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4 May 2010
Stokely Design Associates creates copywriting logo
TORONTO—Sourced through an affiliation, Toronto-based Stokely Design Associates has created the visual identity for the new multimedia content strategy and copywriting company Wordhouse Communications. Michael Stokely, Stokely Design principal and creative director, says Wordhouse does a lot of work on the web so its logo needed to have impact on the screen. 

New logo created by Stokley Design Associate
New logo created by Stokely Design Associates


The vibrancy of the pink complements the corporate grey, says Stokely. “It was an evolution of the Bauhaus style with colours that take the look to the next level.”

The font used for the company name is Helvetica Neue, with the backdrop of the overlapped WH in a modified Helvetica. “The meshing of the two letters shows a connectedness with its work and its clients.” 

Contact: http://stokelydesign.com

— Holly West
1. Marla V.
5 May 2010 at 1:23 AM
This logo is poorly designed on so many levels, but that is my personal opinion ,,, practically how will it ever reproduce in a single color at a small size? Stokely (like so many other designers) has sold their client a logo that they will not be able to use.
2. Anonymous
5 May 2010 at 2:17 PM
I don't hate the logo but it doesn't seem all that well crafted to me. Maybe I'm nitpicking but I'd prefer if "wordhouse" was vertically centred within the crossbar of the "H". Also, the overlap of the grey/magenta is not centred between 'word" and "house". Finally, I feel like the top and bottom apex of the W would benefit from matching the dimensions of the H. The two letters feel similar but do not match enough for my taste. Of course taste is subjective and this logo has already been presented so take it with a grain of salt.
3. Anonymous
5 May 2010 at 5:48 PM
yes, definitely not crafted or well thought out ... WH????
4. Anonymous
6 May 2010 at 10:50 AM
Marla, as stated in the article if you read it, this logo was created for mainly web and tv. So why would it require single colour?
Also, I agree with the second person's comments. I think that the wordhouse could have even been put under the WH but something throws me off where the d meets the h with that vertical line.
5. Anonymous
6 May 2010 at 4:10 PM
a logo always has to, at some point, work offline ... what if WH was a sponsor in a black and white ad in print or a t-shirt?
6. Anonymous
6 May 2010 at 4:22 PM
This logo has already been successfully reproduced on business cards.
7. Anonymous
7 May 2010 at 1:18 PM
Re: "already been successfully reproduced on business cards". He said produced in B&W not in colour.
8. Ted
7 May 2010 at 7:12 PM
I would like to see this logo "successfully reproduced" in print at a small size ... please post a link.

There is no way that this logo would ever register in process colour for a magazine ... I would like to be constructive and say something nice, but I agree with Marla, you have sold the client a logo that is technically flawed and they will eventually have reproduction issues.

It is a common mistake made in these digital times.

Admit it and learn from it -- for your next client.
9. davis
12 May 2010 at 5:37 PM
regardless of the logo, what's bothering me here is the foolish criticism regarding reproduction issues outside of it's primary purposed TV/web application. So the success of the identity is fractured by the case that they MAY one day sponsor an event where there logo MAY need to be printed small + on newsprint???... don't worry, it'll post fine on the online version of the publication. Get with it man, that point is stale.
10. Anonymous
12 May 2010 at 10:41 PM
i like how this looks a bit like a house
11. Anonymous
16 May 2010 at 9:59 PM
i like how it looks like a townhouse
12. Anonymous
17 May 2010 at 6:35 PM
i like how it looks like a townhouse with some words on it
13. Anonymous
18 May 2010 at 8:55 PM
it looks like a semi-detached house ... W-H
14. Anonymous
19 May 2010 at 11:51 PM
you could argue that this logo looks like 2 buildings ...very close together
15. Anonymous
19 May 2010 at 11:54 PM
Yes, indeed. I recon that Stokely may be better at architecture than they are at graphic design.
16. Sandro
8 June 2010 at 7:14 PM
I wonder if the person who designed the font gets royalty fees for Stokley using it and selling it to a client as original creative. Who has the exclusive rights to this word title mark? Anyone with a Helvetica font library can type out this design. It does not illustrate nor express new multimedia content strategy and copywriting. More like "Brought to you by the letters W and H.
17. Anonymous
11 June 2010 at 7:29 PM
Wow, really? All these post and there are all against it eh!! so I guess the job is done from the point of view of the author, which is to make it memorable. plus I'm very interested in all these design geniuses that comment on this. I'm pretty sure you all are the best of the best. jajaj give me a break...really

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