Cosmos Crest Redesign

sbrylski

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Sometimes I need a creative outlet. The Cosmos crest has always bugged me as dated and busy. I designed an updated, simplified version. Feedback?

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On limited review, 1 and 2 look identical to me, as do 3 and 4. I suppose I could play find the differences but for a logo I'm not sure whatever minor differences there are are worth anything.
I like the white background better (3-4).
The star inside the crescent evokes the Islamic crescent to me. It's different enough not to be a copy, and I don't care but I wonder if either some Muslims or non-Mulsims would be bothered.
The crescent also looks like a wave, which I like and evokes Coney Island.
I like that the whole thing now looks like a soccer ball rather than having one inside it.
 
On limited review, 1 and 2 look identical to me, as do 3 and 4. I suppose I could play find the differences but for a logo I'm not sure whatever minor differences there are are worth anything.
I like the white background better (3-4).
The star inside the crescent evokes the Islamic crescent to me. It's different enough not to be a copy, and I don't care but I wonder if either some Muslims or non-Mulsims would be bothered.
The crescent also looks like a wave, which I like and evokes Coney Island.
I like that the whole thing now looks like a soccer ball rather than having one inside it.

Designs 1 and 3 are charcoal, while 2 and 4 are in a dark blue-gray.

Maybe a middle eastern group will buy them next and will like the slight resemblance to the Islamic symbol (unintended).
 
Designs 1 and 3 are charcoal, while 2 and 4 are in a dark blue-gray.
I'm not seeing that at all. Not sure if it's me or my screen rendering. What specifically is either charcoal or blue-grey? The circle outline?

the slight resemblance to the Islamic symbol (unintended).

No doubt. it is slight, and I might not have even considered it had I not been given the designs some specific consideration. Also I pulled up the current logo for comparison and I noticed the switch from the ball to the star and that started the thought process.
 
I'm not seeing that at all. Not sure if it's me or my screen rendering. What specifically is either charcoal or blue-grey? The circle outline?

Each crest has the green, yellow, and light blue radials, plus either white and black for the rest (1/3) or white and dark blue (2/4). Admittedly I picked a pretty washed out dark blue.
 
Each crest has the green, yellow, and light blue radials, plus either white and black for the rest (1/3) or white and dark blue (2/4). Admittedly I picked a pretty washed out dark blue.
Thx. I think it's just me. There is a point at which very dark grey, blue, and even purple can look indistinguishable to me, and effectively black, unless I take extreme effort to distinguish..
 
Sometimes I need a creative outlet. The Cosmos crest has always bugged me as dated and busy. I designed an updated, simplified version. Feedback?

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It's pretty clean and evocative. I guess to mgarbowski mgarbowski comment, I'm not sure how much it relates to the name Cosmos anymore, vs the beach and ice cream. The star by itself like that appears to reference a title. Is that intended?

A wave and a sea of stars might speak to the literal cosmos and the city a bit more (skyline / skyscraper lights) while evoking the sea at night, a really peaceful and palpable image (at least for me).