Design Brief

For contest "5 Star" Logo/Header for 5 Star Affiliate Programs, held by 5StarAffiliates in the Logo Design category.

Summary

Status
won
Status Comment
Congratulations to the winner, Charles Sels!
Entries
68
Prize
$250
Details

A closer look at this contest

Created:
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:15:36 +0000
Ends:
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:00:00 +0000
Modified:
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:55:12 +0000
Last Feedback:
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:14:48 +0000
Comments:
12
Feedback:
57
Designers:
23
Brief Summary

Logo and Header design for 5 Star Affiliate Programs
http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com
Need new Web 2.0 type of look or just more modern, clean and hi tech. NOTE: I think some designers can really have fun with this one, plus get some good publicity & PR.

Brand Name
5 Star Affiliate Programs
Description
Desired Color Scheme
Bondi Blue (Bluish Green) & Gold /Orange (Match current site colors)
Desired Style
Striking, modern, clean and hi tech. Maybe going a little toward a Web 2.0 type of look.
Accepted File Formats
PSD or other common vector format + jpg

Logo and Header design for 5 Star Affiliate Programs
http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com
Need new Web 2.0 type of look or just more modern, clean and hi tech.

SITE and REQUIREMENTS
This is a contest for a logo and header for a popular affiliate marketing destination site. There is a separate site, blog and forum. The same header needs to work and fit on all.

Colors - Blueish Teal, gold/yellow and orange like existing colors - but leaning more toward Orange.
These colors are perfect! http://www.free-css-templates.com/demo/LGBlue/

NOTE: Colors must go with rest of site backgrounds and sidebar colors so I don't have to redesign the whole site.

Main site: 5 Star Affiliate Programs(will be redesigned to be the same width as forum)
Forum: 5 Star Forums
Blog: 5 Star Affiliate Blogs

NOTE: Header needs to be full width of forum and blog extending over right sidebar all the way to right side of page. Current header is too narrow to fit page.

Logo must work within your new header design but must also be provided as a stand-alone graphic in hi res scalable format that can be used for an icon or avatar later.

DESIGN IDEAS - THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX! Just throwing out some ideas. A couple headers/logos I like NOTE not saying any of these are even close to what I want, just designs that caught me eye.

http://www.affiliates4u.com/ (nice web 2.0 look)
http://www.affiliates4u.com/system/media/header_most_active.jpg
http://beyondnichemarketing.com/ (hi tech and bold)
http://www.cpa-affiliates.com/ (not the dark background just the logo)

I just started adding some logo elements and ideas I like and some notes here:
http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09729851084797677362/BDR-OIgoQqcqU38Yi?hl=en
I'll add to it as I find designs I like.

.:. Extra perks - Free publicity and PR
Additionally, I will blog about the winning design and designer and post in my forum with PR5 links to the designer and/or their portfolio. My blog is the #1 ranked affiliate blog and gets over 1500 visitors a day. All my affiliates and merchants do marketing and need logos and banners!

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