Explainations of my re-designed logo

1. I maintain the shape (round) of the logo so that it will not look very different and foreign after it is redesigned to suit the local culture in Malaysia.

2. The colour of coffee beans made me use dark brown as the outline colour of my logo and also the cup to symbolize coffee.

3. People usually drink coffee with a cup and saucer, so I drew a cup and saucer in the middle of the logo to show that people go to Starbucks to drink coffee.

4. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Bunga Raya) is the national flower of Malaysia. It has five petals and each one symbolizes the Rukunegara (the Five Principles of Nationhood), while the colour red represents courage.

Rukun Negara (Five Principles of Nationhood)

· Kepercayaan Kepada Tuhan (Belief in God)

· Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara (Loyalty to King and Country)

· Keluhuran Perlembagaan (Supremacy of the Constitution)

· Kedaulatan Undang-undang (Rule of Law)

· Kesopanan dan Kesusilaan (Mutual Respect and Morality)

Finished logo

These are the steps upon finishing my logo.

Drawing the ear of the cup.

Next is the hibiscus.


The colouring the hibiscus and adjustment.

And the finished logo.

Progressing...

The photo of hibiscus that I took.

Still drawing the cup and hibiscus using pen tool.

My final sketch of design

The other day,I was walking through some beautiful bushes of Hibiscus at Cyberia and suddenly it reminds me that Hibiscus is the national flower of Malaysia and which clicks me to use it in my logo.

And I am still working on it in Ai.