Clickety-clacks along the LogoMotives tracks

Jeff Fisher LogoMotives was mentioned and spotted online and in print several times in January. Here's the latest:

• People to Watch in 2009
The industry news magazine Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) named me one of their "People to Watch in 2009." It's a very flattering honor. You can read more about the recognition in my "Toot! Toot!" on the subject.

• Five Great - and necessary - Marketing Makeovers
Being cited as an expert by Entrepreneur Magazine doesn't happen every day. Writer Gwen Moran asked me to be one of a three-member panel to review five marketing makeovers for the February issue. Of course, being published merited a Toot! as well.

• 30 Must-Have Logo Books
Design blog You The Designer was kind enough to list my second book, Identity Crisis!: 50 Redesigns That Transformed Stale Identities into Successful Brands, among their must-have logo design books.

• Jeff Fisher - Public Portrait | MonoExpression
Graham Smith, of I'm Just Creative, has initiated the site MonoExpression, showcasing black and white photo images of international creatives - along with a short bio or statement.

• Over 50 Ways Designers Promote & Brand Themselves
I'm Just Creative brought some attention to the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives identity with their post about self-branding by designers and design firms

• 20 Weird Logos That Work (and Why They Do)
I don't remember my own logo ever previously being referred to as "weird." Well, VECTORTUTS has now done so in a piece written by designer Chris Spooner. I'm glad they think the design works.

© 2009 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives

Clickety-clacks along the LogoMotives tracks

I'm taking a quick look back at the last couple months before starting out the new year. Jeff Fisher LogoMotives has been mentioned and spotted online quite a bit recently. Here's the latest from the cyber-world:

• 40 Playful Logos
Kreative Garden includes my designs for the Cat Adoption Team and the theatrical production 2 Boys in a Bed on a Cold winter's Night in this fun collection of international identities.

• Creative Advent 2008: Jeff Fisher
On his Positive Space Blog, Anthony Zinni creates his own holiday advent calendar of career advice from 24 design professionals.

• 20 amazing or original Logotypes & Logos !
In his first English language post, Mickaël Bertrand Alexandre includes the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives identity.

• The reality of logo design contests
The identity design blog Logo Design Love references my Creative Latitude article "When a “contest” is not a contest"

• Open Thread: What's Your Email Signature?
On FreelanceFolder, designer Jacob Cass takes a look at email signatures as a marketing tool.

• 100 Brands of Interest
Identity designer David Pache includes the Jeff Fisher LogoMotives logo in a collection focusing on creative firms.

• The Ultimate List of The Best Logo Design Resources
Jeff Fisher LogoMotives is mentioned multiple times in this listing from Just Creative.

• Jeff Fisher Interview Transcript
A couple of years ago Doug Farrick interviewed me - and the transcript of that discussion has now been posted on CreativePublic

• Book Review: Identity Crisis!

Teoh Yi Chie - an infographic journalist, illustrator, and cartoonist from Singapore - posts design book reviews with great photo imagery on the Design Shelf blog. I recently came across a review and video (above), with the reviewer flipping through my book Identity Crisis: 50 Redesigns That Transformed Stale Identities into Successful Brands, when posted on the Amazon.com page for the volume. I followed the provided link to the Design Shelf page for my book, which displays some great additional photo images.

• What makes a logo designer a professional logo designer?
Graham Smith, United Kingdom designer and writer of the ImJustCreative blog, asked designers on Twitter to define a professional logo designer.

• Braintalk with Calvin Lee
Cal Lee, of Mayhem Studios, has always be very gracious in mentioning Jeff Fisher LogoMotives in forum posts, blog entries and interviews - and he does so once again in a Sharebrain post. He was also a contributor to my books Savvy Designer's Guide to Success and Identity Crisis!.

• How 20 designers charge their clients
Designer David Airey, located in Northern Ireland, asked 20 international designers three questions about their financial practices. The answers provide great advice for any design professional.

• 42 Information Packed Twitter Backgrounds
The blog I Am Mike Smith presents the informative and decorative backgrounds of numerous "tweeters." My "tweets" may be found at @logomotives.

• Logo design evolution
I don't think that I can seriously be considered a "live legend of logo design," but I do appreciate the mention of my own logo design evolution on the DTP-Design site. The entry features the evolution of logos for a number of major corporations and Internet entities.

• Ten Principles of the Logo Design Masters
On the VECTORTUTS site, designer Chris Spooner of SpoonGraphics writes:

"The veterans of the logo design industry have achieved their success for a reason. Sure, it's partially due to the years of practice, blood, sweat, tears and inky fingers. But mainly, it's because they stuck to the ten solid-gold principles of world class logo design.

One of the principles is contributed by your truly.

© 2009 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives

"10 Principles of the Logo Design Masters"includes Jeff Fisher LogoMotives comments

The industry online presence VECTORTUTS - a blog of tutorials, articles, freebies and more on all things vector - has included input from Jeff Fisher LogoMotives in the article 10 Principles of the Logo Design Masters. The piece, written by Chris Spooner of SpoonGraphics, lists the "K.I.S.S. Principle" as Jeff Fisher's contribution to the methods used by ten identity designers from around the world.

The article passage cited is from "Using, fusing and abusing “the rules” of logo design, written by Fisher for the design resource Creative Latitude.

© 2008 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives