D&D Rail Services - Logo design

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  • Contest Prize Amount: $250.00
  • Submitted Entries: 90
  • Contest Ends In: Completed
  • Participating Designers: 6
  • Contest Views: 1177
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The Contest Brief

Contest Holder Name:  pauldman4

Company Name: D&D Rail Services

Company Slogan: Craftsmanship, Integrity, Professionalism

Description and What We Do: We are a specialty contracting service that performs thermite welding for class one rail roads and light rail projects. Website has more information at www.danddrailworks.com. Video (3 minutes) on youtube showing process at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxsFglz2ig

Industry Type: Construction

Top Three Things To Communicate Through Our Logo Design:

#1 Quality Craftsmanship

#2 Integrity

#3 Professionalism

Our Target Audience:

Blue collar males, mostly union employees, age of 40 to 60 years old, that have worked their way up to management. Safety is a top of mind issue.

We Like These Colors:

safety colors - Orange or Yellow Black or gray

Design Preference Sliders:
Masculine 
 Feminine
Subdued 
 Bright
Playful 
 Serious
Simple 
 Complex
Classic 
 Modern
Common 
 Exotic
Quiet 
 Loud
Economical 
 Expensive
Grey Black White 
 Colorful
Elegant 
 Sporty
Young 
 Mature

Design Styles We Would Like To See:

Pictorial Mark

An image or shape that is easy to recognize to represent your business

Abstract Mark

An abstract symbol or shape representing the character of your business

Shield or Emblem Mark

Name of business inside a shape or picture element

Character Mark

A Mascot or character to represent your company or brand (This is very time intensive for our designers so please only choose this if your contest is $500 or more)

Our Design Will Be Used On:

Web, Print, Signage and Billboards, Imprinted Promotional Products

Contest Attachments:

Contest Entries

  • Client Rank: # 1
    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1409065998d_d Final v12.jpg Submission #72
    By  ncbdrck
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    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1409120740ddrail7.png Submission #90
    By  everettwalsh27
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    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1409065685d_d Final v10.jpg Submission #70
    By  ncbdrck
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    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1409112813ddrail6.png Submission #89
    By  everettwalsh27
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    By  everettwalsh27
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    Submission #42
    By  everettwalsh27
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    Submission #9
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #10
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #11
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #43
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #44
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #45
    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #46
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #47
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #16
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #48
    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #49
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #18
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #50
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #51
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #52
    By  ncbdrck
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    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1408296327D_D Rail Services v17.jpg
    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1408296327D_D Rail Services v17.jpg
    Submission #19
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #53
    By  ncbdrck
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    https://www.logocontest.com/public/logoimage/1408531305ddrail4.png
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    Submission #54
    By  everettwalsh27
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    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #56
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  everettwalsh27
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    Submission #32
    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #33
    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    By  ncbdrck
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    Submission #74
    By  ncbdrck

Contest Comments

pauldman4
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Aug 13, 2014

Posted On: Sep 02, 2014

Thank you all for the great designs and helping us come up with a great logo!

Best of luck to everyone.

pauldman4
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Aug 13, 2014

Posted On: Aug 16, 2014

So I've been thinking about the submissions to this point. The submissions with the train components dominant are cool. However, I don't know that that best represents our business. We don't own trains or work on them. We build track. So I think a logo that integrates a solid track/rail/rail bed concept would probably be where we need to end up.

pauldman4
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Aug 13, 2014

Posted On: Aug 16, 2014

These are some fun ideas. I appreciate that several are implementing the concept do tracks, trains or the rail itself into the design. I am finding myself more drawn to color. The idea by cjdw is cool but maybe a bit to busy for business cards. (We will be using this primarily on business cards and logos on our trucks and uniforms). The submission by mytwist with the orange is a little too plain.

Another angle is we are based in Colorado, so something integrating the front range mountain profile might be worth considering.

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