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Creation of a logo for a cultural association

Contest details:

  • Contest holder: Les Alliés des arts
  • Category: Logo design
  • Total budget: € 100.00
  • Start date : 03-04-2021 23:35
  • Ending date : 10-05-2021 00:00
  • Status : Ended
  • Required formats: psd
  • Relevant files: None
  • Available languages:
  • Number of designs: 356
  • Response rate:
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Needs:

The non-profit organization "Les Alliés des arts", recently created in Paris, France needs a logo.

1. NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION
The name of the association is a reference to the patrons (see "The target") that we want to find to help us in our mission (see "Company description").
These patrons are invited to become “allies of the arts”.
The name of the association therefore does not refer to the artists benefiting from the action of the association, or the association of patrons and artists.

2. LOGO OF THE ASSOCIATION
Two objectives are assigned to the logo, for potential patrons.

2.1 BE A MOTIVATION ELEMENT
The logo should make people want to support the association.
To motivate and seduce those solicited, one of the driving forces may be to offer a counterpart to their donation.
This consideration can be to value them, to praise them. The association can thus appear as a club of patrons whose membership is sought (like Rotary or Lions Clubs).
The logo can therefore illustrate two ideas:
- the association is: prestigious, chic.
- the association is: strong, powerful.
But be careful not to go too far! The association should not appear as:
- too elitist or "upscale";
- too "classic" and anchored in the past. It must remain in phase with the contemporary art sector (living artists or active after the Second World War) and with its actors (artists, gallery owners, collectors, influencers, etc.);
- it must not appear as already "rich" (since it is looking for help ...).

2.2 BE AN ELEMENT OF REASSURANCE
The logo should reassure potential patrons of the use that will be made of the loaned premises, equipment and funds granted.
- The logo must present the association as: serious, solid.
- The logo can also illustrate a second idea: that of the association's seniority. Therefore too much modernism should be avoided but, as indicated above, the logo must be that of an association supporting contemporary art).

Company description:

1. OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION
The association “Les Alliés des arts” works in the field of contemporary art (visual arts exclusively: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, etc.). Its mission is to support artists, deprived of visibility by the covid-19 epidemic (closure of art centers and galleries, cancellations of fairs, etc.), and to organize exhibitions.

2. ACTIVITY OF THE ASSOCIATION
The association organizes exhibitions in vacant places (shops, offices, etc.) that have been transformed into galleries on an ephemeral basis.

Target group:

The association targets natural or legal persons (companies) likely to become patrons by helping it achieve its mission (organize contemporary art exhibitions):

1. owners of vacant premises agreeing to make their property available free of charge to host exhibitions (eg: real estate developers, banks, large companies, etc.);

2. donors who can make a material contribution (cash or material donations) for the organization of exhibitions (eg: business leaders, lawyers, collectors of works of art, etc.).

Colors, favourites and other requirements

1. ELEMENTS OF THE LOGO

1.1 TEXT
1.1.1 The name "Les Alliés des arts"
The association is a recent creation; it is not well-known and investments in communication to make it known will remain very limited. Barring exceptions, the people who will be approached by the association will not have heard of it beforehand.
It therefore appears essential today that the logo should include the name of the association.
1.1.2 Only the name!
We do not recommend adding other texts.

1.2 GRAPHIC ELEMENTS
1.2.1 Graphic elements are an option
Contest participants are free to include, or not, graphic elements in the logo, in addition to the letters of the association’s name.
These possible graphic elements can be:
- frames, emblem or icon, etc. ;
- of all styles: minimalist, drawn, etc.
1.2.2 Graphic elements are a recommended option
We believe that the following possibilities are not promising:
- a logo consisting of the name of the association alone ("typographic logo");
- a logo made up of the name of the association and the letters "AA" (we see this as a repetition. In addition, the association will never have sufficient fame so that the initials "AA" alone will not help to identify it.

2. TYPOGRAPHY
Contest participants are free to choose the script, typeface or font for the association's name.
We recommend that participants keep in mind the characteristics of the logo described in the "Needs" section (seriousness, solidity, etc.).

3. LOGO SHAPE
The logo should be adapted to the location of "profile pictures" on Facebook and other social networks.
It should therefore fit into a square, a circle or a shape of similar proportions.

