30 Dual Element Logos, Do You See Them All?
The last time I wrote a guest article on FYC, I bragged about the animal logos posted on IncSpring. At the time, I mentioned how I was impressed by any designer able to pull off a successful animal logo. I’ve always thought one of the most difficult processes was to take the concept of a living, breathing animal and create a brand around it. I’m not changing my view on the difficulties involved, but the logos below might have them beat.
So here’s what we got! All of these logos combine two or more individual concepts to create one seamless design. Some are a little more obvious than others, but all equally impressive. Please share any “no-so-obvious” elements that I missed, I’m certain I missed a few.
Birds + "A"
Grass + "Y"
Shovel + Tack
Island + "i" + "D"
Heart + Pen Tips
Quotes + Boxing Gloves
Heart + People
Ghost + Movie Reel
Lock + Key
Fly + Business Suit
Bar Chart + Xylophone
Piano Keys + Trees
Foot + Africa
Hearts + Bug
Bug + Ink Drops
USB Plugs + People
Castle + Thumbnail
Houses + Propeller
RSS Symbols + "S"
Cowboy Hat + House
Happy Face + Bird Nest
Woman + Umbrella
Lion + Flower
Couch + Beer (mmm)
Pencil + House
Sushi + "8"
Couch + Keyboard
Phone + Place Setting
Crown + Spotlights
Falling Stars + Umbrella
Your turn. Did I miss any elements? Do you have any other good examples?
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very nice, simple yet meaning full good collections of logos
Wow, amazing stuff. I really love clever things like this, thanks for finding these and putting them together. Cheers.
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The shovel and Tack in Groundtack are made of a G and a T
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These are all amazing. I have just finished a logo for my local church. Tell me what you think as well.
http://dev.benniemosher.com/hbclogo.png
Pretty exciting and unique idea for article – it was really interesting to follow through this list and saw something is not so easy to see :)
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Those are some great logos. The one with the feet that looks like a continent really appeals to me.
Some really inspirational stuff here! thankyou!
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Fun stuff-thanks! Check out the Eden Reforestation Projects logo in the brand section of my portfolio: http://krop.com/iamgarth
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Cute, simple logos. Thanks.
I see them all! :) ha, nice collection wes, thanks for featuring some of mine
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good stuff! you got me thinking. thanks! :)
Great list, really inspirational :) . Also really fun to see, those artists are awesome!
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ground tack also has G and T on the shovel…
Wow, some of those are really great. Especially the ones you have to stare at for a bit to recognize an element in the negative and another in the positive space.
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There are some talented people out there, logos have always been a challenge for me.
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All gorgeous logo designs. You have unique talent that blends simplicity and insight. Great work.
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Great list. Some I’ve seen. Some I haven’t. Thanks!
great logos. The island one was really hard to make out but i love the concept of two images in one. Nice job, thanks
Nice stuff, I love the sofasticated one.
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amazing, those logos are brilliant!
Really great collection! Thanks for compiling and also for featuring a few of mine! :)
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Some of these were kind of challenging, haha. Very awesome collection of logos!
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Great roundup, my personal fav is the Fedex logo.
Great comments, thanks for the warm responses!
@Hallakol Great point, I forgot to mention the letter significance.
@Sean Farrell @Josiah Jost Glad to add your work, you’re both two of the best at it!
@Logo Design Guru I agree, the island one is great because it’s not so obvious.
@Mirko me too!
@Bill Biwer maybe the next post should focus on negative space, that would be fun
Thanks again all!
Nice collection of logos!
I noticed the GroundTack logo actually contains FOUR elements: the shovel, the tack, the letter G and T. Neat!
My personal fave tho is still the LocKey, what an elegant solution!
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Inspiring! Great collection of great thoughts!
Muy buena esta colección de logos, muy formativo todo tu website, felicitaciones desde Colombia
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You’ve just made me realise that I love dual element logos and find myself trying to create dual elements all the time when I design! :)
If you look you can see ‘VA’ (virtual assistant) in the characters -http://www.trulyace.com/blog/design-projects/rebranding-an-established-business/
I also have a dual element here; http://www.trulyace.com/AKDLogo.jpg
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Hey Wes! Great collection (although I know each of these very well) it’s always nice to see what others think about them. Nice post!
The PIANO FOREST logo is a masterpiece, I really like it.
Thanks for the list. Cheers.
hey are there any webdesigners here that are willing to make a logo for me?
if so , email me at khalily@live.com
its for an outdoor advertising company
I found these logos to be very inspirational! I will keep this concept in mind when creating our own company logo which hopefully will be very soon!
I just happened to come across incspring yesterday. There sure are some great logo’s over there.
I didn’t see some of these over there yet. I love the simplicity of the ideas behind the logo’s. The execution is beautiful though.
Some really great inspiration to get the week going. Definitely appreciate a good logo. Thanks!
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Some of the logos are great. I got some inspiration :)
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Some really neat ideas there, a great collection!
Very creative design… i like it…..
Great roundup! I see all of them except for the business suit on the fly. KO Quotes is my favorite.
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Some truly kickass logos – and a very nice list! thanks
Maybe obvious, but not mentioned is the LuvTalk people are also quotes. Very clever stuff.
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Great list Wes.Some nice clean cleverness…love it!
nice, really nice
thanks a lot
Awesome designs.
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All great designs!! I love incorporating symbols into the design.
hey wes,
great article–thanks for the feature! here’s another gestalt beaut o’ mine (shameless plug!)
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/46968
very cool! :)
Great selection, love the Horror Films!
Thank you for a very nice collection
very good ideas, thank you very mutch for this article!
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Just because a logo has double elements DOESN’T mean they’re great. A lot of these logos looks very unproffessional and would not work in some situations. “OH wow they made a umbrella out of stars! that’s brilliant!!” COME ON PEOPLE…