LOOKING for SIMPLE, CLEAN CREATIVE Website LOGO

geschenke-vergleichen.de

We are a young internet startup which launched a price comparison website for adventure gifts / experience gifts, e.g. ballooning, bungee jumping or dinner in the sky. As there is no talented designer among us, we are looking for someone who can design us a new logo for http://www.geschenke-vergleichen.de

The website’s name “geschenke-vergleichen.de” means “compare gifts” and stands for the possibility to compare thousands of experience gifts with each other to find the best deal.

Important: please visit our website BEFORE you enter your first design to familiarize with the gift products/events we compare. It’s written in German but for a better understanding of our event gifts you also could visit this US website: cloud9living . com (please do not copy any design elements of it)

Our new logo will be addressing all users who will be visiting geschenke-vergleichen.de. We designed a simple, clear website and therefore we need a logo that is SIMPLE, CLEAN and CREATIVE, yet explains what the user can expect when visiting our price comparison for experience gifts. We want our logo to convey that “geschenke-vergleichen.de” is a trustworthy website where they can be sure to find always the best deal / adventure gift.

So if you are looking for a ballooning event in Hamburg / Germany, you’ll find a vendor comparison like this: http://www.geschenke-vergleichen.de…n/hamburg/

The new logo shall match to the websites color scheme. The red color we use on our website is a must, but we need still another highlighting color instead of our current “baby blue”. Please feel free to suggest any idea regarding a new highlighting color.

The new logo should express that visitors can compare events (as a gift) by price and city. The emphasis shall be on the comparison part. The logo has to consist of the two German words “Geschenke” and “vergleichen”. It’s up to you whether you use just the words or the URL “geschenke-vergleichen.de”. But you should always use a simple (abstract) symbol left of the words.

For the logo we want something that is SIMPLE, fun and memorable. The logo should be versatile enough to work against many different backgrounds (mainly on white background), including as a monochrome so that we can match it with different customers' color palettes and design schemes.

Suggestions:
- Symbol Idea #1: choose a more ABSTRACT IMAGE rather than a detailed drawing. Please no present package symbols.
- Symbol idea #2: choose a funny CARTOON (any event we compare, whatever…). Think ironic-funny cartoon, not cutesy. Use a FLAT IMAGE and SOLID COLORS. We want it to be playful but not cheap or childlike.
- NO 3-D images.
- Please NO stock images
- Color: COLOR IS GOOD. Be tasteful and stylish, but use it! The red color we use on our website is a must, but we need still another highlighting color instead of our current “baby blue”
- AVOID: present package symbols

Words to describe geschenke-vergleichen.de:
- trustful
- exciting
- fun
- ingenious

Designs we like:
- http://99designs.com/users/247345/wins
- http://99designs.com/people/rena24

Please feel free to experiment with colors!