and the PetCo dog/cat logo.

Do you have any colors in mind for your logo? (if so, why?)
Not really - something friendly and fresh. Something that looks good in color and black and white.

Do you have any specific images or icons in mind that you would definitely like to see incorporated into your logo?
The only way I can think of to get the name and the 'pet' idea connected is to use the obvious elements - a crown and a Scottie dog (Scottish Terrier - they have a very distinctive profile) in some way. Maybe a star or something that would indicate the 'American made products' angle. I would like to see an attempt at this angle, but then again you are professional designers so you may have a better idea and we are open to other ideas. What we are not looking for is 'wood cut' looking pictures of dogs, or anything that looks like it would go on a sweater your grandmother would wear.


Communication Strategy:
What attributes would you like your logo to reflect about your business?
Friendliness, Trustworthiness, Honesty, Dependability

What is the overall message you are trying to convey to your target audience?
That our company is a professional business that offers something a little different than our competitors - namely, personal service and a return to the old way of doing business. We sell quality, American made supplies, not the Made in China stuff that the larger supply houses sell - King Scott = American made products.

Where will your new logo be used?
Website, business cards, shirts, catalog, possibly private labeled groomer supplies

Competitive Positioning:
Who are your competitors and what do you think about their logos?
Pet Edge - VERY corporate, screams 'big' and impersonal

List competitive URLs if possible
http://www.petedge.com

What sets you apart from your competitors?
Personal service, friendliness and honest business

Targeted Message:
State a single-minded word or phrase that will appropriately describe your company:
Trust us - we will take care of your needs. We are always a phone call away, and feature quality American made products.

820
08-05-2007, 10:29 AM
Is there something I have done wrong here? I have watched this site for a long time and have never seen it take so long with no replies - have I added too many restrictions? Did I do something wrong in my initial post?

Unorthodox
08-05-2007, 11:13 AM
Hi 820, usually people post close to the deadline date, but I will come up with something and will post as soon as I get an idea rolling :)

Best

820
08-05-2007, 04:46 PM
OK - that makes sense - I just assumed that people would start early so they would have plenty of time for changes. I put the deadline out far so I wouldn't put designers under the gun, time-wise. Thanks for the education, and I look forward to your submission!

Bill
08-05-2007, 05:25 PM
Here's my entry...

giant
08-05-2007, 11:50 PM
Here's from me... :)

820
08-06-2007, 06:16 PM
First, let me say thanks to both of you for getting the ball rolling with designs...

Bill: I like the dog, but for some reason only the black and white version. It might be a little 'cute' as opposed to 'friendly'. It may be that it is a little too literal (dog with a crown), and that's probably my fault for putting you on that path. I looked at your website, and the Snooze logo is more in the ballpark of what I was thinking.

Giant: Working the crown and a negative of the dog profile starts to capture the iconic idea I was looking for. The dog himself looks a little forlorn...pensive...perhaps even sad. I would like to see the icon idea separated from the wordmark as its own element, with the crown upsized a little bit and the dog a little less gloomy.

To both: The mixture of lowercase and uppercase characters is a little disjointed, and I think I would like all of one or the other. The font needs to be a little more distinctive as well - probably no serifs. More emphasis on the central icon and less on the words, keeping things more compact - a square or circle shape instead of rectangular. Bolder colors. Maybe red white and blue to play up the 'made in America' angle.

Thanks for the submissions, and I look forward to new versions of these, and more from other designers!

Titania
08-06-2007, 06:20 PM
i'm in! i'll post asap! :yes:

Titania
08-13-2007, 09:09 AM
:)

Titania
08-13-2007, 09:10 AM
and another one... :D

820
08-15-2007, 07:44 PM
Titania: I really like the crown tilted over the O. However, together with the other one and the one on the dog, there might be too many crowns. I like the font, and prefer the second color scheme to the first. The dog might be a little too detailed, as I can see it being too intricate for smaller print sizes (envelopes, business cards, etc...)

