70 Excellent Logo Design Tutorials and Resources
An effective logo sets the tone and public perception of your brand, and therefore careful thought and creativity must be put into constructing it.
In this article, you’ll find a large collection of tutorials and resources on the topic of designing logos by some of the most well-respected logo designers in the industry.
Logo Design Tutorials
Step-by-step logo
Designer/Author Chuck Green shows us the general process he takes when designing a logo.
Big Bocca – Illustrative Logo
This downloadable tutorial goes through the process of designing an illustrative logo.
Piranha’s Revenge – Illustrative Logo
Artist Von. R. Glitschka discusses his creative process for designing an illustrative logo.
Logo Frustration
Take a peak into a real-world project to see an actual logo designer in action.
Creating the Logo / Identity for “Blackberry Creek Community Church”
You’ll see, from start to finish, the creation of a logo for the "Blackberry Creek Community Church".
Drawing a Good Logo
UX Developer Nathan Smith discusses his method for creating an iconic logo design.
The process of redesigning a logo
Kristof Saelen discusses an effective course of action for updating an existing logo.
Day 30: Designing a Logo
Learn how to create a logo design in Illustrator via this step-by-step tutorial.
My logo design process
Graphic Designer David Airey shares his logo design process, including the very important step: the design brief.
Constructing the Perfect Logo
This short tutorial goes over the general methods for constructing a logo.
Logo Design Galleries for Inspiration
LogoPond
LogoPond is a logo design gallery where users can upload and share their logos. Members can leave comments/critiques, so it’s a helpful place for getting feedback.
Logo Of The Day
Logo Of The Day features one logo a day picked by a panel of judges.
The Identity Archives Project
The Identity Archives Project is a searchable database of logos and brand identity designs, it’s useful for getting inspiration on particular topics such as "technology" or "web 2.0".
Logos & Logotypes on deviantART
deviantArt has a section on user-submitted logos/logotypes that you can browse through for logo design inspiration.
Logo Faves
Logo Faves is a logo design gallery that seeks to present the best logo designs. Check out their "Highest Rated Logos" section to see what the top logos on the site.
FAVEUP
FAVEUP is a design inspiration gallery that has a wonderful Logos section. Users are able to vote on designs that are featured on FAVEUP.
Logo Galleria
Logo Galleria (currently) has over 400 logos featured in their gallery.
LogoFury.com
LogoFury.com is a frequently updated logo design gallery featuring thousands of logos. Check out the Top Rated section to see what their users like the most.
Logospire
Logospire is a logo design gallery where users can vote on, comment on, and upload logo designs.
LogoMoose
LogoMoose is a logo design showcase site. They have a monthly "Logo of the month" award for submitted logo designs.
LogoSauce
LogoSauce is a logo design gallery. Check out the "top 6" section to view the most popular designs on the site.
lo8os
Update: This website no longer exists.
lo80s is a highly-categorized logo design gallery. You’ll find categories like "Symbols" or "Household Items" on here.

LogoSurf
LogoSurf is part of BuzzShout is a logo design aggregate that displays tons of logos in one page to reduce the number of clicks you have to perform to see logo designs.
logoed
logoed is a blog-style logo design showcase for graphic designers that posts logos from various designers.
goodlogo!com
goodlogo!com is a database of logo designs. Check out the Logo Top 250 section to see the most popular logos on the site.
Logo Design Articles
30 Brilliant Vector Logo Designs, Deconstructed
Graphic and web designer, Chris Spooner, analyzes how one would construct the featured logo designs.
branding firefox
Acclaimed creative team Hicksdesign discusses the method in which the Firefox logo was selected.
What Makes a Great Logo
This is an excellent article on the fundamental elements of a good logo design.
how do designers create unique identities?
Logo designer and author Jeff Fisher ponders on the ways designers go about creating unique brands that stand out from the crowd.
Logos with a meaning
This article on creativebits examines logos that have a symbolic meaning to them, such as the FedEx logo and Sun Microsystems logo.
5 vital logo design tips
Acclaimed graphic designer David Airey shares his tips on designing logos.
LogoBee’s Top 10 Logo Design Tips
Logo design company, LogoBee, shares some basic things to consider when creating a logo.
Color as Logo
Peter Windett discusses using color as your logo.
The Five Types of Marks
This back-to-basics article discusses the five main categories of logos.
Logos, Flags, and Escutcheons
A classic piece on logo design: Paul Rand discusses the meaning of logos and what makes it effective.
What makes a good logo design?
David Airey shares his thoughts on what makes a logo design great.
7 Logo Design Trends that have Withstood the Test of Time
Styles and trends of logos have changed throughout the years, but as this article shows, there are certain logo design elements that are as popular today as they were back in the day.
