Designer's Block? Try Crop Circles
Posted by on August 29, 2006 at 12:41 PM
As a designer I am often looking around the web for design inspiration. I've always been interested in artists like Andy Goldsworthy and Christo who use natural elements or the landscape in making their art.
Designers are always borrowing their inspiration from one place or another and recently I've come across something I've never considered before.
Crop circles.
To me, many crop circles look like candidates for a unique logo design. The shapes are interesting, work well compositionally and all you need to do is move the circles around a bit, add some gradients, slap your catchy business name on it and voila... you have your own timeless web 2.0 logo.
With that said I've decided to do a little research and find some of my favorite crop circles and give it a shot.
Okay so it needs more TLC to be a classic but you get the point.
Some of my favorite crop circle images:
u-szeged.hu
Wired
Temporary Temples
Even Firefox has gotten in on the whole crop circle trend.
As a designer I'm always looking for assets to put in the toolbox. Feel free to pass this little gem along to your creative team and enjoy your new out-of-this-world logo.
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