If you need a new logo checkout 99 Designs. You simply post up what your company is about and post up a prize amount. Then designers from all around the world submit their designs to win your prize money.
It seems like a good prize amount to attract top designers is between $100-$250. To get an idea of how cool this is check out some in process design competitions.
99 DESIGN COMPETITION EXAMPLES
- Competition for Environmental Safe Solutions
- Logo for Michael Jackson Tribute band
MORE LOGO DESIGN OPTIONS
- Make your own using a different font. 1000′s of cool free fonts listed here
- Post an Ad on Craigslist under Jobs in the Art/Media/Design section in your city
Another site like 99designs is crowdSPRING – http://www.crowdspring.com . They also do all the IP work and they escrow the funds so there’s a higher level of safety for both sides.
Thanks for letting us know. They are also in Chicago!
another cool logo site is http://www.logoinstant.com