SDX Creative specialise in Logo Design & Branding, Website Design, Marketing and Graphic Design projects for Manchester & Stockport based companies and individuals. Covering both digital and print design fields we work with you to find the right solution.

In my role as HMG Paints marketing Manager one of my first tasks was to regain control and create consistency across the brand image. When I took over their were over a dozen versions of the HMG logo. The version below is a cleaned up and modified version of the logo the company has been using since 1980, you can see the history of the HMG Paints logo at the bottom of the page.

 

The Foulds Fine Furniture logo design is one that got away, after a lot of work the client decided to pull out.  You can read about that and the entire logo design process over on the blog section of my site: Logo Design Process

The Scissor Sisterz Logo design was one of my first, Scissor Sisterz hais salon is based in Co. Wexford, Ireland, and is ran by two sisters.  They were looking for a new logo for the shop and its signage and for use in markerting materials. The salon was the first in Ireland to offer the ground breaking KeraStraight treatment.

 

I'm currently finishing up a comple logo design process for one of the latest projects I worked on, the idea is to give you an idea of the work, thought and strategy that goes into creating a logo.

From the original brief to alterations and constant changes and corrections, hopefully it will give you an understanding of the process i go through.

 

The task of this project was to redesign the logo and brand for Corrofast, the brand needed an evolution rather than revolution as we didin't want to move to far away from a brand name that was well known in the UK Paint Industry.  

Branding, logo and identity work for The Alfa Binding Theory.

HMG Paints are the leading indepent Paint Manufacturer in England.  The company is set to enter its 80th year of existence in 2010 and will be celebrating this achievement with various events throughout the year.

The Manchester Football League is one of the most successful and biggest football league in the north west.  The league has supplied a host of teams to the North West Counties league. The League were looking for a fresh look and modification of the logo.

The 50Leaves are'4 Gringos from the North & Southside of Manchester' an upcoming band from Manchester. 

The Building Medic logo was designed for a local builder who is now offering a wider variety of services.  With the recent credit crunch he felt he needed a new image to promote his services, which is everything from odd jobs through to roofing and strucural work.  The building medic is available for all inside and outside jobs and offers free consulations any time day or night. The logo concept was created in Adobe Photoshop with the finished version being created in Adobe Illustrator.

Tinkerbell is a new health and beauty business in Manchester.  The logo is inspired by a tattoo that the owner of Tinkerbell has on her ankle, there will also be a new website for Tinkerbell launching soon. The Tinkerbell logo will be the image for the brand with all products that are sold having the logo printed onto them.  Tinkerbell aim to be the premier health and beauty brand in the UK within 5 years.

After working for many years on the Reddish & District Junior Football League website the league asked me to design a new identity for their name change to East Manchester Junior Football League for the 2008/2009 season.

 For the league I designed two logos one for larger documents that includes the full name of the league and another that contains the 'Player' from the full logo however has the initials under the player, this will be used on smaller promotional media such as t-shirts, caps and on the trophies at the end of the season.  The logo was created in Adobe Photoshop.