History Education Production Company Needs an Iconic Logo

Kabinettskriege

Kabinettskriege Productions is a new brand that focuses on historical research and education. Kabinettskriege (Cabinet + s + kreeg) is German for “Cabinet Wars” and refers to the wars fought between 1648 and 1789. Our scope includes not only the European conflicts but also the North American theaters as well. Our goal is to create/expand a community that enjoys debating and discussing the broad scope and individual details of 17th and 18th-century​ warfare.
Kabinettskriege is currently a successful blog and Facebook group run by writer and founder, Alex Burns who is a Ph.D Candidate at West Virginia University. The blog currently has an estimates 40,000 readers with between 11,000 to 15,000 views per month and we want to expand! Our plan is to launch a new website and podcast in 2020 and all of this requires a strong brand.

Task
We need a logo. This will be the hallmark of the Kabinettskriege brand. We understand that having a foreign name can make things difficult but this name/brand already has a strong following and reputation that we are proud of and wish to see grow.
We would like a logo that has three main characteristics. It must have the “Kabinettskriege” name, to remain true to our base viewership. Iconic, to clearly show our concentration and interest in 17th and 18th century military history. Lastly, we need it to be accessible/recognizable in order to help attract new viewers.
We have included a reference sheet with logos we like as well as some imagery that we believe showcases our interests and concentrations. There are some suggested color pallets included below. These are guidelines and while they are in the general area of colors we wish to use we are open to other color ideas as well.​

#0D1F21
#143441
#C4B69A
#EBB11A
#CC9612
Please feel free to make slight adjustments to these colors but please stay within these same color families. It is also not required to use all of them but would be good to have them all.