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  1. lebowski

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    Nov 20th 2007, 01:50

    Wow. Really, everyone? Really? There is alot of talent in buffalo no question, but lets not be patronizing here, most of these are just plain horrible. period. 300 bucks in merch? Tells me the owners dont believe in the talent in Buffalo. Good logo design takes time, talent and an understanding of a myriad of things like target audiences, demographics, trends, etc. To understand and unearth these facts takes research. Research takes time. For fun, lets say 5 hours of research. An independent designer should be charging $60-85 an hour (if they are worth their salt). Boom, were already at 300-425 without putting pencil to paper. Double that for sketches, triple/quadruple that for final art and, honestly, youre still making out pretty well at 1200-1700 for a quality business identity that will last a minimum of 5 years (thats if its too trendy and needs a redesign). Thats $240-340/year for a quality ID that you might be able to recoup in some manner with t-shirts/posters. Not a bad ROI when you break it down. But thats just me.

    I do agree the artwork '6-pack' rocks, the bottle cap idea is interesting (old bisons logo) and the bw front of the barrel is working. All the others should be burned like its 1813.

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  2. anyoltime

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    Nov 18th 2007, 07:13

    what a great bunch of independant entries! what was the prize? they contest holders should pay all of them something and use them on their merchandise...t shirts,mugs,stuffed drunken monkies etc!!!! i like the six pack one also ..but the winner has a classy look to it.

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  3. ChristaSeychew

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    Nov 17th 2007, 14:59

    Wow, I'm impressed. I think more new owners should weigh the possibility of opening up logo design to the public- the wealth of ideas here is spectacular. I can't wait to hear about the person that won- and, a tshirt sporting all of the logos would be really cool. Maybe the winning logo could be on the front and a collage of all of the others on the back?

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  4. AppleJack

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    Nov 18th 2007, 19:20

    Is the winner handwritten? It's nice, but it needs some more reworking of the letters and their proportions. The six pack beer village one was my favorite as well (4th from the bottom, right hand side). There is some design talent in Buffalo for sure.

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  5. TownLine

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    Nov 17th 2007, 15:25

    Wow, how cool were the results to this?! I like the winner a lot, but there are about a dozen others in there that may have been just as good.

    I can't wait till this place is open! They are going to do some dynamite business.

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  6. senorita

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    Nov 17th 2007, 14:38

    I like the winner. I also like the bottom right beer mug/house and the six-pack village. There are so many fun ones!

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  7. SilentMajority

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    Nov 17th 2007, 16:04

    Some great entries! Just one tip - when it comes to logo design - they should always be kept to one or two colors. The more colors you add in, the higher the cost to reproduce that image - especially when it comes to screen printing. I look forward to the next contest!

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  8. philhoneycutt

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    Nov 18th 2007, 09:04

    Congrats to the winner! I entered a couple of logos and have reworked them and you can buy them on products at this online store: http://www.cafepress.com/ben_beer

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  9. LivingForge

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    Nov 17th 2007, 16:41

    I really like the one with the beer bottle in the skyline. The winner is good too!

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  10. duke

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    Nov 19th 2007, 17:56

    hmm... i don't think it was a good idea to announce this on a saturday afternoon.
    can't say that i agree with the winner either. this doesn't remind me of a classy, gourmet beer and food market. oh well, what do i know?

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  11. scooter

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    Nov 17th 2007, 18:18

    I like the winner.........simple, classy.

    my fav is the beer barrel.

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  12. duke

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    Nov 20th 2007, 17:07

    thanks for your breakdown lebowski, though i don't think it was necessary. do you really think a mom and pop start-up shop would spend $3,000+ just to develop a logo? they obviously don't care about a branding strategy. aside from that, this competition was open to all BR readers, soo that would explain the wide "variety" of entries. a few of these logos have potential, but thats the price you pay when you host an open a competition to those that don't necessarily design logos for a living and will do work for free gourmet beer.

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