30 Smart Uses Of Gradients Within logo Design
- May 16th, 2011
- Inspiration
A great article which is a collection of how gradients are smartly implemented within modern logo design. A great inspirational article featuring 30 high quality logo designs, which truly show how gradients can enhance the visual outcome of a logo. I hope you enjoy the article and i would love for you to share your favourite logo within a short comment.
1. Vivid Ways
2. Seistintas
3. Tapioca
4. Playground Bar
5. Art Film
6. Tranton
7. Escola
8. Fast Top 
9. Artfexia 
10. Sparktail
11. Delice 
12. Glocalis 
13. Autobeginner
14. reklamefilmer
15. Madcompass
16. Evolutiva
17. Weezo 
18. Astro 
19. Origama
20. Vigraff
21. Um
22. Creative Studio
23. Bnnrncknn
24. Creative Studio
25. Glory Days
26. Avorio Media
27. Mocking Bird
28. Alfa Storm
29. Learnsharp
30. Enycom 
I always try to stay away from gradients for logos. A good logo should have the ability to be faithfully reproduced in all mediums. Have you seen the results of a complex gradient embroidered? It’s not pretty.
Of course, you can have different versions of the logo, but in this case, it’s not the more the merrier. IMHO.
Creative studio is there twice #22 and #24
Very cool.. I like the gradient used when masked behind the black (#22). Awesome examples you compiled. Thanks for the info
nice collections and inspired…
thank you for sharing… :D
These types of logos although good for inspiration aren’t really feasible in real life situations. Unless the logo will only ever be used on a web site, these types of 4 color logos are expensive to reproduce for printed materials like corporate stationery. True it can be done and often is, but let’s get real here. Not every company can afford to repeatedly produce 4 color stationery. I’d like to see a gallery of “real” logos. Those that work as one color, two color, etc. None of these logos would translate well to a one color version. It’s easy to come up with logos that don’t need to be practical. A true logo design will be able to adapt to any situation or use. None of these would.
^ True Story
I think that if designed and used well gradients especially those that are subtle can look great in logos. It’s true that a logo should be able to stand out on it’s own and be adaptable in any situation – but am sure the above logos have variations for uses in one colour etc in their respective style guides
Very interesting, easy and useful for everyone. Thanks for
sharing.