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Utopia Stationary
Published: 2005-05-18 14:31:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 30875; Favourites: 180; Downloads: 5286
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Stationary for the festival's organization's sake.I'll soon be posting uniforms, tickets, id's and signs of the festival.
College work, I'll be happy with critiques.
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really good job, i have your PDF of the identity corporate and is great (sorry for bad english )
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Well it seems everyone stole my comments before I got here! Here's a summary though 
-The black envelopes look neat, its a great color combo, but... impractical. It's also tough to change a color scheme so drastically and still keep uniformity in the design.
-I noticed on the back of the small black envelope, the bottom has a swirl of blue the same shade as that on the small white envelope. Since you didn't use that color anywhere else on the black envelope, it struck me as a little strange.
-The business card would be better one-sided, but if you keep it two-sided, I'd switch the logo and information so that the logo had both colors of blue swirl with it (eye-candy) and the info just one color (business).
-The logo is very unique and memorable, by far my favorite part of the whole layout! It reminds me of a swan/harp, perfect for a music festival
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Thanks a lot for the comments!
1) The Black envelopes were planned to use only to formal, internal correspondency. It was thought to be used with adesive tags, with the adresses on it. But after all o fthis comments, I really think it would be better to keep the white version only, for both envelopes.
2) Hmmm... Yes, I made a mistake. =/ The front of the small envelope should follow the scheme of the big one.
3) I REALLY didn't like those bussiness cards. It was a college work, I was on a rush to finish everything, and the Cards ended up far from what I expected. But thanks for your considerations. I'll improve them, for myself, as soon as I can.
4) Thanks. If you have time, check it: [link] and [link]
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yah, i understand trying to get work done under a deadline in college! Despite all the critiques, this really is good work, and does strike me as something that would actually be used.
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As a graphic designer at our local printing office (not that this makes my comment any more qualified) I gotta say, great work! 
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I have to say that I do also don't know about the postage signs. =/
I'll check it. Ah, and I'll try to make the folders as you said it. As soon as I finish, I'll warn you.
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Here in my country, lil' Austria that is, the mail offices are very sensitive about the placement and the size of the postage signs.
Anyway, glad you like my idea, can't wait to see what the final product will look like!
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so good. u r an expert at graphic design. the logo is especially awesome. its crisp and uncluttered.
the only thing id have done differently was to change the colours. why? its a festival for music and i dont think that blue represents music very well. but still its as awesome as ever.
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Blue was intended, as "water" was one of the elements I used the most. Check out: [link]
And thanks for the comment and kind words!
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ah, ok makes sense...now i see it....
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VERY nice designs. I believe I'm getting inspired!
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This is so very very nice. I would love to design stationary like this.
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Was a pleasure for me, to design those, indeed.
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you do the logo? I agree with the above mentioned. Black as the backgrounds isnt going to be cost efficient or easy to use.
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Yes, I did.
Check it out on: [link] and [link]
The Black envelopes were planned to use only to formal, internal correspondency. It was thought to be used with adesive tags, with the adresses on it. But after all of this comments, I really think it would be better to keep the white version only, for both envelopes.
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Awesome I like the logo. Ah that makes sense. Im not any designer or anything of the sort but I do work for an advertising company. Im the courier, I drive stuff around all day. Not sure how that organization works and I suppose adesive tags would be fine, but I know the people at my office get really busy and at the end of the day alot of times write down the mailing addresses, no computer work, no printer issues to come up. But its just my two takes on it. The black envelopes sure do look cool though, so maybe having a few around for important information wouldnt be a bad thing. Who knows
Awesome design on the logo though, I really like it.
