[adras]

These are initial concepts.

[emil]

2

[designneverdies]

i like the idea of 2 but hate the font you've used on 1 and 2. I also really like 4. I'd maybe combine 2 and four. Somehow.

But outright with no changes I'd choose 4.

Also, 3 has a typo. Custom doors and winsows?

[Do Gooder]

not a big fan of any of thems

pick 2

but without the bevel on the type.. and work on the 'C' insersecting the 'D'.

[abbasinho]

number four for me kiddo

[Coops]

Neither? Sorry man.

[Mitch]

Sorry Adras but I reckon you should get ya pencil out for 30 minutes and work through some ideas. I feel these are constucted directly in Illy, with not much thought of concept or style.

Personally I would slicken it up and focus on the custom aspect of the business with a simple treatment to make them seem bespoke.

[adras]

Thanks guys, no need to be sorry. This is work in progress.

[adras]

Little change of direction made a big difference, thanks Mitch.

[Anxious]

I quite like the 'C' in those, but I read it as 'custum'. Might just be me, though.

[brooks]

I read it as cusium, thinking it was a periodic element so yeh, keep goin through.

[adras]

This reads, custom from every angle.

[adras]

The client wants the whole company name as the logo, not just the word 'custom'. Sigh.

Therefore, another set:

[Maerk]

Oh christ thats a lot of copy in an ident. Take him out and shoot him.
Of those only 9 doesn't make my eyes bleed from the overload of type, I'd honestly suggest dropping doing anything particularly creative with the type as there's simply way too much.

Would develop a mark to go with the text and simply set the text cleanly, even in 9 the type treatment has a bit too much going on it's tugging my eyes left and right and up and down.

edit - infact number 4 is the cleanest and nicest copy wise - in hindsight, just needs work on what goes with it.

[steveb]

You need Univers 39.

[adras]

Thanks guys, very helpful comments.

This is what I managed with Univers 39:

[seen.to]

What a horribly long name to have to work with for a logo. Maybe try and create something with CDWD as the mark with the actual name as a tagline or some mark that doesn't encompass the name at all in a similar vein.

Don't suppose you can talk them into a new name... When I made UKGuest.com they were calling themselves guest-accommodation.co.uk so I came up with UKGuest and sold them on that, partly because I didn't want to be making a logo with such a long name, largely because branding a name is easier with something unique and memorable rather than a generic phrase.

Of what you've got so far I actually think #1 fits quite well (with what I imagine the company to be) with some refinement. #2 certainly has some potential as well.

I like 9 and 12 but don't think they fit.

#13 suggests wind and has a crack in it - not something you would want to associate with windows.