New Site Logo II

By Daniel Miessler on January 5th, 2006: Tagged as Art | Blogging | Design | General | Webdesign

Well, after an overwhelmingly negative response (honest feedback that I appreciated, by the way), I decided to have another go at redesigning a logo from scratch. So I busted out Flash and started hackin’ away.

I struggled for over two hours before being struck by the idea you see at the top of the page. I am very pleased with this one — save one small issue. I think the font used for the main “DMIESSLER.COM” text is a bit too tall and thin. I looked for a more stout, digital-looking option but couldn’t locate one. No biggie, though; I’m happy with what I have.

So again I ask — what do you guys think of this one? And be brutal — it’s the most helpful advice in most cases.

Edit: Duh! I figured it out. The M’s don’t match! One is digital (the one in the logo), and the other is normal (the one in the text). That’s bad form. Bad form indeed …

Edit: Crap. It’s not just the “M”; it’s the “D” and the “R” as well. The blockiness has to carry over to those too. Hmm. This sucks.

  • http://journal.allanh.org/ Allan

    I dig this one!! Much better :)

  • http://journal.allanh.org Allan

    I dig this one!! Much better :)

  • bossman

    I still prefer the old one… why change a good thing? The old logo was much better.

    Also as I look @ the side letters, I understand you want it to be “DM” but it looks much more like OM, OE …

    Also since your tagline is “grep understanding knowledge” and you’ve got a big old PIPE line there between your letters running down and your letters running across, you might as well put “grep” running down, and your Dmiessler & “understanding knowledge” across – this way your tagline would actually reflect the cmd line “grep|dmiessler” (search yourself) and “grep|understanding knowledge”.

    It would also invite a little thought and would be an artisitic way to express the thought.

    Just my $0.07 …. (accounting for inflation).

  • bossman

    I still prefer the old one… why change a good thing? The old logo was much better.

    Also as I look @ the side letters, I understand you want it to be “DM” but it looks much more like OM, OE …

    Also since your tagline is “grep understanding knowledge” and you’ve got a big old PIPE line there between your letters running down and your letters running across, you might as well put “grep” running down, and your Dmiessler & “understanding knowledge” across – this way your tagline would actually reflect the cmd line “grep|dmiessler” (search yourself) and “grep|understanding knowledge”.

    It would also invite a little thought and would be an artisitic way to express the thought.

    Just my $0.07 …. (accounting for inflation).

  • Carl M

    I too “see” an OE (or even an eye chart) running down the side in this one. I like the idea of putting the grep over to the left of the pipe line. The font is good … crisp and professional looking.

  • Carl M

    I too “see” an OE (or even an eye chart) running down the side in this one. I like the idea of putting the grep over to the left of the pipe line. The font is good … crisp and professional looking.

  • Brian

    ditto on the appearance of “OE” going downwards, but the second thing it looked like was “30″ going upwards. The “OE” reading is from the expectations set by the lettering on book spines. The “30″ is just me being stupid.

    I like how “dmeissler.com” and “grep understanding knowledge” take up the same amount of horizontal space.

    I like the logo you have as your favicon. I don’t know what it means, but it is visually appealing.

  • Brian

    ditto on the appearance of “OE” going downwards, but the second thing it looked like was “30″ going upwards. The “OE” reading is from the expectations set by the lettering on book spines. The “30″ is just me being stupid.

    I like how “dmeissler.com” and “grep understanding knowledge” take up the same amount of horizontal space.

    I like the logo you have as your favicon. I don’t know what it means, but it is visually appealing.

  • http://dmiessler.com/ Daniel

    Hmm, some very good comments.

    I am not able to do the grep on the left thing because I’m set on having my logo out to the left, with the text on the right. So anything going on the left should be a standalone image/icon — an image that will also serve as the favicon.

    As far as the OE issue, I can definitely see that. I think it’s fair enough to say, however, that many big logos are kind of abstract and look like other things by themselves — especially the more artistic ones. In other words, many logos are likely to look strange at first and then grow on you.

    As for my other logo/icon being good, I hear that a lot and it’s starting to make me think I should focus my efforts on redoing it (I made that one myself also) instead of trying to invent something different.

    Like Bossman said in the beginning, it’s often just not necesary to change a good thing.

    Hmm, much thinking and Flash work must be done.

    Thanks for all the feedback; it’s very helpful.

  • http://dmiessler.com Daniel

    Hmm, some very good comments.

    I am not able to do the grep on the left thing because I’m set on having my logo out to the left, with the text on the right. So anything going on the left should be a standalone image/icon — an image that will also serve as the favicon.

    As far as the OE issue, I can definitely see that. I think it’s fair enough to say, however, that many big logos are kind of abstract and look like other things by themselves — especially the more artistic ones. In other words, many logos are likely to look strange at first and then grow on you.

    As for my other logo/icon being good, I hear that a lot and it’s starting to make me think I should focus my efforts on redoing it (I made that one myself also) instead of trying to invent something different.

    Like Bossman said in the beginning, it’s often just not necesary to change a good thing.

    Hmm, much thinking and Flash work must be done.

    Thanks for all the feedback; it’s very helpful.


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