Cristian Simina

Logo redesign for Webia

By Cristian Simina

   on Jul 26, 2010
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  • Joel Glovier

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    loop to the left

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:30 AM

    Hi Zeno,

    You're logo looks really great. I think the bright colors, gradients, and sense of movement REALLY stand out and will attract attention and leave an impression. Awesome!

    Here's a few thoughts...

    1. I think that big loop hanging off the left is a little awkward. I kind of like it, but it also feels like its throwing the balance of the W off a bit. Also, it forces the word "webia" to be off centered, as noted in in my attachment. I think you could make that loop much smaller so it feels more balanced with the ending stroke
    2. I like the font for the word "webia" but I'm not convinced it's the right choice. It is a very nice font indeed...

    Thats all. I think overall you've crafted a very impressive logotype. With just a little bit more polishing I think you're ready to go.

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    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:34 AM

      Thank you very much but my name is Cristian. I will consider your feedback. (webia is a little to the left to "look" centred, but due to the fact that we design "off boundaries" i shifted "webia" a little to the left- Thank you for your feedback.)

    • Zeno Popovici
      Zeno Popovici commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM

      Sorry Joel for the confusion :) Thanks for the feedback!

  • Aaran Casey

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    1st one

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 2:39 PM

    Christian

    This is a truely inspiring and beautifully crafted logo...

    I may need to ask for some help when, I finally finish my new company logo!

    Works great in color as well as gray-scale!

    Excellent Work!

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 11:29 PM

      Thanks for your review, also for your kind words. I would be glad to help out.

    • Kurt Farrar
      Kurt Farrar commented:
      Posted: on Jul 28, 2010 at 7:21 PM

      Completely agree. Very nice.

  • Amy Feger

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    A bit top heavy

    Posted on Jul 27, 2010 at 1:45 AM

    Hi Zeno, I love the colored "W" in the Webia logo. It also looks great all in black. The only two things I would maybe fool with just to compare would be making the W smaller and the word "webia" bigger as it seems to be a bit top heavy as though it would tip the whole logo over to the left. Or visa versa...or that big loop smaller... I'm unsure of the exact solution. The last thing even though I also love the typeface choice you have. Maybe have a more contrasting typeface; as the "a" and "e" have unique curvy shapes drawing my attention to its fun shape, as well as the w's fun shape. ( It's just a slight pull, so no big deal really.) I like it. Amy

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 4:05 AM

      Hy Amy. Thank you for your feedback. I ll keep the things you pointed out in mind when finishing the logo. Thanks!

    • Zeno Popovici
      Zeno Popovici commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:37 AM

      Thanks for the feedback Amy :)

  • Eric Venuto

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    webia font and increase size

    Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 12:50 PM

    First of all let me say i think the W is wonderful. It really is amazing as a full color image. I have a few thoughts which may or not be any help. First, the "webia" below was kind of a throwaway to me. The logo seems to be more excited itself than the name. I am not as fond of how the logo looks as flat black + white - it simply lacks dynamic - perhaps add thin white strokes to imply those folds so that it still has dimension?

    Next, the webia font. I think the "a" has too much character. I personally think the W is so extravagant that I prefer a simpler sans-serif font (yes even simpler). Perhaps there is a version of the text webia in the current rainbow of colors. I had no idea what webia did at first. perhaps if you gave more breadth to the name "webia" it would be a bit clearer. Currently the name is totally overshadowed by your beautiful W.

    the w3bia could work fi the 3 were more symettrical like this three: 3. it currently just looks jagged and hacker-ish.

    excellent work!

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 29, 2010 at 1:57 PM

      thanks for your comments. please read all specs carefully before you review.

    • Eric Venuto
      Eric Venuto commented:
      Posted: on Jul 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM

      sure, what do you mean by specs?

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 29, 2010 at 11:59 PM

      specifications. |w3bia| is the old logo, wich i'm redesigning.

  • Szymon Niemczura

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    the font...

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    Hi there!

    You've got a nice logo here! Could you try a different font, like futura or metro? Would be nice to see the result... I'm not sure about the current one...

    I like the overall concept and the colors! Great job!

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 1:14 PM

      thanks for the review... i ll try

    • Aaran Casey
      Aaran Casey commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM

      Sorry I totally disagree... the font you have Christian is beautiful, futura is an UGLY font...

    • Joel Glovier
      Joel Glovier commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 6:43 PM

      Agreed - def not futura. Museo is a beautiful font - although very (perhaps overly) popular.

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 12:46 AM

      any other font suggestions?

    • Aaran Casey
      Aaran Casey commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:01 AM

      I quite like terte… it's a quite blocky, with rounded edges…

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:04 AM

      doesnt really fit. looks like a university logo/ font.

