Logo Design for a Fermentary / Meadery

Status: Closed
Prize: $50
Entries Received: 14
Winner: jaskoraul7

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Contest Brief

Overview: Southern Republic Fermenting Company, a small hand-craft fermentary centered on fruit wines and meads, needs a logo. Its design needs to be implementable in bottle labels, website design, and other paraphernalia related to the craft alcohol industry. The Southern Republic name is based on historical values of 1860 Charleston, South Carolina (see the attached image for visual reference). When the South Carolina Convention voted for Secession, the Palmetto State nullified the Constitution and created the new "Southern Republic." We at Southern Republic Fermenting Co. want traditional fine grape wine enthusiasts to "Nullify the Ordinary, Secede from the Norm."

Specifications:
1) Historically based (Charleston is after all the home of the spirit of secession as well as the spot of the first shot of the Civil War.)
2) 19th century font
3) Earth-tone color scheme
4) NO typical confederate imagery

All other options are on the table. We're looking for creativeness, yet simplicity inspired by 1860 Charleston.

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aduetratti
- 11 years ago
an other timewaster, thanks, ask me 15 variation!!
- 11 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
jaskoraul7, #28 ... a few things:

1) can you make the border like #26 ?
2) Can you turn the cannon in the opposite direction?
3) Can you spell out South Carolina instead of S.C.?

Thanks. I like the font and it looks fresh.
- 12 years ago
1. jaskoraul7
  - 11 years ago
  sure I can, I'm going to do all of this right now ;)
  - 11 years ago
2. jaskoraul7
  - 11 years ago
  But where could I upload this to you? The best would be in the handover. You can suggesting me everything until you are 100% satisfied, and then approve the money transaction...
  - 11 years ago
andagrounn
- 12 years ago
please take a look at my entry #22
- 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
Any updates?
- 12 years ago
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- 12 years ago
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- 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
Aduetratti, I've posted an additional concept based off of your #21 . See the file named SRFC_Logo.001.tiff. Please try to find a way to do something like this. My file is a picture so obviously the quality is low. I expect your file can be of higher quality.
- 12 years ago
aduetratti
- 12 years ago
not sure that i've done what you ask me
- 12 years ago
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1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  I like #20. I think the incorporation of the other words looks good. Can you fix the misspelling in fermenting? Thanks.
  - 12 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  On #21 , can you try taking out the cross-poles and adding the motto: "Nullify the ordinary; Secede from the norm." Make 2 versions: on the 1st version, just add the motto. On the 2nd version, make the cannon smaller and move it below the words fermenting co. The place the motto below the cannon.
  - 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
aduetratti, I guess I like the original lettering / font from #13. I see the honeycomb outline that you added to the most recent set. It looks busy and goofy. Why not take that out and maybe add a honeybee outline at the tube bores' (the poles) intersection. Then maybe take the solid ends of each bore and make them like the ends of wooden honey sticks? I'm thinking out loud here.
- 12 years ago
mevelop
- 12 years ago
Hey there! I posted #8 . Let me know if you want to see tweeks to it.
- 12 years ago
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1. mevelop
  - 12 years ago
  Just saw your first response regarding the length and the cannons.
  - 12 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  Thanks.
  - 12 years ago
Absax
- 12 years ago
Hi there. Please give me your thoughts on #12
- 12 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  It looks neat. On 2nd thought though, the building doesn't do it for me. Try just the façade.
  - 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
I'm liking #11. Good cannon orientation. That swirly thing on the bottom is bothering me though. What if we turned that into something else.
- 12 years ago
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1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  gotchya. I like it. Can you put the outline of a honeybee in there somewhere? I like the design, but my concern is that there's nothing in that logo that would make someone think we are a fermenting house / alcohol producer.
  - 12 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  Also, can you try a different font? I like block lettering, but perhaps try something a little swankier.
  - 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
aduetratti, #9 needs a more era-correct piece. Again, try to incorporate the all-caps font you used on #6. Thanks.
- 12 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  Saw #10. Let's fix that cannon to be a more era-correct model. And darken the background.
  - 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
Does anyone have a design that would incorporate 19th Century Charleston buildings of industrial or military importance. Example, the still-standing Bennet Rice Mill http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=bennett+rice+mill&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=_YEqkSyBX4KlEM&tbnid=obUxUF1oBwvLhM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.port-of-charleston.com%2FAbout%2Fcommunity%2Fhistory_environ%2Fbennet_rice_mill.asp&ei=JfJ_UpHvI42tkAfhjoHoDQ&bvm=bv.56146854,d.eW0&psig=AFQjCNECMGdwXBuBrjJAqyboDfMOVafh4g&ust=1384202863749578
- 12 years ago
Contest Holder
- 12 years ago
aduetratti, #5 is my favorite out of your 3 posted. I like the simplicity, but I'm not a fan of the font. It's too whimsical. Also, the color theme is too light. My meads/wines are bold, competing flavors. My bottles and my shop-front need to emulate that. I like your simplicity though. It would be cheap to mass-produce and it is very versatile (i.e. useful on all marketing platforms), which correlates to more bang for the buck.
- 12 years ago
mNorbert
- 12 years ago
Hello,

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- 12 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  Do you have any logo proposals? Right now I'm running this contest for that purpose only.
  Thanks for the offer.
  - 12 years ago
Absax
- 12 years ago
Hi there. I have tried to do a more integrated design as you suggested. Please have a look at #7 and let me know what your thoughts are. Thank you!
- 12 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  #7 is better. I don't think I want to use a municipal seal though. For obvious reasons.
  - 12 years ago
Absax
- 12 years ago
Hi there! Please look at entry #2. I've tried to keep as close to your samples as possible. Please let me know what you think
- 12 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 12 years ago
  Hi, thanks for posting. I don't like the grape references. I also don't really think the designs flow very well together. It seems a bit too complicated / busy.
  - 12 years ago