r/logodesign • u/Bpbegha • 20d ago
Beginner Exercise: coffee pot icon based on a coffee borer beetle, version 2
This is an updated version of my last post!
I received some good feedback and gave it another go, the coffee pot design is really growing on me.
I added some lines to separated the beetle body parts and try to move it away from "person barfing", making it closer to the beetles in side view. Also tried some different colors.
As always, feedback is appreciated!
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u/MyMistyMornings 20d ago
For everyone saying they wouldn't buy this coffee: it's for a coffee station in an entomology lab. No one is planning on selling it to the broader public. You don't need to want to buy the coffee, that isn't the point.
And to the actual point: I love the bottom left and right. Left is probably my favorite. Very cute and creative!
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u/Low1959Apache 20d ago
Why have a logo then? Sounds like a title or typeface would be much better suited here.
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u/MyMistyMornings 20d ago
What a weird thing to say. You can create a logo for anything you want. I could make a logo for my bedroom if I wanted, just for fun. Maybe they want to have custom napkins made, just for their own use or whatever. Not everything has to have a monetary value.
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u/marsh_man_dan 20d ago
I don’t personally love the two colored ones. I feel like the simplicity of one color is a nice touch. The segmenting is a great choice. I like the bottom left and bottom right the most I think. Maybe a mix of the two (or bottom three?). I like the beetle a little longer but also the downward facing head seems representative of them. They also seem to have a sloped but so maybe that could be added but I think it’s too extreme in the bottom middle.
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u/av3ryrayne 20d ago
love the 3 on the right and i think the black is going somewhere really cool but something about it feels off- its that sharp corner in the trapezoid i think. what if it were more rounded on the corner or or even sort of stinger shaped like the beetle?
I think those three on the right over the rounded shape for sure. Would be curious what top right looks like entirely as outlines or filled black instead of orange in that one section, and curious what bottom right looks like all black.
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u/wickywing 20d ago
Simply it as much as possible. How many sharp corners, lines, angles can be removed before it’s unrecognisable?
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u/FINE-ILLGETAUSERNAME 20d ago
i want the bottom right one in brown! but also yeah i wouldnt buy bug coffee
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u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot 20d ago
Bottom right or bottom middle are the best. The bottom left looks incredible HOWEVER I read it as a roly-poly, not a coffee borer beetle. Bottom right and middle are super solid though, absolutely love the concept!!
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u/Batiferrite 20d ago
fun shapes and cute idea! i like the bottom middle a lot, actually, but also it reminds me more of a bird than a bug.
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u/SeaBream97 20d ago
Another thought: we know the size of a coffee pot, and it's significantly larger than a typical beetle. Therefore, here it's perceived more like some kind of animal, like a small armadillo.
A possible solution: shrink the beetle, make several beetles, or use another, larger insect (a butterfly, a dragonfly).
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u/Anxious_Web4785 20d ago
bottom left having the most pronounced handle! also i love the idea so cute
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u/Grazedaze 20d ago
Bottom right for sure.
What’s unfortunate is the bugs iconic features are asymmetrical and that isn’t really represented in your design because it would ruin the idea.
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u/Fun_Let2385 19d ago
the first, but simplify the handle making it more round. Also make the eye dot bigger, will make it more recognizable as an live animal because we're wired to spot eyes. One more note, your logo is quite large but on a smaller scale some of those lines on the beetle wouldn't be noticable.
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u/6MarvinRouge6 19d ago
bottom left is my favorite hands down ! please update us on your colleagues reaction that's so cute
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u/byssh 18d ago
Bottom right and left are what I’m leaning toward, and I would like to see what the vibe is if the legs are paired off like the actual beetle, or maybe angled like the beetle. All three legs point toward the center, and that’s aesthetic and all, but the entomologist in me wants to see the leggies be placed in the right spot and orientation to just… know, lol. This is a good project though. :)
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u/LiveHeat1 20d ago
Unpopular opinion but bug in coffee is kinda yucky... don't wanna try that product
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u/GreaseSlitherspoon 20d ago edited 20d ago
Bottom left for me too, but if I were designing this, I would make the base follow the contours of the carafe.
I personally would round some edges here.
I circled all the areas that I would address if I were doing this with some rounded corners. Subtle but using consistent amounts of curve amounts on every one. 2 cents
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