Creative Wordmark Logos

I am really interested in workmark and logo design. I am excited about making a logo for myself next semester. I think it is extremely difficult to design logos, and I am awestruck when I see a really, really good one.

I decided to only post wordmarks because I think they are even more difficult to design than logos that use illustrative elements (wordmarks use very minimal illustrative elements). I am posting quite a few wordmark logos here, all of which I like, some of which I think are exemplary. Many of them I've seen before, and so have you. I just really love seeing creative solutions for something that is really important to a company or an individual in terms of their brand, their identity.

I put the five that I think are the most creative at the top. As you see, many of these were designed by famous designers.

Paul Driver

Herb Lubalin

Herb Lubalin

Paula Scher

Sean Heisler

Ivan Chermayeff

Josiah Jost (Siah-Design)

Alen Pavlovi

Stephen Boark (from boundary company)

I guess I'll include the wordmark I designed in my typography I class last year. I'm pretty happy with it. And, Mobile Mutts used it on a crystal award for volunteer of the year, on a flier for an event, and it was on their website for a time! Here it is. (And, it took a LOT of work to come up with the concept, execute it, and refine it!)

Fun stuff!




sources:
http://designinstruct.com/visual-inspiration/logotypewordmark-logos-30-creative-examples/
http://www.awwwards.com/99-creative-logo-designs-for-inspiration.html
http://www.logospire.com/
http://www.designfollow.com/articles/firefox/world-top-ten-best-designed-logos/
http://famouslogos.net/