Sorry mate. I wasn't having a go at your design. I just took one look at it and straight away thought Subaru.
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Here are the shirts I did for the 10th and our Cape trip in 2009, the other was from the 60th at Cooma, just to give you some ideas
The green is from the 60th at Cooma, this I bought from Weeds, who arranged the shirts for it, the Black background is from our Cape trip in 2009
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps847f210a.jpg
These 2 pics are from the 10th, showing the Mens and womens shirt we did.
Mens
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psd420696b.jpg
Womens
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps9706b75c.jpg
To be effective, a logo should be identifiable with what itrepresents and the basic design should not be tampered with by adding, removingor changing anything.
The design used for the 10th Anniversary shirts looks good and meets the above criteria. It included the Land Rover oval, the Southern Cross and the full wording of the acronym - AULRO. By including all of this, non members who see the logo either on a shirt, a sticker on your car or wherever, will have an immediate understanding of what it is all about and if interested in Land Rovers will soon be punching ‘AULRO.com’ into their keyboards to discover more. On the other hand, if all they see is AULRO.com they won’t have a clue what it’s all about, are none the wiser and will simply dismiss what they have seen.
I don’t think there is or will be a problem with using the Land Rover oval as it is already used internationally in numerous ways by clubs, businesses and other organisations. In fact, I recently wrote to LRA enquiring about its use and was not told that we couldn’t use it. Provided it’s used in good faith and promotes the brand then why would they want to restrict its use?
Therefore for my 2c worth, we should stick with the design that was used for the 10th Anniversary as the basic AULRO logo. Anything extra such as username or some special event description (10th Anniversary or Cape York 2009 etc) could be added BELOW the logo. I have received numerous positive comments regarding the logo when wearing my 10th Anniversary shirt.
James
Thanks for doing the leg work. Ill take a few of whatever you decide upon.
Reckon start a new thread when you have decided and just say " this is the deal- yes or no.
Pockets, white khaki, blue, polo drill, t shirt. Yep all have pros and cons.
Either way put me down and lets get ordering started!!! Love it.
Jim
I just want to clarify here Roger as I think you have some potentially misleading wording in here
did they say "providing its used in good faith and promotes the brand" or is this your opinion.
you said that they didn't say you couldn't use it, more to the point did they say you could?
and did you ask the permission of LRA or did you ask the permission for Land Rover UK I would of thought the permission would be sort through UK not Aus
Yes Lou, I was careful with my wording as I didn't receive a written reply from LRA (not UK) to my written enquiry, only a phone discussion. It seems that, although willing to discuss by phone, they were unwilling to commit with a hardcopy answer. Following discussions with more learned people it seems that they may have adopted this position due the already extensive use of the oval referred to in my earlier post, most of which permission had not even been requested.
I think its important though that we keep in mind the purpose of the AULRO logo and be satisfied that the purpose is met with the final design.
Naturally, the final adopted logo design is entirely in Inc's hands and I'm sure we'll all be happy with whatever he decides as acceptable.
I was only throwing my 2c worth in with regard to logos and understand your request for clarification.
Righteo, lets not let the momentum drop.
Inc, care to make a final call on two options and I will get the artwork to the printer.
To anyone who has done this before, how did you collect orders? Inc, can you do it through the web page with a form or something?