4. LOGO COLOR(S)
The logo can consist of several colors.

BR Créations
  • Logo design # 1199829 for Creation of a logo for a cultural association contest Submit complaint
    1. Description by designer BR Créations:

      Je vous propose également cette version où les polices ont été inversé, car l'une des deux est plus épaisse, donc plus approprié à appliquer sur "les Alliés".

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  • Logo design # 1199820 for Creation of a logo for a cultural association contest Submit complaint
    1. Description by designer BR Créations:

      Bonjour,
      Voici une nouvelle proposition que je vous fais :

      Atlas porte l'Art, symbolisé par un tableau.
      Tous comme vous, les mécènes "portent l'art". Vous apportez la culture au grand public.

      D'autre part, Atlas fais partie de l'art et de la culture grec.

      Pour contrebalancer le coté antique, j'ai choisi des couleurs modernes et des formes géométriques qui communiquent entre elles. On peut faire référence à l'abstraction géométrique.

      En vous souhaitant une bonne journée.

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  • Logo design # 1199217 for Creation of a logo for a cultural association contest Submit complaint
    1. Description by designer BR Créations:

      Tout en gardant le concept de mes propositions précédentes, j'ai revu un composition légèrement différente :

      Le nom est plus visible et est mieux intégré au logo. Le bleu utilisé est une couleur que l'on retrouve souvent dans les toiles de Vincent van Gogh, particulièrement dans son autoportrait de 1889.

      En espérant que ce travail vous ravira.

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  • Logo design # 1199207 for Creation of a logo for a cultural association contest Submit complaint
    1. Description by designer BR Créations:

      Bonjour,
      Voici une variante de ma première proposition :

      J'ai juger que l’impressionnisme n'était pas approprier au logo. J'ai simplement garder un bleu représentatif de la toile de Vincent van Gogh et non le bleu de Mondrian, afin d'éviter une exclusivité artistique.

      J'ai choisi de mettre les mains en blanc afin d'être plus lisible, même en petit format.

      Je reste dans l'attente d'un retour de votre part.
      Bien cordialement.

    2. This contest is finished. Its not possible to reply anymore.

  • Logo design # 1198835 for Creation of a logo for a cultural association contest Submit complaint
    1. Description by designer BR Créations:

      Bonjour,
      Voici ma proposition :

      Du figuratif à l'abstraction.
      De Michel-Ange, en passant par Vincent van Gogh et Piet Mondrian, ce logo réunie divers courants symbolisant l'union artistique peu importe le style.

      Mondrian me semblait être une bonne base pour ce logo : des lignes droites et des aplats de couleurs. Je me suis donc servie du carré bleu pour le remplacer par un extrait de la toile "la nuit étoilée" de Vincent van Gogh.
      Les tourbillons de cette toile me faisait penser à un vortex qui réunie les deux mains de la peinture "l'union de Dieu et d'Adam" qui est, pour ma part, un symbole fort pour illustré votre association.

      En attendant un retour de votre part, je vous remercie de l'implication que vous mettez dans ce concours.

    2. Les Alliés des arts says :

      Bonsoir BR Créations,

      Bienvenu dans notre concours et merci pour votre proposition, vos explications et.... vos remerciements !

      Il est très appréciable que vous ayez bien pris en compte les éléments mentionnés dans notre cahier es charges.
      Votre proposition originale a retenu notre attention.
      Une observation, toutefois : votre concept se rapproche davantage d'une illustration que d'un logo, généralement caractérisé par sa simplicité (et donc sa lisibilité, même en petit format).

      Bien cordialement,

      Benoît

    3. BR Créations says

      Bonjour Benoît,

      Merci pour votre accueil. Je comprend le temps que prend l'implication et les retours sur notre travail sont importants pour nous, d'où mes remerciements.

      Au sujet du logo, je partage aussi votre avis sur sont manque de lisibilité (particulièrement en petit format) et c'est ce qui ne va pas. J'ai un peu trop axer ce travail sur une illustration.

      Etes-vous intéressé par une simplification de cette proposition et d'autres proposition sur ce concept ?

      En vous souhaitant une bonne journée.

      Raphaël

    4. This contest is finished. Its not possible to reply anymore.

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