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Look at other logos for inspiration, and you’ll eventually start looking like everyone else.
Look at the product, the service, and the problem behind the brand — that’s where more timeless ideas usually come from.
A few timeproof logos from Lepisov Branding.
The distinction I'd add is timing rather than source: looking at other marks early makes you borrow, looking at them late is just checking you haven't accidentally rebuilt someone else's. Same input, opposite effect depending on when it enters the process.
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Who doesn’t love a brand mascot?
For BD&R, the mascot came from the abbreviated letterforms we designed, but the idea and name itself came from the story of how the founders first met through business.
That’s why I never start a project thinking about what the logo should look like.
I ask questions. How did you meet? Why did you start? What makes you different? What stories have shaped the business?
Because without that context, you’re designing on assumptions. And assumptions usually lead to work that blends in.
My discovery process is personal to every founder we work with. The process might be similar, but what we uncover never is.
Sometimes the best ideas are already sitting inside the business. You just have to discover them.
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