Design a Logo for Dissidenz (a production company)

  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: $100
  • Entries Received: 132
  • Winner: Freeldesig

Contest Brief

Hi, I need a logo designed for my company.

The name of the business is “Dissidenz”
The tag line is “Incredible stories of non-violent dissent”

About the business:
• It produces stories – films, podcasts and texts – related to non-violent history, for example the 1989 Chinese democracy demonstrations, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, and Aung San Suu Kyi. The themes are: standing up to power, courage, daring, basic civil freedoms (of speech, of freedom from intimidation, of association, etc), and self-sacrifice.
• The films are told as non-fictive dramas, and are animations. An example can be seen at www.livesofthedissidents.com.
• We place strong focuses on not misrepresenting historical facts, on good storytelling and arresting visual art.
• We intend to be not-for-profit.
• Separately, we also produce live-action escape games under the trading name “Second Telling Missions”, games in which players carry out hypothetical missions within different moments of non-violent history.

Brief:
• The logo needs to be original
• There should be a version of the logo that includes both the business name and the tag line, one that includes the business name but does not include the tag line, and one that is simply the logo
• It is preferable that the logo can be printable in black and white
• The logo should be in landscape orientation (i.e. not square)
• The logo should be able to be printed on a range of material including window decals, business cards, letter heads, brochures, websites and signs
• The background should be transparent, so I can easily use it on business cards/websites etc.
• There should also be a reversed type option, so I can include the logo on a dark background (e.g. a version of the logo may be white)

Technical:
• The logo should be supplied as a high resolution AI or EPS file at 300DPI, so that I can modify it in the future if needed. In addition, PNG files should be provided.
• If you are selected, you should also provide the fonts you have used.

I don’t have any particular guidance for what the logo should depict, although at various times I have considered birds (our current makeshift logo is a bird – the connotation of freedom) and lions (the connotation of courage). I also like the face (and depiction of talking) in the cover art for the album cover of ‘Dissent’ by the band ‘Christ vs Warhol’. If a few of the themes could be combined together, that might be nice.

You might also be interested in the competition to design a logo for Second Telling Missions. After the logos are designed, we will hold a website design competition.

Thanks!

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Employer Feedback

“Freeldesig came up with an innovative and very neat logo for my business which encapulated the spirit of the business well. I was impressed. Thanks Freeldesig!”

Profile image Dissidenz, Australia.

Public Clarification Board

  • Dissidenz
    Contest Holder
    • 7 years ago

    I want to say thank you to everyone who submitted an entry. I really appreciate it, especially those who took on my feedback to make second or third drafts.

    • 7 years ago
  • Huelevel
    Huelevel
    • 7 years ago

    Please check this before awarding: https://www.google.com.bd/search?newwindow=1&biw=1366&bih=662&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Bird+D+logo&oq=Bird+D+logo&gs_l=img.3..0i5i30k1.88506.92106.0.92656.11.11.0.0.0.0.486.1892.3-4j1.5.0....0...1c.1.64.img..6.5.1884...0j0i67k1j0i30k1j0i8i30k1j0i24k1.fkkxL7i7sA4#imgrc=K2-TJZ4tSaBuxM%3A

    • 7 years ago
  • kawsarhamid789
    kawsarhamid789
    • 7 years ago

    Sir, please check my latest entry #229 & #231 . If you need any change or modify please let me know. Thank you.

    • 7 years ago
  • BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    • 7 years ago

    check #209,#210

    • 7 years ago
  • AESSTUDIO
    AESSTUDIO
    • 7 years ago

    Please check : #206 #207 #208

    • 7 years ago
  • StudioTech
    StudioTech
    • 7 years ago

    entry #190 #191 #192 thank you

    • 7 years ago
  • BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    • 7 years ago

    hi check #183

    • 7 years ago
  • noumanrathore
    noumanrathore
    • 7 years ago

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/212091463675722631/

    • 7 years ago
  • noumanrathore
    noumanrathore
    • 7 years ago

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/185280972144033790/

    • 7 years ago
  • noumanrathore
    noumanrathore
    • 7 years ago

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/35536284536981167/

    • 7 years ago
  • noumanrathore
    noumanrathore
    • 7 years ago

    top one is mirror copy design

    • 7 years ago
  • BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    • 7 years ago

    hi check #177,#178

    • 7 years ago
  • Dissidenz
    Contest Holder
    • 7 years ago

    Hi guys, some really nice entries so far - thanks. Perhaps people could try to make a 'D' out of the fingers of a hand, in a horizontal fashion, or use a kind of quill for the 'i'? Also, I haven't seen many entries using the motif of speech/talking, nor of the association of people together...these could be possible motifs.

    • 7 years ago
  • AESSTUDIO
    AESSTUDIO
    • 7 years ago

    Please check : #174 #175 #176

    • 7 years ago
  • Shamim2420
    Shamim2420
    • 7 years ago

    Entry #164 & Entry #165

    • 7 years ago
  • Runner247
    Runner247
    • 7 years ago

    plz check #156 #158 #159 #160

    • 7 years ago
  • ComicArtt
    ComicArtt
    • 7 years ago

    please check #152#153#154

    • 7 years ago
  • BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    • 7 years ago

    hi check #146,#147

    • 7 years ago
  • Refreshed
    Refreshed
    • 7 years ago

    please check #142 #144 #145

    • 7 years ago
  • keyakranyk22
    keyakranyk22
    • 7 years ago

    please check130#131#132

    • 7 years ago
  • Dissidenz
    Contest Holder
    • 7 years ago

    Hi - so far my favourites are entries #5 and #7 , but I would like to see some symbolism of the themes of the stories built into the logo.

    • 7 years ago
    1. zafarbd007
      zafarbd007
      • 7 years ago

      Please Check Entry#109

      • 7 years ago
    2. a2z0000
      a2z0000
      • 7 years ago

      Please Check Entry #128

      • 7 years ago
  • StudioTech
    StudioTech
    • 7 years ago

    Please check my entry #122 #123 #124 #125 thank you

    • 7 years ago
  • BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    BISMILLAHIRHMANIRAHIM
    • 7 years ago

    hi check #116,#117

    • 7 years ago
  • nicoletaungurean
    nicoletaungurean
    • 7 years ago

    Please offer feedback on #115

    • 7 years ago
  • mdrashed2609
    mdrashed2609
    • 7 years ago

    check #90 #91 #92 #95

    • 7 years ago
  • mdrashed2609
    mdrashed2609
    • 7 years ago

    check #93 #94

    • 7 years ago
  • mitu84
    mitu84
    • 7 years ago

    sir. please check #74 #75 # #76 #77 # thank you !

    • 7 years ago
  • mustaksany
    mustaksany
    • 7 years ago

    Sir, please check Entry #29

    • 7 years ago
  • zafarbd007
    zafarbd007
    • 7 years ago

    Please Check Entry#14

    • 7 years ago
  • Dissidenz
    Contest Holder
    • 7 years ago

    I like that, mousedeer, your black and white entry. I think the double D symbol is powerful - I wonder if something more symbolic could be made of it?

    • 7 years ago
    1. zafarbd007
      zafarbd007
      • 7 years ago

      Please Check Entry#11, #12

      • 7 years ago
  • Dissidenz
    Contest Holder
    • 7 years ago

    Hi mustaksany - that's quite nice, but I would like to see something pictorial to go with the words.

    • 7 years ago
    1. mustaksany
      mustaksany
      • 7 years ago

      ok sir, I'll upload another entry soon !

      • 7 years ago

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