Comments on: The myth of original design http://www.logodesign.org/2010/03/10/original_design/ Logo Design Inspiration and Ideas Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.logodesign.org/2010/03/10/original_design/comment-page-1/#comment-91 uberVU - social comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:18:36 +0000 http://www.logodesign.org/?p=438#comment-91 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by famouslogoz: Truth is, this craziness doesn't just happen in the logo business; it happens all over the internet,... http://bit.ly/9xLW2z famous logos... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: colourburst http://www.logodesign.org/2010/03/10/original_design/comment-page-1/#comment-86 colourburst Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:51:35 +0000 http://www.logodesign.org/?p=438#comment-86 Finally! Someone who put it out there! This article needed to be said, and it needs to get out there more. Amateur "designers" and businesses alike need to see this. Especially the businesses looking for branding. I've been a designer for over 20 years. And yes I did go to school for it. I pride myself in creating original designs. But yes, I often hear from the companies that they want something like so-and-so has. Or they want me to incorporate an image that's someone else. Time and time again I have to state that a logo has to be unique. I get passed up because i am not using the "in" images. One of the main things they teach in design school is - When creating logos or branding a company, the design must be original. When companies go to copyright their logos, it can't be from clip-art or from another company's design. I, too, am seeing more and more "stolen" images used in logos. And I am seeing more and more "designers" not understanding why you can't use "stolen" art. On one site a "designer" posted that they thought clip-art was free to use in logos. Well clip art is free to use, but not for logos. It's more for desktop publishing - newspapers, flyers, ads, and so on. It can be used, but it can't be copyrighted. It can't be used for a logo! I don't know if I am alone in my thinking, but I feel bad for companies who choose a design, not knowing it's stolen. And when they go to copyright their image, they can't. Or later on lawsuits arise because their logo is a rip-off of another logo. Some sites allow you to state an image is stolen. Some sites do not. Some sites state you can't say anything about a stolen design. And what's up with the logo design software??? There's repeated use of the same images over and over in logos. I didn't even know these programs existed until very recently. - It is getting harder and harder to compete in the design world when "non-designers with a logo program" are putting out cloned logos, for a much cheaper price. The businesses don't seem to know this is going on, and they don;t find out until it's too late. Finally! Someone who put it out there! This article needed to be said, and it needs to get out there more. Amateur “designers” and businesses alike need to see this. Especially the businesses looking for branding.

I’ve been a designer for over 20 years. And yes I did go to school for it. I pride myself in creating original designs.

But yes, I often hear from the companies that they want something like so-and-so has. Or they want me to incorporate an image that’s someone else. Time and time again I have to state that a logo has to be unique. I get passed up because i am not using the “in” images.

One of the main things they teach in design school is – When creating logos or branding a company, the design must be original. When companies go to copyright their logos, it can’t be from clip-art or from another company’s design.

I, too, am seeing more and more “stolen” images used in logos. And I am seeing more and more “designers” not understanding why you can’t use “stolen” art.
On one site a “designer” posted that they thought clip-art was free to use in logos.
Well clip art is free to use, but not for logos. It’s more for desktop publishing – newspapers, flyers, ads, and so on. It can be used, but it can’t be copyrighted.
It can’t be used for a logo!

I don’t know if I am alone in my thinking, but I feel bad for companies who choose a design, not knowing it’s stolen. And when they go to copyright their image, they can’t. Or later on lawsuits arise because their logo is a rip-off of another logo.

Some sites allow you to state an image is stolen. Some sites do not. Some sites state you can’t say anything about a stolen design.

And what’s up with the logo design software??? There’s repeated use of the same images over and over in logos. I didn’t even know these programs existed until very recently.

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It is getting harder and harder to compete in the design world when “non-designers with a logo program” are putting out cloned logos, for a much cheaper price.

The businesses don’t seem to know this is going on, and they don;t find out until it’s too late.

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