The Secret Life of Symbols
Maggie Macnab discusses the history of symbols and what they mean to us as a culture.
Branding Basics Create a Great Logo and Tag Line
This article shares some basic tips on creating a logo and a tag line for it.
How Google Got Its Colorful Logo
Wired News tells us the history of Google’s legendary logo.
The Power of RED
This article discusses the meaning of the color red and the emotions and perceptions it invokes upon the viewer.
Logo Design Revisited.
Designer Dmitry Kirsanov revisits and analyses some of the logos he’s done in the past.
Logo Design Showcases
Top 10 Rock Band Logos
Logo Design History
Logo Design & Branding Trends 2009
10 handwritten logo designs
10 Examples of Simple, Effective Logos
20 Inspirational Logo Designs
50+ Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration
35 Green, Leafy Logos
30 Dual Element Logos
15 wonderfully simple logo designs
The Logos of Web 2.0
A showcase of logos that have the "Web 2.0" look and feel.
Logo Design Flickr Groups
Design the Logo
Design the Logo group is a popular Flickr group with over 4,000 members and 8,000 items.
Brands, Marks & Logos
This 2,000+-member strong Flickr group showcases brands, marks, and logos from around the world.
Identity + Logo Design
With close to a thousand members, the Identity + Logo Design group on Flicker is a great place to hang out and gather design inspiration.
Logo Design Books
Designing Brand Identity
An excellent book on the topic of creating effective and successful strong brand identities. It also outlines strategies for maintaining your brand through time and throughout the company.
Logo, Font & Lettering Bible
A wonderful and pragmatic guide to working with logos. If you are new to the world of logo design and want to read about designing logos – this is a great starting point.
Logo Design That Works: Secrets for Successful Logo Design
This book analyzes 100 logos to see what features makes for an effective logo design. It also examines the evolutions of popular logos throughout the years, and why changes to them were made.
LogoLounge: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers
This book is a showcase of logos from around the world. It’s a great book to have around to gather inspiration: I look through it before sketching and firing up Illustrator to get the creative juices flowing.
Design Matters: Logos 01: An Essential Primer for Today’s Competitive Market
This book is about designing effective logos in today’s competitive market where consumers are baraged with plenty of options. How do you stand out from the sea of other logos? Read this book to find out.
30 Must-Have Logo Books
Here is a great set of books compiled by freelance graphic designer Gino Orlandi.
Logo Design Blogs and Sites
David Airey: Logo Design Category
David Airey has a section on his personal site that has a whole bunch of great logo design related posts.
Logolog
Denis Radenkovic runs a weblog where each post is focused on a particular logo which is analyzed and critiqued.
Logo Design Blog
Logo Design Blog shares news and information on logos and logo design companies.
LogoLounge.Com
LogoLounge.Com is a site dedicated to logos and is a great hang-out for logo designers.
Brands of the World
Brands of the World is a site that indexes the most popular, famous brands and logos around the world.
The Logo Factor
The Logo Factor is a logo design weblog that discusses news and information on designing logos.
Brand New
Brand New is a site that shares opinions on brand identity, usually in the corporate setting.
Logo Notions
Logo Notions is a web column by Jeff Fisher that has essays on the topic of designing logos.
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Leave your favorite logo design tutorials and resources, or talk about the ones above, in the comments.
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81 Comments
Osvaldas Mar 25 2009
70 entries at the one place is pretty too much – probably author should have picked some exceptional, unique and most valuable items. Anyway, well done.
Bryony Kernick Mar 25 2009
I’m usually just a lurker, but I *had* to comment on this… What a great and insanely useful collection, thank you! I’ll be spending hours going through all these :D
Big thumbs up!
Danh ba web 2.0 Mar 25 2009
Excellent post. Thanks you very much
Keep up the good work !
Bruce Colthart Creative (@bccreative) Mar 25 2009
Holy crap! I’ve never seen such a collection as this – outstanding; thanks for all the effort!
xea Mar 25 2009
Thanks very much for these tutorials!
A1QA Texas Mar 25 2009
Yep, too much, but the review is full and really all-embracing. It’s an advantage in my view, coz you can see all in one place. :) Enjoy!
Bogdan Pop Mar 25 2009
It would take a day just to look over all of them. Some of them are really good resources.
jack Mar 25 2009
Nice list — although logo design is equal parts talent, dog and pony show, experience, snake oil salesman and personality rather than a creative project like a normal person would expect
Adrian Mar 25 2009
Why does this take up so much of the home page?
Brad Mar 25 2009
This is a lot of logos! There is a lot of great stuff to learn in here. Sad that there will be some that come here just to find logos to rip-off and copy.
