Vintage Style Logo Trends that have refused to go away

Vintage logos seem to be the craze in the creative market at the moment. We are seeing more and more of hipster, retro, and vintage logo collections as many designers and clients tend to lover their simplicity and effectiveness in connecting with the target audience. Though you may have thought that time was up for this kind of logo design, it is one of the trending designs that most designers now prefer. Here are some vintage logo trends that are not just strong at the moment but have been around for a while and it seems that they have refused to go away-:

Badges vintage logos

Badges lie at the very heart of the concept of vintage logo design. These designs feature simple shapes that can be stamped virtually on anything. You will find most of the vintage badge logos in different shapes, but mostly they will be in oval, circle, triangle, shields, and diamonds.

These kinds of logs won’t just take you back to the ages before the digital world caught up with the design industry, but also, they are simple to work with, and the fact that they look pleasant in a variety of shapes adds a lot of design versatility for designers who prefer to use these vintage logos.

Hand Drawn Vintage Logos

Handmade logos are currently a hot trend in the logo design industry because they offer simplicity graced with an authenticity that is not easily achieveable with other forms of logo design styles. Similarly, in the vintage logo design world, the adoption of hand drawn vintage logos seems to be on the rise for similar reasons as the handmade logos in the world of digital graphics design.

These logos are aesthetically appealing, and they display great artistic talent which makes them be of overall good quality. Though most of the hand drawn vintage logo designs may appear to be more masculine, they offer great results in a wide variety of applications including being used in the beauty industry.

Industrial Logos

A trip back to the mid 20th century will reveal to you logo designs that never had gradients, shadows or never rendered in three dimensions, but still they were effective in making bold visual statements. Most of the graphical symbols or icon in such logos included wrenches, axes, hammers, and factories.

All these were synonymous with the industrial revolution even though the world is now more tech savvy than it was back then a good number of designers are adopting the industrial vintage logo design to create uniqueness and a sense of authenticity that the digital world has never experienced.

Land and Sea Logo Designs

With most of the vintage logo designs, it is common to find animals with antlers such as deer, elk, and moose featured in the logos. As a matter of fact, the presence of an antler used to signify that the logo was indeed of the vintage category. Similarly, land and sea features such as tents, mountains, trees, etc were common features of such vintage logos.

You are also likely to see anchors, fish, and ropes as the main graphical elements in most of the vintage logos featuring the sea. With the benefits of advanced technology and improved graphics design methodologies, such land and logo sees are finding their way back into the mainstream design, though with the same symbols given smoother and better graphical representation.

Logos on Photos

A look at logos made ten years ago is likely to reveal that most of them had photos at the background. Most of the modern and robust designs however feature colorful, bright and complex internet logos with sophisticated backgrounds and gradients.

But while this is happening, the lovers of vintage logos have crafted ways of using monotones overlaid on top of great photography to generate fantastic looks. This method will make any logo look great especially if the picture on the background is relevant to the theme and the design of the logo.

Line Art Vintage Logos

It is always amazing to observe how current logo design trends change how vintage graphics work. Back in the days when skeuomorphism used to be the trend, vintage logos used heavy textures and sometimes ink brushes.

But presently, flat design is the reigning trend, and vintage logos haven’t left behind either. Vintage logo designers are now using thin lines with greatly simplified illustration in conformity with the trend while still managing to create awesome vintage logos.

Use your intuition

Whereas there is a lot more going on with the trends in vintage logo design, it is not a rule of thumb that you adapt your logo design to such trends. If anything, using trends when designing your logo can be a very dangerous practice since trends will come and go but your logo will be required to stand the test of time. Therefore, use the trends but ultimately, rely on your intuition and design principles to come up with rock solid vintage logo designs.

 

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