Check out… logo…2008 trends
Attaching few of my favorites…from each category… 
http://www.logolounge.com/articles/default.asp?Archive=True&ArticleID=607
Do I need to say that I hate the colorblind ones? Maybe it was inspired by the Core board’s “Color Blind Design” thread? That was about a year ago.
Does the site say anything about prohibiting the use of Comic Sans in anything? Because it should.
Why don’t we have something like this for Industrial Design?
that is some good stuff. Lets put an ID version together!
Sign me up. I think an ID version could be less frequent. After all, there are probably 100 logos for every 1 product that actually comes to market.
The Comic Sans burns my eyes.
There should be like an NSFW notice but for Comic Sans. Something like NSFHSGD.
Being a hyper-sensitive graphics designer myself, I say yay.
my only comment would be i think to avoid the graphic design trends as listed, but that perhaps it works in a different way for ID.
Given that logo design is meant to stand out and last for a longer time, i’d recommend NOT following any of these “trends” (which by the way i find highly arbitrary- its not that hard to find a bunch of logos that look similar and make up a “trend” to sort them).
not that some of the logos aren’t OK, but following logo trends, IMHO are the worst possible option for any sort of branding. not to mention that a logo should fit a brand and company and not some sort of graphics paint-by-number (or photoshop filter) approach.
R
There should be like an NSFW notice but for Comic Sans.
Yes.
“Everything rkuchinsky said”
Could not agree more. I’d say you’re instantly dating yourself following a trend. How many “swoosh” style logos did you see during the dot-com boom? About 4000? Same could be said for any sort of anamorphic blobs or using dimensional effects simply so you can use that effect from the Illustrator Classroom in a book series.
“Everything rkuchinsky said”
Unless that “trend” truly suits your business, no?
Yes of course. I should have implied that.
meaning what? i suppose if your business is one of those “trendy” nightclubs that changes names/owners ever 3 months, then maybe, but not sure what you had in mind…
…even for business such as fashion companies that follow/make trends, i would think such trend following in logo design would be a bad idea. trends change, but the foundation of a company and it’s visual identity really shouldn’t all that often.
R
I guess I mean from the standpoint of if you’re following a “trend” for the sake of following a trend its bad. But if you’re designing a logo that fits a “trend” but it evokes the right spirit for you company…I see nothing wrong with it.
rkuchinsky: trends change, but the foundation of a company and it’s visual identity really shouldn’t all that often.
Here few classical logos…shifted to new position/reposition themselves
so as become trendy…or …(started new trend )
Many of them do this ….suggesting their dynamic presence
…moving with current Trend…
Current & future visual statement…of the company
http://www.logoorange.com/logodesign-A.php
ip_wirelessly:logo that fits a “trend” but it evokes the right spirit for you company
Some of theses logos share similar properties…
For example….Global presence…IT …Online presence….etc…
So, share similarities in logo…
graphics paint-by-number (or photoshop filter) approach or Illustrator
They are not that easy to be produce like filters…
By copying these………You can’t pass through……Critics & client’s eye
“trend” for the sake of following a trend its bad
agree