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Logo Design Brief

We need a logo for a mobile game that will be available on the iTunes store. We are in San Francisco and develop a variety of properties. We are looking for app logo in this case for use on the game screen and within the iTunes store, and an icon form of it as well.

It is a puzzle game with a meditative quality, though there is a competitive edge as well.

The game is intended to have a very clean, elegant look, like the Asian board game of Go, if you are familiar with it, or the mobile games QuizUp or Dots.

Words that would be relevant are 'streams', 'growing', 'geometry', 'pretty', 'elegant', 'fun', 'lighthearted', 'thoughtful', 'precision', 'cheerful'.

If the game were an artist it would be a combination of Donald Judd meets Marcel Duchamp and they would be staring at the tiles in the Alhambra.

Visually, the game board is intended to be suggestive of Islamic other geometric tiling. Boards are composed of cells that are geometric shapes such as squares or triangles, and put together into larger shapes. The competitors connect cells together. I have attached screen shots.

It is not intended to be childish or cartoony in any way. See target market.

It's a game, with the intent of being fun, calming, friendly competition, and mildly exciting as such - an enjoyable distraction.

The Logo Text is required to be readable: you can replace or augment letter shapes as desired so long as the text is readable/understandable.
The minimal size and the proportions required is shown in the screen shot that says "STREAMS", which was taken on an iPhone 4s. : It needs to fit within the outer edges of the blue box on the screen that says "Streams". The final will be needed in sizes for standard Apple mobile devices: iPhones & iPads in PS format, PDF, and png. .

Elegance and modernity are probably best. It needs to work with the font style shown in the attached images. That font is Montserrat from Google fonts.

For the logo colors you have two choices: either fit in with the colors that you see in the images provided, or provide the logo along with a palette that could be used instead of the colors we have.
We don't mean to lock you into those colors, only to point you at them so that what you generate doesn't clash with them either.
The button colors are a variant of "Flattastic' on kuler.adobe.com. Please see the button colors on all the pages. (Here are the main button colors: fonts - #222222 and #5B5147, buttons - rgba(160,212,104,0.7), rgba(252,110,81,0.6), rgba(255,206,84,0.6), rgba(72,207,173,0.6) ) As for the colors on the button that says "Flow|Zap" or "Move|Zap", we're not so happy with those blues... So, don't feel locked in by those.
The logo, like all the buttons, will be against a white background.
The colors on the boards (what you see as grey grids) are black, white, and grey (#888888), and sometimes a rose red. In grid, the thick lines are set with a variety of random colors: I've supplied a number of images to give you a feel for them.

Finally, some distinctive, identifiable visual quality of the logo needs to present that for use as a distinctive apple iphone/ipad icon that would seen on iTunes and on the device home screen. Please provide an example of that icon form of the logo.

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Please make sure your design is proportioned to fit within the edges of the blue box shown in the first image, the one that says STREAMS.


Based on what I'm seeing so far:
 - Besides poster and block style fonts, consider modern thin style fonts too for a more current look.
 - Within the font you choose, consider modifying one or more letters with visual elements suggested either from the images or words in the brief
 - Avoid designs that have a corporate or business feel... This is a game for fun, amusement, calmness, not a cold corporate identify.
 - Elegance... The feel is not childish or teenage but adult, but still intriguing and playful

Please add any descriptive text about your design that would help me understand your design direction or thinking.

Added Friday, December 20, 2013

Based on what I'm seeing, please make sure you design the logo so it's proportions match the blue box in the first image I provided - the image with the word "STREAMS" large and spelled out.


Secondly, I'd like to see some not only poster style fonts, but thin style fonts as well.

Thirdly, please consider logos that replace certain letters in the word "Streams" with graphic elements.

Added Saturday, December 21, 2013

By the way, I'm currently using the following for a logo which is snapped from the game itself... It's not bad and might help some of you.  I like it because it refers fairly distinctly and simply to the game itself and the colors are pleasant.  One approach would be to modify it and incorporate it into the logo design, but you can use it or not... The colors could punchier or modified or left as is... Up to you... I provide it only to help stimulate your visual thinking.


Added Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Project Deadline Extended
Reason: Given this contest was over Christmas and near New Years, I'm extending date to give time to refine promising submissions, and allow other designers a shot at it. I'm also committing the project for funding based on what I'm seeing now. Thanks for your creative thought, jeffrey
Added Saturday, December 28, 2013

IMPORTANT UPDATE

I just uploaded an updated image of the homescreen of the game app dated.
This is main page players see.   Design for this screen, not for only a blank splash screen!
It has a placeholder logo that says STREAMS surrounded by a 1 pixel blue border. The space is 300px wide by 110px high.  This is the space in which you logo design must fit.  When you provide me a design, please also provide your design within a copy of this image, removing the 1 pixel blue border.

The reason I'm providing this is that some designs don't look so good when positioned against all the other centered items on that page.  And it needs to look great!

The good news is that you have a bit more space for your design, and you can make sure it looks great within that space. You now know exactly how your design will look with all the visual elements that can be there.

When you provide a design to me, please also supply me with a copy of this image with your logo overlay the 1 pixel blue box is on that page replacing my placeholder word "STREAMS".

Again thanks for all your creative input!

Added Thursday, January 02, 2014

Project Deadline Extended
Reason: Converging on a design... We're working on getting the logos working well within the provided space Need a bit more time to do so.
Added Saturday, January 04, 2014

Project Deadline Extended
Reason: Ok. Those of you who have been engaging, I thank you. I've learned a lot from this. I need a few more days to engage some final revisions. and some time to meditate on the choices I've received. There will be no further extensions after this... Decision by next Tuesday, possibly sooner. Jeffrey
Added Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Target Market(s)

The market for it is intended to be more likely female, but not overwhelmingly. Mobile casual game market. Commuters. Late-night distraction. During lunch. Waiting around at an airport.

Industry/Entity Type

Games

Logo Text

Streams


Logo styles of interest
Emblem Logo

Logo enclosed in a shape

Pictorial/Combination Logo

A real-world object (optional text)

Abstract Logo

Conceptual / symbolic (optional text)

Wordmark Logo

Word or name based logo (text only)

Lettermark Logo

Acronym or letter based logo (text only)


Font styles to use
Serif
Sans Serif
Decorative

Look and feel

Each slider illustrates characteristics of the customer's brand and the style your logo design should communicate.

Elegant
Bold
Playful
Serious
Traditional
Modern
Personable
Professional
Feminine
Masculine
Colorful
Conservative
Economical
Upmarket

Requirements
Must have
  • 1. Logo where the word "streams" can be easily understood or read for primary game display and app store use..

    2. An icon form for use on mobile screen: could be simply a distinctive, identifiable visual component of the logo.

    3. Colors in tune with existing app colors as noted in the brief, or new colors along with a palette that can be used for the buttons in the app (and elsewhere in the app).
Should not have
  • No cartoony images or font styles.

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Payments
1st place
US$380
Participation payments x 2
US$20
Total
US$420

Project Deadline
14 Jan 2014 21:09:04 UTC
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