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20 Ninja Logo Examples for Businesses and Startups

DesignCrowd - Friday, December 6, 2013

Guest post by DesignCrowd freelance graphic designer, Vitaliy. Every year, December 5th is the Day of the Ninja. On this day, people are encouraged to dress as ninja, engage in ninja-related activities, and spread information on ninja online. December 5 was originally chosen because December 5, 2003 marked the release of Tom Cruise's film The Last Samurai. Read more

App Design: Top 15 Halloween/Zombie iPad games for 2013

DesignCrowd - Friday, November 1, 2013

It's Halloween and Day of the Dead (if you live in Mexico) and the App Store is packed with Halloween-inspired games. Our in-house web designer and gaming pro, Roman Po, took on the challenge to road-test the top 15 Halloween iPad games. Some noticeable trends in our research incldued the cross-over of film a Read more

22 Spooky Halloween Graphic Designs

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Scary/spooky/freaky images curated by DesignCrowd graphic designer // Anghelaht. Halloween is Nigh...Will You Trick or Treat?Start carving your pumpkins and preparing for the neighborhood kids to start door-knocking meanwhile if you're looking for design inspiration to boost a business marketing campaign, check out this freaky Halloween crowdsourced logo design roundup! Read more

Greyscale in Design: 20 Inspirational Black and White Designs

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, October 29, 2013

This round up features 20 timeless black and white or grayscale designs from the designer community on DesignCrowd.com.Black & white Versus ColorThe collection highlights awesome examples of greyscale logo design, web design, flyer design, t-shirt design, icon design and more.  Read more

20 Green Logos for Organic, Green and Eco Companies

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The color green is uplifting, and popular in graphic design. Many companies love to use the color to communicate energy, youth and wellbeing. From web 2.0 companies to food companies, it's a popular color. From tree logo designs to the trend in 'green packaging', to app design, green is easy on the eye and carries a timeless essence due to its inherent connection to nature. Consider using green for your next design project. Read more

Stationery Design: 20 Classy Crowdsourced Stationery Designs

Jo Sabin - Tuesday, October 15, 2013

In this round up we showcase some of the professional stationery design examples by DesignCrowd's freelance graphic designers. The following designs were created from real client briefs from a diverse range of industries including consulting, finance, security, and creative agencies. Read more

Flat Design: 30 Flat Logos by DesignCrowd

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Is Flat the New Black?The last couple of years have marked the beginning of a new minimalist design trend. "Flat" design is now a major design paradigm across the design industry. Its secret weapon? Less is More. In logo design, flat design encompasses these attributes: efficiency, impact, minimal composition, maximal results. Color plays a central role. Read more about this major design trend. Read more

40 Startup Logos from Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2013

DesignCrowd - Friday, September 13, 2013

40 Startup Logos from Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2013 By Jo Sabin Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2013 is over for another year. The event is followed by the global media and the world's top tech investors, and gives bootstrapped startups unparalleled exposure and opportunity. In this post, we're going to check out the vent and highlight the best, average and ugly startups logos from Disrupt SF 2 Read more

52 Aussie Startup Logos from 2013!

Jo Sabin - Thursday, September 12, 2013

It might only be September but we think it's safe to say 2013 has been an eventful year on the political, tech and business front. Australia has changed prime minister 3 times in five months! We lost the Ashes (again). The new iPhone 5 is about to hit our shores. Yahoo took out line honours for the longest logo unveil in history. In our roundup of 52 startup company logos there are a bunch of new arrivals since our last review of Australian startup logos back in 2011. Read more. Read more

Australian Flag Crowdsourced in 1901

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 1, 2013

Did you know that Australia's flag was crowdsourced? Back in 1901, Australia officially farewelled the British (who had colonised Australia in 1788) and began governing itself. What does any new state need? A flag to unite the people! Australia announced an international contest to design a new Australian flag. We believe this is one of the world's earliest examples of design crowdsourcing. Read more

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