The Downtown Art Walk's Board had quite a difficult task choosing one winning logo from a pool of attractive, inventive and compelling designs.

After serious consideration, we have selected design #142, by GeoDesigns, as our new logo. This design is an elegant reinvention of the vintage Rosslyn Hotel sign that shines above our monthly event, and is simple and versatile enough that we can use it on the web, on printed material in color or in black and white, on t-shirts, banners, etc.

This is a wonderful community full of talented artists, and we've enjoyed the thrill of seeing your designs come in, and the nervous excitement of picking just one.

We'd like to thank all of the gifted and passionate artists who took the time to submit their designs for consideration, and to single out a few which especially caught our eyes. All of these designs were strong, but none of them was as suitable as GeoDesigns' interpretation for the particular needs of our organization.

#159 by lizzypurdy
#158 by GenialDesi
#157 by r e s e t
#156 by jdave
#145 by agnete
#135 by Corky Rets
#132 by falling_icarus
#129 by 27concepts
#112 by cas.t
#107 by Breeze Vincinz
#93 by rhinografix
#82 by cpgcpg09
#79 by MOBO
#56 by elder97
#55 by maebird
#26 by versstyle
#6 by emesghali
#2 by ramil baylon designs

Thanks to everyone who participated, and good luck in all your future competitions, from your fans at the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk!

With one day left of competition, we would just like to send out a message of respect and gratitude to the talented designers who have contributed to this contest. It is inspiring to log in and see the new ideas that are being added every day. It won't be easy to pick a winner, and we plan to acknowledge all of the top candidates as well as a winning logo.

Thank you for design #99. This is not a good match for our needs, as we find the outlines of the buildings too dark and menacing, and this is something we are trying to show people that downtown LA is NOT.

Thank you for designs #95, #96 and #97, with the urban street sign vibe. We prefer the simplest and boldest font that you have used, for ART WALK in #95, and would invite you to try the same font for the versions with the lighter backgrounds. Feel free to submit a single revision with a multiple stack of alternate versions, and we will be happy to consider it moving forward.

Thank you, Rosslyn-dweller, for design #100. This is certainly an interesting take on the idea, but we worry that the Art Walk signage portion is not sufficiently prominent for it to work as a logo. Perhaps a revision showing the sign, armature and a few upper floors of the building -- or in any case making the letters more pronounced, perhaps in deeper colors, filled in rather than outlined, with a dark sky behind as others have done, would address this problem.

Thank you for design #92 and for your reasoning behind diverging from our suggested design parameters. Have you done this lettering by hand?

The event actually began in 2004, so can you please change the date on your submission? Also, if you had any alternate beneath-the-text decorative elements you could put forward in the revision, we'd appreciate some variety. We like your fonts more than the floral motif you've selected, as it is busy and the treatment of the buds slightly distracting (it's that anatomical thing again -- maybe we have filthy minds...). We appreciate your sensitivity to the event and its history, and appreciate all the thought and craft in your entry.

Thank you for design #91. This design does not have the sophisticated feel we are looking for in a logo, but is more arts and craftsy and literal minded.

Thank you for design #90, and from coming back with new ideas in response to our feedback. We are sorry, but the fonts are not really working for us, as they do not fit well together or with the overall design. However, we think that the gathering of tall buildings in the heart shape is a clever interpretation and an attractive image. Art Walk should be two words, as in your previous design. And the black border is very dark and crisp, and the outer line so delicate, they contrast perhaps too much.

Thank you for design #88. This is a jaunty take on the design, like a moustache or a pair of wings. Thank you for providing white and dark backdrop versions. We would not want to use a logo which said "Since '04" as we prefer the full "Since 2004"-- perhaps you can find a way to adjust the layout to include the entire year. And if you are adjusting your design for future consideration, we'd like a green that is not so olive, but more blue-green.

Thank you for revision #84, interesting mix of thick and thin lines and a font that suggests neon without aping it.

Decided the opened bottom heart #75 and #76 wasn't quite what we were looking for, and so eliminated them. At this point you've really provided a lot of attractive options, and we'll keep your design proposals under consideration moving forward.

Thank you for the kind words and prompt revisions #78 and #79. We think it works better with the dots in all the appropriate letters, not just the O, so are eliminating the version with fewer dots for now.

Thank you for design #66. We are not looking for a tagger-style font, as that is only one of the types of art represented at our event, and it is not a style that is appealing to a broad section of our audience. We are looking for something more widely appealing.

Thank you for design #72. This is too simple an interpretation of the design that so many of your fellow designers have been developing, so it's not going to work for us. Please be careful that the top of the heart does not look too much like breasts, it's an issue every designer needs to look out for with these shapes.