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Thanks again to everyone for the many, many creative names...for my post requesting names for a Window Washing business my brother-in-law is starting.
The ideas spurred him on to come back with one that I believe was his own - - but inspired by a lot of the feedback he got from you kind folks here.
The name? Wash-N-Shine (window cleaning service)
Here's what I came up with for his logo/image for vehicles....which I will be incorporating into biz cards shortly...
I used Dan Sawatsky's "Spaz" font from LH Fonts for the title - seemed appropriate for this business.
Any fine-tuning suggestions would be appreciated... b-in law seems pretty pleased, but nothing has went to print yet.
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Todd, I missed your previous thread, I apologize if this was already discussed. Wash & Shine makes me think of a car wash or auto detailing place. Do windows get shined? Has he thought about anything like "Clear View Window Cleaning Services"? It sells more of the benefit of having your windows cleaned instead of the act of having them cleaned. It's always easier when you sell the benefits of what you're providing, people care about what they get. In this case, people get a clearer view of the scenery out their windows, not just clean windows. Does that make sense?
As for the design, I like the bubbles, the squeegee took me a minute to figure out what it was. I'm thinking maybe some more color, but I don't know what color I'd incorporate that would tie in. The blue subconsciously makes me think of windex, not sure if that was the intent or not, but it works.
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Love the design. The name isn't working for me, though.
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I'm wondering if light blue somewhere might give a fresher cleaner look...say if "WASH N SHINE" was a dark blue fade to light blue...or maybe the dark blue is just too black...I like the design but I would prefere tweeking to a brighter color scheme.
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Kissy - I agree with the name; I tried to talk him into something with "Clear" or similar for the name...but he kept going to the internet white pages checking for those names and called me back saying, "There's already a "Clear XXX" in Detroit, or tim-buck-two."
I told him, that as long as it wasn't local and there were a bunch of them around the country that weren't trademarked or franchised, it didn't matter if he had the same name.
But he felt it personally important that it was pretty unique - at least a name that wasn't overly used locally or in Michigan.
So - that's how he ended up with Wash-N-Shine....but you're right; it could be interpreted as a car wash type name. Ah well...
Bradley - I originally had a lighter blue for the name "Wash-N-Shine"... but thought it was a little hard to read, so I darkened the fade to a lt Navy blue to light blue to white fade.
I had another suggestion to have a more "varied" size of bubble trail - - which I think I will do.
Here's what I had originally...do you think it would have been a better color?
Thanks guys!
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Todd, I like where you're heading. More process blue would be my choice, or reflex/royal blue, rather than navy blue.
I'd reckon there was room for a fake airbrushed 'sparkle' (or starburst) near the end of 'shine'.
I didn't at first figure out the squeegee, but after I did, I liked it. I agree- maybe some more bubbles would help- but I'm not certain.
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you are right the original is too hard to read, I think what Ian and others are saying about the color is, your design is a variation of the same color. Navy blue. If you added some process blue into it, I think it would add more life.
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extending the bubbles and squeegie handle outside of the window?
that is a window, right? Applying a window frame of some sort around the box to better simulate a window?
slightly bigger but more randomly placed starbursts? (if you use them)
your secondary info slightly smaller and/or not quite as condensed or heavy? I'm finding that info slightly fights with the main. The main has such a nice hand done friendly bounce to it but the secondary looks very heavy and typed and made as big as it can get.
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Ok... here we go...incorporated Stevo's (Ian's and Bob's) color change into Wash-N-Shine and the 'wipe' fades, made the subtext a tad smaller, and recolored a few of the bubbles to tie in with the Wash-n-Shine.
I'm thinking it looks much better...
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You might put a few little bubbles inside the letters too Todd.
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I know it's been discussed but he's making a bigmistake, the name just is'nt right.. First thing I thought of is Cars... Great design all the same... but he will lose business with that name.. people will see Wash and Shine and just not read the rest, they will skip over it, and if he's competeing with other ads, he may be in trouble. That's just ny opinion... but the design is great!
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