Khai Mar 25 2009
Thanks Six Revision!! My inspirations!!
CedricADW Mar 25 2009
Wow ! Excellent list, thanks.
This is a great collection !
Dainis Graveris Mar 25 2009
amazing article, outstanding resource for designsers, really huge!
Naomi Niles Mar 25 2009
Wow, that’s a fine and extensive list. Thanks for the mention!
Chad Engle Mar 25 2009
@Osvaldas The author may be banking on returning traffic. I know I am bookmarking this post and will come back more than once because there is sooooo much content. Nice job Gube!
hellrider Mar 25 2009
thnxs it’s cool
Jacob Gube Mar 25 2009
Thanks for the feedback everyone. This took quite a while to write and put together. It’ll probably take more than a few sittings to get through all of them. :)
@Bryony Kernick: Thanks for commenting.
@Adrian: My fault. I forgot to put the more tag like I usually do. It’s fixed now.
Osvaldas Mar 25 2009
@Chad yes, sometimes you can do anything to beat your personal traffic results but all I meant that it’s all about the quality, not quantity as some of the entries are simply valueless. No offense for an author – just a simple notion.
Ushuaia-Info Mar 25 2009
Muy buena compilación y excelente material. Especialmente el primer tutorial Step-by-step logo !!! Gracias !
E. Serrano Mar 25 2009
Very good collection of logo design resources! It’s really wonderful for those of us who are really passionate about corporate identity design. Good job!
I also try to explain in my own website (eserrano.com) the whole logo design process (although it is not so visual as a step-by-step tutorial, it helps to understand the underlying symbolysm and meaning behind a logo design).
Because a good logo design is much more than an appealing graphic ;-)
jack Mar 25 2009
btw, http://www.logodesignlove.com/ blog kicks some serious ass!
Patternhead Mar 25 2009
Wow, fantastic resource, thanks for sharing.
Sean Farrell Mar 25 2009
amazing post! a lot of good info i missed last year, thanks
taylan Mar 25 2009
Awesome list. I have bookmarked and i think i will return to this page often. Thank you!
Wade Jackman Mar 25 2009
Excellent resource list. This will be forwarded to some people for sure.
mrfidalgo Mar 25 2009
One of the best links…very instructive
Chris Wallace Mar 25 2009
ZOMG.
noelmcg Mar 25 2009
great list, cheers for putting it together
Matt Mar 25 2009
Logo design really is an art form all its own.
Tom Ross Mar 25 2009
Great post Jacob. Keep it up :)
Two Socks Mar 25 2009
This is a great post thanks!
Logo design is such a creative field, with virtually endless possibilities. I think its fantastic to be able to see how other people work out clients ideas and turn them into a branding strategy.
It would be very interested to see how other people manage a project from start to finish and what/when things get shown to the client. I’ve got my own style of doing things, and my clients always get to view there logos on Presentation Boards, this is a great list at focus on how to create one and the creative processes involved. Prehaps as a future project you can show the steps and processes involved in creating a Branding Identity from start to finish including resources shown to the client?
At any rate top post!
David Airey Mar 26 2009
Your mentions are very much appreciated, Jacob. Thanks for taking the time to include me / my blogs.
Jacob Gube Mar 26 2009
@David Airey: My pleasure David, anything to promote good design practices.
Dreamspeaker Mar 26 2009
Geez now can you give me the time to go through all these. Thanks! Good compilation of usefull info
Pradeep CD Mar 26 2009
Nice post… I’m inspired… keep it up…
thanks…
Desiztech Mar 26 2009
Thanks Jacob.. really useful post! keep up the good post coming
Will Mar 26 2009
This couldn’t have came at a better time. I am designing a logo for my new company and needed some help/inspiration. There is plenty here so thanks a lot!
David Mar 26 2009
Great collection you put together here. I had found a lot of these – but not all! Thanks to you I now have more resources to reference when trying out new styles for logos.
Kliment Mar 26 2009
Great post!
Check out this Logo group :)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/607735@N20/
Cheers
Sigurdur Armannsson Mar 27 2009
Excellent collection of sites. Thanks very much.
http://www.wolda.org/ is something that I think should belong here.
joyoge designers' bookmark Mar 27 2009
wonderful resources of logos thanks..
LuCee Mar 28 2009
Like a kid in a lolly shop I don’t know where to start.
But I’m determined to taste each one.
Thanks
Leena Ajwani Mar 29 2009
Lots to be learn form these websites just to tell its really awesome collection.
imsraaia Mar 31 2009
Cool resources… Awesome…
Nick Apr 02 2009
Wow, I did a lot of “Right Click => Bookmark this Link” while scrolling through this. I now have a whole bunch of resources to fill my time with, thanks!