We're still a little too flat and wide on the shape of the logo - I would still like to see something square or round with an iconic image surrounded by the text - splitting King and Scott is fine.

Keep them coming - the submissions so far are starting to bring up some really good ideas.

Titania
08-15-2007, 09:01 PM
thanks for the feedback! i'll work on your requests and will post asap! :yes:

elogonics
08-16-2007, 05:35 AM
:)

820
08-20-2007, 03:20 PM
elogonics: This is a step in the right direction, shape-wise. We are still looking for a little more "web 2.0" tpye look. I apologize that I don't have a better way to describe it than that, but this latest submission is a good start towards a more iconic look. The font is a little too playfull.

Keep them coming - we're starting to hone in on where we need to be!

elogonics
08-21-2007, 07:02 AM
Thanks. :)

nvoke
08-21-2007, 11:15 AM
:)

820
08-23-2007, 03:00 PM
nvoke - We are EXTREMELY impressed with this logo. The treatment of the font and font weight with the words is excellent. The colors are also good (the blue is perfect, and the tan is good but we would like to see some other options).

The only possible fix or edit we might suggest is that the logo looks a bit too "Regal" or "Biblical" as it is now. I'm not sure if it's the shape of the crown or the majestic look of the profile, but we would like to see it softened just a bit, impact wise.

This logo is one that we would like to build from and start honing it down into exactly what we are looking for.

(don't let that stop any other designers from posting their ideas, though....)

nvoke
08-23-2007, 05:00 PM
thank you! is this better?

Rongie
08-24-2007, 09:30 AM
Here's a friendlier Scottish Terrier. Thank you.

Titania
08-24-2007, 09:49 AM
:)

820
09-04-2007, 04:48 PM
Sorry for the delay in our reponse - we had some family travel issues. Because of this, we are extending the deadline to September 17th in order to get our feedback together properly and make a decision that is not rushed.

I will say that at this point we are focusing in on Titania and nvoke's latest designs and will want to see some more edits/ideas from them, as well as anythinig new that gets entered.

Thanks for all of the submissions so far - this site is a great resource for small businesses!

nvoke
09-04-2007, 08:32 PM
maybe this?

Titania
09-04-2007, 09:26 PM
thanks for the feedback! sorry to ask, but, what changes would you like to see in my last version? :blush:

820
10-03-2007, 07:28 PM
OK, after much (MUCH) deliberation, we have decided that nVoke's version 2 design is where we would like to focus all of our efforts. Thank you to everyone who took part and we were very impressed with all of the work.

nVoke - the only tweak we would like to see before ending the project is a version of version 2 that has a bit more "web 2.0" look to it - a glass effect, something lie that. We still would want the current flat version, as it will be useful for certain applications. But for the website we might want something with a little more dimension to it.

nvoke
10-03-2007, 10:52 PM
hey! thanks for picking my design :)
well, let me know if this is what you had in mind...
enjoy!

BlueCherryGraphics
10-08-2007, 02:07 PM
Congratulations Amanda.

This thread has been moved to the Revisions Forum.

Client, please post a note in the thread once you receive the final files.

Thanks! :)

820
10-20-2007, 11:55 AM
nVoke, we like the first version better, after looking them both over. We would like to be provided with the final files for this version (version_2) of the logo so you can receive your payment - thank you very much for your excellent work!

820
10-20-2007, 11:57 AM
also, you may be interested to know that the people you created this logo for are from Junction City...

nvoke
10-20-2007, 09:02 PM
hello, whoah! that's exciting, yeah junction city is only 30 minutes from me :)

i do have the logo files for you and if you could just give me an email address to send the files to, i will shoot them your way as soon as possible! thanks again!

820
10-26-2007, 06:32 PM
bb@brentbennett.com

nvoke
10-26-2007, 07:23 PM
files sent :)

820
10-31-2007, 06:26 PM
Files received - everything is in order. Please release payment to nVoke for this fine work!

BlueCherryGraphics
11-01-2007, 06:02 AM
PROJECT UPDATE: This thread has been moved to Logo Project Archives.