Design some Icons

Status: Closed
Prize: $100
Entries Received: 6
Winner: wahed14

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Contest Brief

I need an icon to use on a website that is providing detailed information about residential property in Australia. The idea is to represent a very detailed investigation of a house. My own idea is that the icon would somehow be a blend of very simple diagrams of a microscope and a modern 21st century house so that people would immediately recognize both of them and see how clever is the merger of the two into one. However the microscope is not essential: I am open to any symbol that represents the idea of closely investigating a house.

The icon would be used on the website itself, emails and as the tiny symbol on web browser tabs. It should have a few distinctive colours.

The first three screenshots show some symbols used by other players already in the same market. The other three screenshots are just some simple microscope diagrams I found on google images.

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“wahed 14 came up with an icon that was elegant and simple yet was quite original. He beat a wide field of contestants whose work was relatively thoughtless. ”

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Contest Holder
- 7 years ago
I was hoping for an entry that has a house with a more modern design, not the old fashioned square with a triangular gabled roof and a little door at the front. Something more contemporary with interesting design lines that could be blended with a microscope symbol. There are some examples at https://www.google.com.au/search?q=modern+australian+residential+architecture&client=firefox-b&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVx5zF-5_NAhWKF5QKHRVgANUQsAQIIw&biw=1015&bih=599.
- 7 years ago
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1. Ipankey
  - 7 years ago
  I've tried it.
  - 7 years ago
2. kosmos47
  - 7 years ago
  wasted my time making it exactly as you described, thanks!
  - 7 years ago
Ipankey
- 7 years ago
a modern 21st century house???????
- 7 years ago
1. danijelaradic
  - 7 years ago
  Yea, I agree :) this kind of icon wins on like every single contest that is about property research. Just a house inside of magnifying glass. But yet congrats to the winner! They were smart and knew what goes. :)
  - 7 years ago
2. kosmos47
  - 7 years ago
  modern 21st century houses have chimneys too!!!!
  - 7 years ago
program23
- 7 years ago
Modern house?
Conclusion: the customer doesn't know what he wants.
- 7 years ago
1. kosmos47
  - 7 years ago
  Agree.
  - 7 years ago
kosmos47
- 7 years ago
Will definitely not work again.
- 7 years ago
kosmos47
- 7 years ago
guys please tell me whats wrong with #44
- 7 years ago
kosmos47
- 7 years ago
no comment .......
- 7 years ago
Ipankey
- 7 years ago
https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=icon+home+investigation.jpg
- 7 years ago
Ipankey
- 7 years ago
https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=icon+home+investigation.jpg
modern 21st century house +
magnifying glass
- 7 years ago
Ipankey
- 7 years ago
#23 if you do not like the houses I can handle it..
- 7 years ago
1. Ipankey
  - 7 years ago
  for the color you will decide
  - 7 years ago
Ipankey
- 7 years ago
https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=icon+home++investigation.jpg
modern 21st century house
- 7 years ago
1. Ipankey
  - 7 years ago
  for the color you will decide
  - 7 years ago
imdesign3d
- 7 years ago
#extended
- 7 years ago
Ipankey
- 7 years ago
#23 if you do not like the houses I can handle it.
- 7 years ago
kosmos47
- 7 years ago
Please check #44 :)
- 7 years ago
1. kosmos47
  - 7 years ago
  and #45 :)
  - 7 years ago
arllenzue
- 7 years ago
check #37
- 7 years ago
semsemvfx
- 7 years ago
plz check #31
- 7 years ago
gpkhosa123
- 7 years ago
plz check #21
- 7 years ago
vladamm
- 7 years ago
Hello! Please check #8. Thank you.
- 7 years ago
arllenzue
- 7 years ago
check number #3
- 7 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 7 years ago
  thanks for your entry. I suggest take away the big outer circle, make the house symbol bigger and add a handle to the inner circle to make it a magnifying glass.
  - 7 years ago
2. arllenzue
  - 7 years ago
  ok, btw the blue circle inside the white is the magnifying glass.
  - 7 years ago
kosmos47
- 7 years ago
Please rate entry #2 :)
- 7 years ago
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1. kosmos47
  - 7 years ago
  Thanks,I'll do my best to make it better
  - 7 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 7 years ago
  Maybe just the house icon inside the magnifying glass? Then colour one or both of those elements. i.e. remove the blue circle and make the rest bigger?
  - 7 years ago
vraghavendran
- 7 years ago
Please check and revert. Thanks
- 7 years ago
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1. Contest Holder
  - 7 years ago
  Also, is that house picture original? It looks like it is copied from somewhere else.
  - 7 years ago
2. vraghavendran
  - 7 years ago
  Okay. I'll work on something else. Thanks
  - 7 years ago