Erik @ Logo Critiques Apr 03 2009
Thanks for another great list. May I make two more article suggestions?
I wrote these articles and think they are a great resource for logo designers.
10 Great Logo Design, Branding and Identity Books
http://www.logocritiques.com/resources/10_great_logo_design_branding_and_identity_books/
and
10 Mistakes Logo Designers Can Make When Designing Logos
http://www.logocritiques.com/resources/10_mistakes_logo_designers_can_make_when_designing_logos/
Ferg Apr 07 2009
Brilliant collection!
(and two of my logos are showing on your ‘logosauce’ screenshot!
redson Apr 13 2009
awesome list. I knew few of them but not all. Thanks for listing out.
Streetbook Apr 14 2009
The best collection ever seen.
Thanks for posting it.
KirkM May 16 2009
Nice list! I didnt’t know of most of these resources. Thanks:-)
Module23 May 26 2009
Rocking collection. Thanks for sharing this source of inspirations.
Jacob Cass Jun 10 2009
Thanks for the links out Jacob, much appreciated. Man I find it so weird talking to my own name.
http://logodesignerblog.com is another logo blog worth mentioning. Cheers.
Jacob Gube Jun 10 2009
@Jacob Cass: Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for sharing that awesome resource! Yeah I know, it feels weird… the first email I wrote you began with “Hi Jacob, This is Jacob”. :)
Cheap Jun 19 2009
Right now, I am working and learning Photoshop. Thanks for sharing this cute list of logo designing learning and practice. I think its too help full
Best regards,
Alex
Ashley Adams Jul 09 2009
This is easily more than anybody could ever ask for. However, I’m not complaining. I love tutorials and for me, it’s always ‘the more, the merrier’. It is surprising how after all these years, I still get to learn so much from these tutorials. Amazing collection.
Fabian Jul 18 2009
Wow Jacob,this is one of the best one stop shops of seen when I need to be inspired.
Balaji Jul 28 2009
Its really cool!!!!!! def a useful one.
medyum Aug 19 2009
This is a lot of logos! There is a lot of great stuff to learn in here. Sad that there will be some that come here just to find logos to rip-off and copy.
Dizainas Sep 09 2009
Perfect resource. Starting from the top :)
Bryan Sep 29 2009
Lovely!
Cheryl Ann Oct 23 2009
Here is a tutorial I really liked: Logo Design Creation Process from Start to Finish.
It shows a detailed planning stage and final outcome.
medyum Nov 04 2009
Thank you very much for everything
Shane Nov 06 2009
So much great work here, really nice to see some of the initial designs and development.
Thanks.
Christian Nov 09 2009
I can also recommend Thomas Seo’s summer project “Tweet me a brief and I will design a logotype for free”
http://www.logotyp.se/
George Dec 03 2009
Wow! Great information source! Thanks for sharing this!!
Ankara Parke Dec 19 2009
Perfect resource. Starting from the top :)
kapadokya Jan 22 2010
So much great work here, really nice to see some of the initial designs and development.
Thanks.
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kral oyun Mar 27 2010
So much great work here, really nice to see some of the initial designs and development.
Thanks.
JP May 02 2010
Surely the largest page of links on logo design ever – cheers for sharing!
Joyful May 30 2010
Fantastic range of logo designs and ideas.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Mark Spencer Aug 05 2010
great variety of logos on display .really cool stuff
cẩm xuyên Sep 02 2010
It’s great, I’m looking for logo design ideas and I imagine the idea to design their own logo. thanks a lot
lisa Sep 23 2010
wow, what a fantastic and various pattern of logo hystories…
thanks for such guide of logo processing
stephen Sep 24 2010
It will take me years to go through this list, and that’s the way I like it.
Jeff Gillan Nov 23 2010
Thank you for this resource, which includes some great articles and mentions a few people of whom I am already a fan. It’s great to see some sketchwork and you’ve included some must-read books in the list. Well done!
dizi Jan 20 2011
the design ı am sister like, and make photoshop logo design
Andy Jan 29 2011
Great and elaborated article. http://logorium.com is worth mentioning as an inspiration site.
Jack wills May 04 2011
I so enjoyed every bit of this site and I’ve bookmarked your blog to keep up with the new topics you will post in the future.
Nadia Oct 23 2011
Thank you very much for everything , I also like to talk about Logopub its very nice site with much much logos
http://www.logopub.net
Thanks
Naida
Ian Mar 03 2013
This is really great! I’m trying to create a nice little resource for logo designers too through Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/LogoGeek I’ve not long started, but I want it to become the place to go for the latest logo design news, and general chit chat about logo design.