Bayfront Bistro Logo Design Signage
posted in Logo DesignAs with any logo designer, it is a lot of fun to see your very own creation applied in many different ways, whether it is on tv, or a popular website. One of my favorites is to see a logo I designed presented large scale on the side of a building. for the general public to see from a distance.
I recently discussed my logo design process behind a client’s logo "Bayfront Bistro", a new waterfront restaurant on the west coast of Florida. In this post, I promised to have photos of the logo on the building once it is up, and today is that day! Here are a few shots that the client just took for me today as the sign went up.
You may notice one issue with the logo that the sign company did not create correctly. One of the palm trees is supposed to be over the front of the wine glass stem as seen in the actual logo design below, but for some reason this was not applied to the sign.
I am not sure if this was not possible as they are large aluminum pieces bolted onto the building, but I guess to the average person, they will not see this difference. Also, the wine glass color is white on the sign for some reason and it seems to stand out a little too much in my opinion, but other than those two issues, I am quite happy with how it looks.
The client is very happy with how it turned out. We now await for the final touches to be made on that side of the building , and I think the blue shutters will compliment the logo nicely. A picture of the overall property can be seen below. The restaurant is the building on the right.
What do you think? Do you know more about aluminum signage than I do, and the reason why they were unable to match the format of the logo exactly?
Something about seeing your work that size makes you giddy eh? Shame that they couldn’t replicate it fully but nice one 
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wow ..
it really feels nice to see your own creation on large scale. your design is not completely replicated in real signage. glass is in front of trees where in real design its in background
Great that your logo has been put up as signs on the restaurant. Too bad the signage company didn’t manufactured the complete layout as you designed it, but it looks well manufactured.
One point of critic, from a far distance the word “BISTRO” is not readable, I would have thicken the letters slightly to increase the legibility of the text. In my opinion Bistro is the word that people should read from a distance. The logo letters “Bayfront” should also be a bit more thicken, in my opinion. I like the way that the logo is lined with the edge of the roof, this gives balance to the visual appearance of the building. Thank you for sharing your work.
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In my experience, some sign companies are a law into their own. Last time a did a sign, the company totally replaced a custom font. Recently, one of my logo’s was printed on t-shirts, and my accurate logo was completely re-created with off colour type. So, I think when logos are printed on anything else than paper, companies will try the easiest ways to make logos and graphics work.
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man, that’s great! I bet it feels really amazing
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Wow, the logo looks even better when you see it on a building, that is one thing I hope to get one day, to see my work on somebodys building, well done.
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Brian you should bid on NASA jobs! so your logo will be even bigger
Well I can’t tell why the logo isn’t placed correctly. I’m not very into that alluminium thing. But I think it looks great! Very nice logo, well done!
Wow! I bet that felt good to watch it go up. Congrats!!
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Wow, must be satisfying and frustrating at the same time. Great to see your work measured in feet, not pixels, but I bet every time you go to that restaurant you’ll see the changes.
Although I agree the white on the wine glass outlines it too much, from the pictures you posted here it appears that the grey might have made it too washed out against the background. Perhaps a shade of grey in between would have been more appropriate…?
Overall though, got to be a great feeling!
~Graham
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**Update** – after I convinced the client on the fact that the sign company really changed the logo a lot, the client was able to demand that the sign company come back out and correct it! So, I was down there the other day, and it looks perfect now.
Thanks everyone for your comments
Sander,
I understand your point. One reason why the font wasn’t made thicker for the sign, was because there will always be quite a heavy drop shadow on the lettering, and 95% of the day, the letters do stand out pretty well, even from a distance. The main road is quite far back, and you can see it really well.
Andrew,
I agree, it seems they did do what was easiest. Unfortunately, there are many companies that work that way, everything from home builders to general contractors..even designers! It is up to the customer to demand the best quality.
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