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	<title>The Logo Factor Design Blog</title>
	
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	<description>The Art &amp; Business of Logo Design</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Reworking The Logo Factory design (cont’d)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Studio News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=2185</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I told you about plans to rework The Logo Factory logo and walked readers through the stupidly exhaustive process of redesigning a logo. After overhauling The Logo Factory house (long overdue) I set about incorporating the icon into a servicable word mark. I thought we were on the right path, but [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Battle for hearts and minds continues</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/gkoFRWuwZ3M/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/specwatch-nospec-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around the web]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=2180</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The argument about speculative work and design contest sites continues unabated as designers and creative types grapple with the most contentious subject in the graphic design industry today. If the ongoing forum and blog arguments weren&#8217;t enough, the debate has now moved into the Twitterverse (that&#8217;s Twitter talk for people who, ahm, Twitter). First, there&#8217;s [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Get ‘em while they’re hot. The secrets to your Freelance Dreams…</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/FrzPsdn48Ko/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/secrets-to-freelance-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=2140</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For graphic designers, the internet is awash in free information. Some of it good. Some of it, well, not so good. Some information is so valuable, that it&#8217;s worth plonking down your hard earned cash for. Take this example. Seems there&#8217;s this book out for freelance designers. Called Freelance Dream, it&#8217;s available here. Visually, the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The trouble with Facebook vanity URLs</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/J5kDCXbaEOM/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=2123</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In case you missed it, Facebook opened up &#8216;vanity&#8217; URLs this weekend. What&#8217;s a vanity URL? Simple really. It&#8217;s a web address that features your name or internet handle - in terms of Facebook, it ends up being www.Facebook.com/YourName. Vanity URLs are considered prestigious, may have some SEO benefits, and are the internet version of [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to draw a perfect cog in under 20 seconds</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/oteroQeXOFM/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/draw-a-perfect-cog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion &#038; Ramblings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=2084</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As we were messing about with a recent logo rework for The Logo Factory, I decided to add some cog elements into the mix. So, how does one get vector artwork of a perfect cog or gear?  I&#8217;ve never been a fan of clip art (even for simple graphics) so stock art was [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New design for Apple Quicktime logo</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/Uw69j_BUi-o/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/new-design-for-apple-quicktime-logo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Logo design news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=2075</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Looks like Apple has a new QuickTime logo. The shiny, chrome 3D design is to replace the gel version that&#8217;s been kicking around for a few years, and will represent Apple&#8217;s movie player with the QuickTime X (as in ten) release. I suppose this is timed to coincide with the rollout of Apple&#8217;s new operating [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dispatches from the design trenches - reworking The Factory logo</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/N7arDxSKY3A/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/logo-design-trenches-reworking-our-own-logo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Studio News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=1982</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Back in October, we tinkered around with redesigning The Logo Factory logo (see Battle of The Logos for more). We were originally thinking about a complete overhaul: a new factory &#8216;house&#8217;, typography, color scheme - the works. Trouble is, and as much as I&#8217;d like to change The Logo Factory &#8216;house&#8217;, it&#8217;s not really practical. [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SXSW “Is Spec Work Evil?” panel transcript</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/ZFWf7MIImhg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/is-spec-work-evil-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion &#038; Ramblings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=1941</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Taking time this morning to do some blog house cleaning - catching up on unfinished business and unpublished material. First up, a full transcript of the SXSW 09 Is Spec Work Evil? debate from March. A little late getting around to posting this (The Jon Engle vs. Stock Art flap knocked it to the wayside), [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Disney Called. Aladdin’s missing his genie</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/mWVuDdRcrEc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/disney-aladdin-genie-logo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around the web]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[And we may have found him - as the logo for a Dubai-based online design company (in case you were wondering - Jin is another word for genie). Wonder if Walt knows?
Update. Looks like he&#8217;s gone again. Left his lamp though. Part of his beard too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Twitter graphic $6 proof that design crowdsourcing works? Not quite.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLogoFactor/~3/WBxZC3XItjI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/twitter-bird-six-dollar-graphich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 16:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Douglas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around the web]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=1862</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the ongoing back-and-forth debate (well, not exactly a debate - more of a series of talking points and opposing vents) about so-called design &#8220;crowdsourcing&#8221;, design contests and spec work, there are arguments floated, often by people who should know better, that beg to be looked at a little more closely. Here&#8217;s one such example [...]]]></content:encoded>
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