The Mission
The Client had just started up a new Commodity Trading company and was looking for a Logo. The Brief was extremely loose and I was left up to my own devices. On the surface this may seem ideal but having such an open ended project can have its challenges.
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The Outcome
Having previously worked in the commodities industry I am well aware of an over use of either the oil drop or gear icons. Moving away from the obvious I took particular interest in the constant market movement, or price change. Using the N as negative space, I applied an upward and a downward arrow representing the perpetual shift in the commodity market.
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Services Provided:
Logo / Wordmark
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The Process
With so much lee way given with regards to the design element and what was required it was quite a challenging exploration process. Having a background in the industry did make the task at hand a little easier.
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The Final Concept
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