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- dparra
I would love any feedback in regards to the branding that I'm currently using for the new video production business that I'm starting.
If you could tell me if it feels cheap, hi-end, boring, sophisticated or whatever comes to your mind after looking at the current design, that would be awesome!
I'm trying to make it look luxurious, hi-end, sophisticated, etc.. Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks all!
- CygnusZero40
Not cheap, but not very memorable or anything. It's a safe predictable logo but it works, looks clean.
- Thanks for the feedback! I've taken some of this into consideration and updated the coming soon page!dparra
- SteveJobs0
There's little luxury to be found in a coming soon page, but my biggest gripe is your centering. It feels skewed because of the top logo portion and the bottom social link.
As a matter of preference I'd tweak the lightness and tone of yellow to give a more rich gold 'luxurious' look and maybe get more creative with the social icon to fit the motif.
- Thanks for the feedback! I've taken some of this into consideration and updated the coming soon page!dparra
- CygnusZero40
Is the url really necessary? I think Id rather just see the logo centered.
- agreed. why do you need the url if you're already at the site?johnny_wobble
- yes, this. that flouncy font is awful too.detritus
- This is true, I'll defintely have that url removed from theredparra
- detritus0
italicised thin weight font is bitty and weak. Slightly dated too, if such a thing exists.
icon is a bit generic, but isn't bad at all - just would work better with something equally-weighted and imposing to support it.
- ukit20
I feel like I've seen the logo shape used too many times before. It's so generic that it doesn't add much.
- albums0
I've already forgotten it
- stewart0
wanna be sophisticated. too many fonts and weights. not really reliable.
- detritus0
actually, fuck the icon.
i really don't get why designers do that kind of thing to themselves.
- I'M A BRAND.detritus
- would you say it would be better to find a fancy brand name instead? DP is for Daniel Parra. I'm basically trying to build a brand around danielparra.comdparra
- Just use your name is what I'd recommend. But hey, I'm just some schlub on a forum.detritus
- detritus0
i ..er.. like the diamond background.
- dparra0
Thanks for the feedback, I think it's clear now that I'll have to use Comic Sans instead
- pressplay0
the logo shape rather looks like it’s for a sports brand or a techno label to me. rather technical than luxurious or sophisticated.
I’d remove the facebook counter – who cares and, with so few elements on the site, it is disturbing. You could also drop the facebook url and just leave the facebook icon as a link. And I don’t like italics, but well...
- fredddddd0
This looks like a go cart center in 2005.
- fredddddd0
Go to sophisticated hotel or restaurant and then try again.
- Continuity0
Couple of things:
• Logo:
Not doing a thing for me. When someone says 'luxury' or 'high-end' to me, sci-fi-ish imagemarks aren't the first thing that come to my mind. Neither is tightly-tracked, italicised Helvetica Thin.Solution: Ditch the imagemark, in favour of something more discrete and refined, if you absolutely need to have one. Change the wordmark's typography to something not italics, more loosely tracked and to a considered and elegant serif. For example: Leitura News Display or Emona.
• The page itself:
There's absolutely no reason for scrolling on a page that basically an 'under construction' thing. Really. No reason for this at all. People can't linger on the site, because there's nothing to linger for, and stacking what little of the tombstone data there is is completely pointless.Solution:
Consolidate all of this information into a simple two-column thing, wrapped in a container div that is centred on the page. No scrolling, just the essentials in one easy-to-digest view.• Bonus crit, because you've stuck around this long to read the first two:
Lose that background at the top. Combined with the logo lock-up, it's a bit douche-baggy (Bertt Barsh-stylee). If you're looking for luxury and high-end, get away from the clichéd, over-dominant black. True refinement isn't about this sort of in-your-faceness. It's about being understated, simple and well-considered.