    • Zeno Popovici
      Zeno Popovici commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:37 AM

      Thanks for the feedback Szymon :)

  • Rick Battle

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    the "w" in "webia" needs to be rounded

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    overall, i really like the design. my only real thought is that the leading "w" doesn't match. it's nothing but straight edges while everything else has soft, rounded parts. i'm guessing that's just the "w" from the font you picked (which i like all the other letters from).

    random thought: the "webia" font reminds me of the new ubuntu font.

    last thought: the 3D effect in the left part of the big "W" isn't as clear as the 3D effect on the right part. i'm not sure if the swooping and flipping is harder to follow because of the thin section or because there isn't as much contrast in the red to orange transition as there is in the purple part, but it's just not as clear to me.

    other than that, great work!

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:17 AM

      the w in webia is just fine. sticks to the other letters in "webia".

      Thx for your comment.

  • Mathias Hofman Laursen

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    The letter W

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    It is a bit hard to make out that it is actually a letter W - looks a bit like a ribbon floating in the air ;-)

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    maybe too many colors

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    I like it. Very original. I would check to make sure you are not making another symbol in another language. WIll be tricky to do a box version as you shown.

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:16 AM

      the box version is to show the people how the logo would look like in plain white. actually all the versions in the bottom are just variations of the actual logo wich is the coloured "W"-like symbol.

  • Michael Tanner

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    Really effective

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM

    I think the grayscale logo is the most effective out of the 4, as there is a 3D effect, but isn't as complex as the coloured version. I still like the coloured version nethertheless, but there may be too many colours included. If you do go for the gray version, try experimenting with colour for "webia". It may improve balance in the logo.

    Overall though a really effective logo, nice work

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM

      The grayscale logo is just the grayscale logo :D as you also so nice pointed out. I should probably have another look at some of the colors used in the logo. Thanks 4 the comm.

  • Jeff Ballweg

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    Beautiful

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 8:39 AM

    I like the coloured version, and the grayscale one jumped out at me pretty well too. The only other minor criticism I could come up with was that I might make a different section of the W yellow than the one you've selected, as I suppose the yellow can be a little light and washed-out... but that's pretty nit-picky.

    Excellent logo. Looks great.

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:18 AM

      Thank your for your comment. I should probably revise the colors in the logo, or just some of the shades used.

    • Jeff Ballweg
      Jeff Ballweg commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 6:24 PM

      I definitely prefer the placement of 'webia' under the left-hand loop of the big 'W'. Also has the bonus effect of letting the name be larger. Good idea there. I do feel like that loop lost a little bit of it's 3D-ness in the slight change of colour and shape. But to my eye, this one is ready to launch.

  • Matthew Ruddy

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    Love it!

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    Really love the logo. Very creative and loving the colours its got going.

    Maybe change the font, it seems a little out of place. Not sure what you could change it too, however.

    Well done!

    • Cristian Simina
      Cristian Simina commented:
      Posted: on Jul 26, 2010 at 11:29 PM

      Thank you for your review. I ll try and find another font.

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    font

    Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    Amazing! Congratulation! I like the 2.0 logotype..but I agreed with the most of the users. The font of the word "webia" it's nice but I think it doesn't matching correctly with the rich and swirly 'W'

    By the way it's a good logo.

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    WoW

    Posted on Jul 30, 2010 at 2:25 AM

    Excelent! Last one is the best for me.

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    gorgeous

    Posted on Jul 31, 2010 at 1:37 AM

    simple, gorgeous

  • Aneesh Viswanath

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    Noting!

    Posted on Aug 03, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    I found it good enough.. no changes though!

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    Dont change anything its perfct.

    Posted on Jul 28, 2010 at 1:31 AM

    I like the way you used the different gradients and then there is that over lapping effect which is just cool. Moreover the logo looks completely original and proffessional.

    Great work

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    Maybe the font-face

    Posted on Jul 28, 2010 at 8:43 AM

    Excellently executed. Works in its most simple variations. The color adds spark. Not to convinced of the font-face.

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    Why i know it ?

    Posted on Jul 28, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    I do not want to repeat what has already been said, I will confine myself to one thing that troubles me: why do I know this logo?

    At first I thought to the logo of the company Infogrames http://www.google.fr/images?um=1&hl=fr&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=infogrames+logo&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai =

    then I remembered another logo, but i can not put a name on it. It also uses a kind of colorful ribbon.

    Finally, it is nonetheless a fine achievement, congratulations.

    Best regards

  • Ben Hewitt

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    typeface

    Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 7:10 AM

    Love the logo but dislike the typeface

    I think the 'w' is lovely, but its a bit intrusive - it might be nice to play with the size and dimensions of the logo, maybe bring the tail at the front in a touch and give a fairer height/width ratio to the letter itself - it looks squashed to me

    But otherwsie ace!

  • Manohar Simhadri

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    Draft

    Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    good work... curly design is so inspirational

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    Maybe the gary is a little pale

    Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    I see nothing to say except that the grayscale one for me need a bit more contrast.

    It think it is also better with webia below the logo.

    What i really like is that you find other way to use the logo ( white on black, only black) it shows that the logo is ready for other media...

    Keep good work