Identity Archives Project
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- blastofv
OK, I need some feedback on this idea:
http://www.identityarchives.com
It's a keyword-searchable database of logo/brand identity designs (or it will be once I get the word out and people help populate the database). Launched today, and it's very very early on in its development.
Designers submit their logos, along with descriptive, conceptual, and subjective keywords, allowing other designers to search existing designs in their industry, or companies with similar names, acronyms, graphic concepts, etc. Does that make sense? Thoughts?
- lvl_130
it does now : )
sorry 'bout the shit earlier!
simple. easy to search. enough said.
now we just need more info submitted...i will get on this
- forcetwelve0
awesome idea. ive just sent in a few.
- forcetwelve0
will you be able to search via images, instead of having to know the company name in the future?
if it did it would become a valuable point of ref when designing logos.
- blastofv0
no worries lvl13, it def needed better explanation.
and thanks forcetwelve – yeah, if you enter keywords that visually or conceptually describe the design or name or industry (preferrably all of the above), then anyone searching for those keywords will come across your design.
likewise, if you're designing a Thai food restaurant logo for example, you can search for other Thai restaurant logos to see what's been done to date (once the database is thoroughly populated that is). Or if your concept for a logo has bird silhouette in it, you can search for other bird related images to watch trends and avoid conflicts - especially within related industries.
- elms0
i like it
- elms0
and will submit something soon
- republik80
You should just have a holding page requesting submissions.
Once you have enough, provide the search facility and launch the site.
- Baskerville0
It's a great idea, something that has been needed in the design world for ages.
It really needs to be a very inclusive site for it to really work.
It should work in a kind of open way like wikipedia. So anyone can submit anyone elses logo in lots of different incarnations.
For example the Nike logo, people could submit different versions of it from its history, with all its sub-brands. So in theory the big brands would have lots of entries which could then be edited by other users.
If anyone is allowed to submit some else's logo the database will build up more quickly. You need the most famous ones on there first eg fedex, nike, etc.
People should also keyword them by company sector and product, as well as geometric shape and style.
It could help avoid creating similar logos when starting a new project.
A great idea for a site but needs good managment and lots of users to work well and be truly useful.
- blastofv0
thanks baskerville – yeah, I'd like it to be open and freewheeling, although it's not set up to run as a wiki sort of project...and I very much agree that the major logos need to be in there. I should probably take care of a bunch of those myself.
And yes, industry, regional/geographic, and other valuable non-design-related keywords should definitely go in there with each submission.
- blastofv0
wow, thanks all for getting those submissions going! My observation so far is that people are way too restrained with the keyword entries. if you're sending designs in, make sure to cover fonts, industry, type of work that the company does, audiences, and then all of the descriptive design stuff as well.
everything you can possibly think of that might lead someone to find your logo when they're researching their own projects
- Teeuwen0
hey blast, can't you put up like a keyword list or something?
sort of like this:
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/
- Concrete0
Just uploaded a few.
This will be a brilliant resource.
http://www.identityarchives.com/…
Ben Atkins
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- blastofv0
thanks ben – they're all live – search your name and 5-6 come up
- blastofv0
hey blast, can't you put up like a keyword list or something?
sort of like this:
flickr.com/photos/tags
Teeuwen
(Aug 24 06, 05:49)do you mean a more detailed guide for keyword recommendations? like something that lists 20-30 keywords for a sample logo? I think that's an area that def. needs better explanation on the site, as it's the most important feature of the database. that flickr is dynamically generated though...what do you suggest exactly? thanks!
- Teeuwen0
hey blast, can't you put up like a keyword list or something?
sort of like this:
flickr.com/photos/ta gs
Teeuwen
(Aug 24 06, 05:49)do you mean a more detailed guide for keyword recommendations? like something that lists 20-30 keywords for a sample logo? I think that's an area that def. needs better explanation on the site, as it's the most important feature of the database. that flickr is dynamically generated though...what do you suggest exactly? thanks!
blastofv
(Aug 24 06, 06:00)didn't mean that, just a cluster of most used keywords, like Helvetica, Flowershop stuff like that..
but what you said is important as well, maybe you need to have a form with mandatory fields, such as name of font, year created, brief, pantone colors etc. etc.
- radar0
great concept.
- blastofv0
* bump
other recommendations anybody? I've set this thing up in a vacuum, so any feedback is welcome...
- __TM0
logolounge.com has the same feature where you can search their logodatabase with keywords. Dig difference is that it isn't free.
- blastofv0
yep, I thought there was nothing keyword-searchable at all, then I found the logolounge database. but like you said, it's like $100 a year just to search/submit.
Mines is free, and doesn't even bother you with registration.
- __TM0
this might turn into a fantastic resource for designers, keep it up, blastofv!