While I am fairly satisfied with the present design of Seattle Bubble’s website, I readily admit that there are aspects that need work. For example, it would be nice if the format of the forums matched the format of the blog. Also, I think it would help the be more engaging if I could incorporate pictures and graphics a bit more often. Not in every post just for the sake of adding graphics, and not just chart after chart, but just a little color to supplement what can become large blocks of intimidating text.
Along those lines, I think something that Seattle Bubble needs is a logo. Unfortunately, my skills of an artist are somewhat lacking (to put it lightly). I’ve got some concepts that I think would make a cool logo, but very little ability to translate the images in my head into images on paper (or computer).
That’s where you, the readers of Seattle Bubble come in. I’d like to solicit your assistance in coming up with a great logo for Seattle Bubble. Here are the qualities I’m looking for:
- Succinct – Gets across the purpose of the site in a plain manner.
- Simple – Would look equally good in a website header, on a business card, or on a t-shirt.
- Clever – This ain’t no accounting firm letterhead.
- Polished – Looks sharp. Something you’d be proud to display.
- Original – Should be obvious, but taking some existing work and tweaking it is a no-go.
Now, I’m fully aware that logo design is something that big businesses pay hojillions of bucks for, and I’m probably coming across like some kind of street corner bum begging for money. Not surprisingly, I don’t really care how it comes across, I just thought it would be something fun we could discuss together and maybe come up with a great result. Obviously if we come up with a cool enough logo, I’d be more than happy to offer it on a t-shirt, and whoever designed the logo would get at least a free shirt out of the deal.
Even if (like me) you don’t have any real artistic skills, feel free to comment with your ideas of what could be put into a logo. I’ll kick things off with a few of my own ideas. One would have simple black sketches of various Seattle landmarks such as the Space Needle, the Smith Tower, and the Pike Place sign, inside a soap bubble that’s about to be popped by a needle. Another one is to have a simplistic but recognizable Seattle skyline inside of one of those snow-globe things.
P.S. (If you like, you can email your submissions to me at TimothyEllis ~at~ gmail ~dot~ com.)