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Who do you choose to be entered in the Finalist Shortlist?

Poll ended at Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:46 am

Contestant ONE [1]
20
16%
Contestant TWO [2]
2
2%
Contestant THREE [3]
3
2%
Contestant FOUR [4]
0
No votes
Contestant FIVE [5]
1
1%
Contestant SIX [6]
10
8%
Contestant SEVEN [7]
2
2%
Contestant EIGHT [8]
2
2%
Contestant NINE [9]
3
2%
Contestant TEN [10]
2
2%
Contestant ELEVEN [11]
6
5%
Contestant TWELVE [12]
4
3%
Contestant THIRTEEN [13]
1
1%
Contestant FOURTEEN [14]
1
1%
Contestant FIFTEEN [15]
17
14%
Contestant SIXTEEN [16]
3
2%
Contestant SEVENTEEN [17]
17
14%
Contestant EIGHTEEN [18]
1
1%
Contestant NINETEEN [19]
1
1%
Contestant TWENTY [20]
1
1%
Contestant TWENTY ONE [21]
10
8%
Contestant TWENTY TWO [22]
2
2%
Contestant TWENTY THREE [23]
2
2%
Contestant TWENTY FOUR [24]
0
No votes
Contestant TWENTY FIVE [25]
0
No votes
Contestant TWENTY SIX [26]
2
2%
Contestant TWENTY SEVEN [27]
0
No votes
Contestant TWENTY EIGHT [28]
1
1%
Contestant TWENTY NINE [29]
0
No votes
Contestant THIRTY [30]
1
1%
Contestant THIRTY ONE [31]
5
4%
Contestant THIRTY TWO [32]
2
2%
Contestant THIRTY THREE [33]
2
2%
 
Total votes: 124

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Post by misskatiemo » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:37 pm

wow - 84 votes already!

keep the votes coming people!! :o
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Post by saigon » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:43 pm

its all about the 17...
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Post by 8bitwonder » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:49 pm

wow massive amounts of talent in that lot!

big ups everyone :D

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Post by ozeb » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:19 pm


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Post by dusty » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:45 pm

Jesus, its a close competition at the moment. Some bloody massive designs in there - severe skills on show lads.

If it ends up a tie maybe incorporate elements of both?

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Post by gotc » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:09 pm

I'm having mixed feelings with 15.
It looks very clean and professional but tbh you could insert any brandname in there + I don't know how it would turn out as a small logo on a flyer. Other then that, very nice :)

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Post by ozeb » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:12 am

Dusty wrote:Jesus, its a close competition at the moment. Some bloody massive designs in there - severe skills on show lads.

If it ends up a tie maybe incorporate elements of both?
Hey Dusty - this vote is for the finalists. There are just too many to expect a standout winner this round.

The Top 5 resulting from this vote will be re-entered for the final vote at a later date.

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Post by citizen » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:44 am

Hey Guys, perhaps we should make this one a sticky thread, so it doesn't fall down the page.

Nice work fellas (and ladies!).

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Post by jimmeah » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:50 am

No1; just a brilliant idea!

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Post by dice » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:42 am

number seventeen!

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Post by glacial » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:33 am

numbah 1

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Post by metalboxproducts » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:48 am

genfu wrote:Although most of these are executed extremely well, and i'm not trying to be overly critical to anyone who put the effort in to design these, my personal opinion is that making the P.I. into a little shapey thing is abit cliched. I just think if you put a p.i. shapey logo thing on there it's gonna look like every other mainstream house and drum and bass release. Something more grungey and lo-fi would be much cooler. 31 comes closest to this in my opinion, but i'm not sure the framing would work quite right on a round shaped label, because the dial is round itself.
I agree with this intirely. Even though the selection is all good, you have to put it in context with other labels. There does seem to be an inclination to go for the most generic (with all due respect to the artisth) design. For what it's worth i think 20 stands out as the most memerable and will stand the test of time. It will also look good next to other records.
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Post by forensix (mcr) » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:07 pm

i wont reveal my vote but i love them all :D

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Post by tehmaz » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:21 pm

Fantastic work, digging it. 17 reminds me of skateboard pioneers http://powell-peralta.com/
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Post by metalboxproducts » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:53 pm

tehmaz wrote:Fantastic work, digging it. 17 reminds me of skateboard pioneers http://powell-peralta.com/
Big up to the skating massive. Do you remember the old school vids they used to do like "Ban this" and "Public Domain" ? Showin my age a little bit. Dog town and the Zboys.
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Post by crazydave » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:27 pm

metalboxproducts wrote:[Even though the selection is all good, you have to put it in context with other labels.

If anyone has the inclination, I'm sure we'd be open to seeing a gallery
of good/bad labels, whatever the genre... for "contextual" reasons. >_>


Not so sure it matters personally - but I get what you're saying.
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Post by tehmaz » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:16 pm

Oh yeah the PP vids were way ahead of their time.
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Post by ozeb » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:21 pm

Citizen wrote:Hey Guys, perhaps we should make this one a sticky thread, so it doesn't fall down the page.
No worries Citizen - I'm bumping this sumbitch every six hours :twisted:

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Post by andythetwig » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:48 pm

metalboxproducts wrote:
genfu wrote:Although most of these are executed extremely well, and i'm not trying to be overly critical to anyone who put the effort in to design these, my personal opinion is that making the P.I. into a little shapey thing is abit cliched. I just think if you put a p.i. shapey logo thing on there it's gonna look like every other mainstream house and drum and bass release. Something more grungey and lo-fi would be much cooler. 31 comes closest to this in my opinion, but i'm not sure the framing would work quite right on a round shaped label, because the dial is round itself.
I agree with this intirely. Even though the selection is all good, you have to put it in context with other labels. There does seem to be an inclination to go for the most generic (with all due respect to the artisth) design. For what it's worth i think 20 stands out as the most memerable and will stand the test of time. It will also look good next to other records.
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I'm biased here, but actually as a designer myself I find the most generic designs are usually the easiest to work with- as they are the most versatile.

The logo should be as neutral as possible so that it doesn't interfere with future design decisions- it's just a seed, that hopefully will germinate and bloom into a full brand identity that has been constructed by several designers.

But actually in the end it doesn't matter, since even the worst logos are made credible by brand associations completely out of the control of the designer. in this case, the quality and popularity of the records is going to really be the thing which decides whther the logo is memorable or not.

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