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Midtown Logo Contest Winner!
July 26, 2011
Congratulations to Dave Grimsrud for winning the Midtown Logo Design Contest! The Midtown area of Lake Street (from 35-W to Hiawatha) recently held this contest to find an engaging brand that connects with residents and welcomes visitors. Without further ado, here’s the winner!
Dave Grimsrud is from Zumbrota, MN he has a strong passion for art, painting and design work, spanning over the last 50 years. He earned art degrees at St. Olaf College (BA), U of M – Mankato (MA) and Indiana University – Bloomington (MFA). He has worked as an Art teacher and basketball coach at several high schools across the state of MN. In addition he was owner/publisher/graphic designer for over 25 years with Grimsrud Publishing, Inc.
And a couple runners-up:
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This one’s from Jim Smith, recent graduate from Anoka High School. He has been working with graphic design and making logos for about four years and he is planning on attending Full Sail University for computer animation in the fall.
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And here’s one from Nick Zdon, a 2004 graduate from the College of Visual Arts. Nick has held senior design positions at Larsen Design and HartungKemp. He’s created work for Amnesty International, Best Buy, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Microsoft. His work has appeared in GDUSA, Graphis, HOW, and Print.
What do you think?
Comments
Posted by Arielle
You get what you pay for. Crowd-sourced logos are made without much research, often by novice designers, and without the input of the client. All of these logos look a little generic/boring to me. The winner does have an interesting concept but needs a lot of illustrative and typographical help.
Posted by Lake Street Council
Thanks for the feedback, Arielle. I will note that we’ve been receiving more feedback from others, here’s a sample of comments from Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/pucmn/status/96319520691601408
http://twitter.com/#!/HOBT/status/96316045094166528
http://twitter.com/#!/MarenAnnMisner/status/96345135486476288
Posted by Steven Warren
As a resident of The Chicago Lofts in Midtown I’m delighted with Dave Grimsrud’s winning logo design. It’s clever and fresh.
Posted by Adam
This one’s from Jim Smith, recent graduate from Anoka High School. Forex Trading
Posted by Ruth Sharonos
I would like to congratulate Dave Grimsrud for winning the Midtown Logo Design Contest.
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Posted by Eddy Johnson
I really liked the second logo. It is beautifully made. Congratulations to the winner. It was wonderful.
Posted by henery
Dave Grimsrud done great job and he deserves this award. I want to congratulate him for winning this award.I hope he will win more in coming days.
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