I’ve noticed the retro/vintage style theme in logo design is becoming an increasingly popular trend. This showcase pulls together a range of great looking logo designs based on the emblem or badge theme. Most often using a circular format, these logos use a mix of texture or intricate vector patterns to produce a creative and overall super-cool design.
McFly
Sailors and Fishermen
Windfall
Xen Strength
Pandaroo
Harbor Stone Construction Company LLC.
Safer
Designers Against Child Slavery
Dunbar’s Cyclery
Bert’s Records
Baggie’s Brew Pub
WallPepper
Doc’s Catering
Schodzone
Let It Grow Organik
Schu-Shine Inn
Zigwicks
FRESH01
Web Machine
Wheatlys
Health & Beauty
Bike Community
Betty’s Fish & Chip Shop
44 Printworks
Chess for the Mess
Selfmark
Montana’s Tree & Lawn Service
Hampton Rustic
DBushell Does Design
Campus Groupie
Falanx
Autodetailer
Old Pistons
Blended Milkshakes
Native Grounds Coffee
Keith Home Made Cakes
Giardini dopo la Pioggia
Doctor Jivago
Jim Clancy, Marine Rep.
Rio
Fun in the Run
ST Paul Lutheran School
The Big Top Fashion Show
SDFRA
Hypnotic Design
Van Hoof & Wilson Adventure Company
Panozzo MPLS
Dusted
Lone Star Olive Oil Ranch
Tre Mac N’ Cheese
Resources to create your own retro emblem logo
Fancy having a go at creating your very own retro style emblem or badge logo? I’m sure these handy resources from various design and tutorial blogs will help out:
Nice selection. I will follow your tut later today
cool
great list!
Cool… some really inspiring designs!! nice list! :)
Awesome selection. These all look retro without looking “dated”. Something which is a real risk when going for a retro logo.
Good selection.
Also appreciate the touch of adding relevant tutorials at the end of the showcase – not many design blogs seem to do that, when it makes absolute sense.
Cheers
Nice inspiring collection. Thank you.
Nice post. There are some really nice examples here.
I’m surprised you didn’t include your own chrisspooner.com badge in here, that’s a lovely bit of work.
my favourites were wheatleys and hampton rustic. always have time for retro and vintage!
Great collection – love that the retro look is back in!
Great post as always Chris. A lot of these logos are from America and that seems to be a popular style over there, like the highway road signs and such.
Its great that you have put in some tutorials aswell, keep up the great work!
Back to the future… Great collection, special thumbs up for “Fun in the run”
Great selection Chris, don’t like how 44 Printworks is very similar to mine :(
Great list, some nice inspiration there.
Thanks for the ideas, and the tutorials – really neat combination :)
Cracking bunch of logos, I love that retro vibe. Gonna come back to the tuts!
Wow.. Very nice collection..
THX.
I have loved retro and vintage all my life! Bettys fish and chip shop wins with the best design i reckon!
bela coleção de emblemas e marcas. Boas referências!
Lots of unique content here! Great. 8)
THESE ARE AMAZING! THANK YOU FOR THE INSPIRATION!
Great post! A lot of inspiration!
Nice lookin logos! I just got a new logo for my blog so I appreciate more nowadays if I see great looking logos (Probably because I’ve realized how hard it is to design something that is good and memorable)
beautiful. inspiring. thx.
You have a beautiful collection here, thanks for sharing it!
Très belle liste, j’aime beaucoup ! Very beautiful logos, thanks for this great collect.
This is GREAT!!
Its great that you have compiled some tutorials on this too.
Cheers!
Thanks for picking up a few of my designs, Chris!
Thanks for your sharing,come on.
Hi Chris,
Great post thanks for taking the time to put it together i bookmarked the page, zen strength stamp effect was totally spot on for me, I needed to create a quality / stamp / seal of approval for a range of products being manufactured by a client and I needed something that looked realistic not just printed on the page so the zen stamp with its rough outlines was perfect !
really cool vintage!
Good clean design just never gets old does it
A nice collection of logos here! Definitely seems to be a bit of a resurgence of this style! :o)
Retro seems to be in….or all the design blogs are copying each other :).
thanks, they are amazing!
An amazing article. It’s nice to read a quality blog post. I think you made some good points in this post.
Hey Chris these logos are beautiful. A lot of them have that washed out or slightly worn look. How would you do that in illustrator? Thanks!