If anyone wants to see the final logo design based on the winning entry, visit http://www.yourmapper.com or see this link directly to a logo: http://static.yourmapper.com/images…per125.png

I've just awarded the prize to EastSideDesigns.biz for his submission of logo #158. Congrats!

His logo won because of some very simple ideas that he came up with that lent themselves well to the site. One is the use of the bendy Y person in a previous design, and the use of the little smile in the winning design. Also the faded blast radius target element is really great for showing importance to things that are close to the user, without looking too much like a bullseye. I'll hopefully work with him to finalize the design into a finished logo for the site.

I'd like to thank everyone else that participated. In addition to giving credit to EastSideDesigns.biz on the final site for his logo, I'd also like to credit on the site some of the other designers for some great ideas, especially helio brazil, wired iris, pacmanb, netso, and year_ago_today. Some parts of them might be turned into icons on the site even though they are not in the logo. I'll post a comment back here when the site is up and running in a few months at www.yourmapper.com

Thanks to 99designs for a great site and service. I was really amazed at the number of submissions and the quality of the designer's work. It make it difficult to make a final decision, that's for sure!

So it is now Monday night, and no final decision yet. I'm awaiting some more feedback before it is final. I'll keep you posted here. Thanks.

It's Friday night here, so expect a decision after the weekend on Monday. Love the site and the designers!

Alright the contest is over, some great last minute submissions! I'll make the decision soon after talking to a few people. Great work everyone. Feel free to leave comments here about what you like the best.

30 mins left. Wow, I am blown away by the great submissions.

Hour and a half left. 18 good looking submissions right now. The winner will probably be the one who refines their idea the most, but I can tell you it's going to be tough to choose. I do however guarantee that someone will get the award!

Only 5 hours left in the contest! Try some variations on the recommended designs and think about specific colors to related to feelings and ideas in the project brief.

Here are some concepts that I haven't seen explored yet that could be incorporated or started with:

Concept Ideas

Flag shape - for a type of pin, claiming your location. not patriotic though, symbol on flag.

Person shape - for the Your part, maybe as a map pin or one of the letters or both. Shows ownership, individual empowerment

Multi Point star/ explosion - showing location, expanding out, showing importance, excitement

Blast Radius - like an expading target blast radius show a strong center expanding out to edges, fading

X marks the spot - use of this for your location

Paul, ok thanks for the tip. I thought most people just used the main page. I'll go in and make comments for each designer's items that are not yet eliminated.

#34 That's a good idea connecting the Y and O and making the O a pushpin thing. The pushpin idea is a little vague though. Maybe Your could be emphasized more than Mapper (probably true for all designs)? What's the stand alone icon, The O and the slanted target?

#35 good progress. How about slanting the target like it's laying on an invisible ground? Maybe Your Mapper on different lines to the right? Seems like something should go in the bubble for the standalone, but not sure what.