Just a note which i put on the Logosauce site:
tell me your views.... im actually interested.
http://www.logosauce.com/logos/1570
ok i have rethought and re amended my comment …. Many congrats extended to Ollie i was lost for words and have found them.
however Im sitting here thinking whether the issue of plagarism should be addressed, but let me state first (and you have in writing) its not about the money its the spirit of taking part and most likely this money would have found its way into a charity coffer.
Maybe not total plagiarism ,angle, font etc, but I still am troubled with this,:
I happen to have a strange and very good memory. I am able to ‘think’ of an original idea, work it out, be very happy with result and still get that annoying ‘suspicion’ before final presentation that it might exist. Of course only to find out after investigating it, that I have seen it some months prior to ‘comming up with it’. I must have seen billions of images in my lifetime and take it out.
So when entering a competition, I feel I am forced to at least do a quick search to check that my ‘idea’ does not already exist somewhere, this is a family with a set of values or in effect a business where we can address matters before they hit points like this.
Not trying to be a jerk but does the point have merit and i feel a point Digger should address since competitions have rules. Or does it only matter if i put a fedex logo up. This doesnt matter to the client as he sees a unified unit but as the head of an organisation this is an internal issue. Im not worried about who’s logo looks better but one thing we designers should all be aware of and take notice of is intellectual property.
Lessons learnt now will save harder lessons in the future.
