Logo Talks

iPhone is the most popular smart phone in the world with 225,000 apps in the store of Apple and more than 5 billion downloaded for these apps!! well, it should be an apps are suitable for logo designers to inspire or motivate creativity. So below you will find some useful organizational and other tools, I would like to share with you 25 iPhone apps you might find interesting if you are a logo designer.

1. Adobe Ideas

Adobe Ideas: is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go. Adobe Ideas is an ideal companion for the professional design applications from Adobe, including Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop software.

2. myPANTONE

myPANTONE: Who says you can’t take it with you? Not Pantone. Now with the myPANTONE Apple iPhone app you have access to a variety of PANTONE color libraries and the ability to build color palettes and share them with colleagues and clients. myPANTONE offers graphic, web, fashion and apparel designers a way to take PANTONE colors with you wherever you go. Can’t remember what a color looks like, now you can have Portable Color Memory.

3. Helvetication

Helvetication: Think you can spot Helvetica? Test your skills in Helvetication! Get scored on speed and accuracy as you see how well you can distinguish between Helvetica and Arial. Outrank your friends, and prove that you have the sharpest typographical eye.

4. Font Combinations

Font Combinations: Create over 2000 font combinations from 45 of the top fonts used by graphic designers. Learn by experimenting with Font Combinations App!

5. iDesign

iDesign: Precision 2D vector drawing & design in an intuitive and user friendly interface for the iPad and iPhone / iPod Touch. You can export to Hi-Res JPEG/PNG (upto 1280×1920 iPhone 2304×3072 iPad), Export to PDF and SVG vector formats, send as email attachment. Also, it’s Snap to grid and adjustable grid sizes.

6. FontShuffle

FontShuffle: is the fastest mobile source of typographic inspiration. 650+ font families are sorted by visual similarity. Without any previous knowledge about type design, you can quickly discover 6 typefaces of similar style in just two taps by navigating the simple category menu. Choose the list view to examine up to 24 similar typefaces.

7. The Font Game

The Font Game: From I Love Typography comes the long-awaited, the definitive Font Game for iPhone & iPod Touch. Guaranteed to be absolutely the most fun you’ll have with fonts anywhere, any time, any place. Think you know your Arial from your Helvetica, your sans from your sans serifs? Then step up to the plate. With three levels of game play from the ease-yourself-in, ‘Somewhat Difficult’ through to the incredibly challenging ‘Exceedingly Difficult’, there’s lots of fun to be had for novices and typographic experts alike.

8. DesignRuler

DesignRuler: is an accurate reproduction of the standard Graphic Design ruler – essential for anyone working in Advertising, Newspaper and Magazine Print Production.

9. Color Expert

Color Expert: from the ground up with the creative spirit in mind. Designers of all types, regardless of their medium, have a common thread—and that common thread is color. We use it to be loud, quiet, bold, subtle, soothing, frenzied and sometimes just to stand out. But working with color can be difficult away from the studio.

10. The Typography Manual

The Typography Manual: is a pocket resource for graphic designers and anyone that works with type. It provides all the essentials of a book reference on your iPhone or iPod Touch! The Type Manual features a 60+ page book covering the history of type, type basics, how to properly set text and special characters, the latest information on typography on the web, font specimens, graphic design topics, and more.

11. FinDaFont

FinDaFont: All the fonts that you’ll ever need, right just in your iPhone !!! Have you ever wished to see your logo or message written with several fonts to decide which one fits best (and all that while you’re on the go)?

12. Font Size

Font Size: People choose font sizes every day, yet seldom have a good reason for their choices. The Font Size calculator provides a simple yet powerful tool for making statistically-informed font-size decisions.

13. aboutDesign

aboutDesign: is an on-going project to create a glossary of design and print terms and technology for professional designers and graphic design students. Originally one of a number of searchable databases on a design industry website, the database includes both modern and historical terms, giving the user a wide base of information, as well as the ability to cross reference terms using built in search facilities.

14. Color Set Lite

Color Set Lite: is a color matching system software based on classic color charts used for painting. The colors are divided in 9 colors, each coded 001 to 099. For example: in 2003 for Orange Pastel. You can use Color Set Lite to identify a color before purchase paint.

15. iBlueSky

iBlueSky: continues to lead the field for mind mapping on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The application’s well designed user interface is a pleasure to use, and behaves just as you would expect it to” Chuck Frey – The Mind Mapping Software Blog.

16. What The Font

What The Font: Identify the fonts in a photo or web graphic! Ever seen a great font in a magazine ad, poster, or on the web and wondered what font it is? Whip out your iPhone and snap a photo, and WhatTheFont will identify that font in seconds!

17. SimpleMind

SimpleMind: is a mind mapping tool that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a brainstorming, idea collection and thought structuring device.

18. Sketches 2

Sketches 2: for iPhone and iPad takes full advantage of the capabilities of your device, providing lots of new features while keeping ease of use, simplicity and sporting a stunningly beautiful and unobtrusive user interface. Buy Sketches for your iPhone and use it in your iPad too! Use Sketches to decorate your pictures, sketch your ideas, send directions to your friends or create art works on the go.

19. Paper Sizes

Paper Sizes: International Paper Sizes is an ideal resource for looking up a variety of paper standards. It’s ideal for those working in graphic design, illustration, printing, export and packaging.

20. Layers

Layers: is a natural media painting app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Built on the feedback of hundreds of mobile artists, Layers packs in everything you need to be creative on the go. Whether you’re an experienced iPhone artist or a creative user looking to doodle, Layers is for you!

21. Palettes

Palettes: is a powerful productivity tool for creating and maintaining color palettes. Great for creating color schemes. Now you can create a color palette anywhere at anytime. Grab colors from a photograph, a website, or add colors using any one of 5 color models. Quickly find matching colors with support for many different color schemes. You may create and store any number of palettes.

22. OmniFocus

OmniFocus: OmniFocus brings task management to your fingertips. Keep track of tasks by project, place, person, or date. Bring up a shopping list, agenda items to discuss at work, things to do at home, and any other lists you need.

23. FileMagnet

FileMagnet: FileMagnet makes it easy to copy files from your computer onto your iPhone and iPod touch. You can view all the popular file formats, including PDF, Microsoft Office, RTF, and iWork ’09, even when you’re not connected to the internet. Transferring files is effortless — FileMagnet wirelessly connects to your computer using a free program available for both Mac and Windows.

24. MiniBooks

MiniBooks: MiniBooks puts the popular web invoicing software FreshBooks in the palm of your hand. Manage your clients, send invoices, run timers, and record payments, all while on the go. Plus, MiniBooks fully synchronizes with your FreshBooks account, so you have access to your account even when you’re off the grid. All this for less than FreshBooks’ monthly subscription fee.

25. Chieftent

Chieftent: is a missing Basecamp application for the iPhone. This application let’s you manage BaseCamp projects right from the iPhone wherever you are.

Be Sociable, Share!

•