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k so heres my 2cents...ditch all black bg's (unless your client has money to burn they wont want to print those) postmarking wont show up on the black and also the system doesnt feel as unified with the letterhead and cards on white and envelopes on black...i will say they look sweet but im tryin to go with realistic options...not quite sure what all the info on the business card is but i like the overall design, keep it 2 sided...since youve got the logo already on the letterhead you dont need all that info twice, try ditching everything but the graphic element on the right side and leave the text portion of the logo where it is (bottom right corner).....the graphic portion on the envelopes could be scaled down to fit the vertical height of the text next to it to make it feel more streamlined (dunno about this one for sure but somethin to think about)...ok so enough of my crit but just like to say i really like the style of the logo (kerning might be a bit of an issue on the text part but i doubt you would make changes to it at this point), i like the color choice and i'd say its a solid overall concept...and with a little tweaking it could definately be pro-grade work, nice job
hope this helps!
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It was a college work, and we could design the stationary as if the client had all the money in the world. But the Black envelopes were planned to use only to formal, internal correspondency. It was thought to be used with adesive tags, with the adresses on it. But after all o fthis comments, I really think it would be better to keep the white version only, for both envelopes. I'll try to change the business cards, too. I really don't like them, too. But thanks for the comments. I'll try to improve this work!
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I sutdy at "UniverCidade" college, doing Graphic Design.
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no prob...just curious, which school do you go to?
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I sutdy at "UniverCidade" college, doing Graphic Design.
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Very nice, don't know enough to critique, but I'd sure as hell buy it
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And how much are you paying?
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I really really like this too, great colours, layouts and designs. But i would consider keeping the curves at the bottoms consistant throughout all the pieces
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I thought that on the small envelopes, curved bottons would be inpratical. But I'll review this. =/
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The stationery is really very effective, I would be proud to use it.
I can't look past this though, it's STATIONERY just for the record
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By far one of the most original and well-executed themes I've seen in quite some time.
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This is VERY NICE! I love the colours and the way you use the lines.
I'd like to have a company with such a "live" style!
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I agree with most the critiques, great job on it. Few things:
-first off, which font is that?
-on the light backgrounds the partial shade curve blends to white and so is a lightened version of the color, on the black bg it blends withg the black and is a darker version. This is fine except that on the black envelopes you also show a lightened version of the curve. I wouldnt do that, looks odd to me. Id stick with only 2 shades per design.
-I dont see cost of 1 sided vs 2 sided being an issue, the only time ive run into companies cutting corners to that extent iswhen im seriously slumming. If you can justify the design I think the client will definately spring the extra cash. The one sided cards do bring up one point though, that many times folks like a blank, un-coated backside so at tradeshows etc folks can take notes on the back. For my cards, though, I usually make them 2 sided with a simple large logo on the back, often repeated or partially repeated smaller on the front. its all per taste but I think hammering in the logo is a good idea. As far as blank for people to write on, I usually do that if requested only.
- thats a good point on die-cut consistancy, and btw, if you ARE looking to cut costs thats the one I would cut. It looks very nice, but that would be my first cut if i had to. Ive seen prople round just one corner, but i think rounding just the bottom oves, like on the letterhead, would be a mistake. I'd go with just one, adjacent corners, or all 4 in everything that you can (obviously you cant round all the envelope corners).
-on letterheads I dont think you wanna show text wrapping to the lower curve. When folks write on it they are not going to want to have to make the wrap all the time, they will jsut stop right before it.
-not that it cant be done, but i dont think ive ever seen a 2 sided letterhead.
-I'd make the logo on the backside of the BC more promonent, ie big and imposing.
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The font of the logo it's "Jaguar", but I modified it a lot, to make it more "greekish". I'll redo the bussiness cards as soon as I can, for myself. I'll keep your considerations in mind.
Thanks a lot for the comments!
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Great work, simple and elgant with good colours.
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Cara, tu destrΓ³i!
Mto mto bom, impecΓ‘vel! Perfeito! 
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CΓ©us, valeu!
BrigadΓ£o, mesmo.
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Fantastic clean design. Love the smooth organic shapes. Simplicity at its best! Great logo design too.
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I like the simplicity, it's perfec5t. and the colours .. well, they are great (blue be mah fav colour ^^)
Cheers and CONDGRADULATIONS on the DD, dude!!
--jm
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