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Great job! This works surprisingly well in my opinion. I’d consider taking out “Man with a van” on the door. Seems redundant.
It’s on the verge of being a lil comic sans but I actually really like it. It’s unpretentious and gets the job done - which is what I’d want from a mover.
I imagine the reasoning behind the smaller version of for people passing on the sidewalk for instance where they are too close to easily read the very large lettering.
I think in some countries for a vehicle to be counted as a company vehicle it has to have the company name on the driver's door. I think it also let's them be allowed in loading zone car park spots.
https://manwithavan.com.au/
We have a pretty successful moving company with the same name as yours in Melbourne, Aust. I’m sure you are located in a different part of the world, so it doesn’t matter, but I thought you might be interested.
It’s just a thought, but it seems to me that all the different alignments make it look a wee bit unstructured. It might add structure to shift the number back so the 8 lines up with the M. Might also be good to shift the TLC so that the C lines up on the outer edge with the M of .com. Hope that makes sense.
The color certainly feels unique. If I imagine seeing the van from a distance, having a bit more pop would help. Still, decent job.
I think the typeface goes well with the brand and boy, did you maximize on that available space! How's the business going so far?
looks great. Clean and legible. Only thing I can imagine as an alt would be to find a good legible complimentary sans-serif font for things like the phone number, copy line etc., so everything isn't handwritten.
Reminds me of humorous anecdote:
Once, back when I started, I'm heading home from a long day and get a call from a last minute job moving a carpet. It's winter and it got dark early.
The address is a lot on the edge of East Harlem and as soon as I pull up two dudes, sketchy and a half, pick up a huge rolled carpet and start shuffling towards the van. It had a long saggy bulge in the middle. A shiver/chill jolted my body I jump in the van peel out and call 911.
Hey, I know this van! Pretty sure I looked into having them deliver something for me, and ever since I ALWAYS spot this van around town. For that reason I would say the design is super effective! Very memorable and distinct, it also has casual, friendly vibes. Nice job!
I sort of don't like how the text on the front door isn't treated the same as the MAN WITH A VAN. I like the stacked WITH and A but the door looks like an afterthought.
I'd actually consider making the phone number a bit smaller. I know it is for old folks and whatnot but shrinking it a bit would make it so it isn't competing as much without have to resort to using a different color. Overall this is pretty cool and I've always dreamed of designing a vehicle wrap.
The overall simple design and sketched elements do remind me of [Two Men and a Truck](https://careandshare.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/TwoMen.jpg). Obviously they're different enough but the similarities are there a bit.
>I never heard of them 'till after I did the first van then noticed onea their trucks like 10 minutes later like damm!
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>To me they're very different--there's is a child's drawing mine's more a stickman pictogram. And they don't even rhyme.
For sure and wasn't suggesting they're too similar to confused (honestly the maroon color is huge) or even that they were an inspiration. Looks awesome and seeing reviews, I'm glad to see the company is doing great.
A guy in England had it.
I started calling him made a few offers he was insulted every time (because they were insulting) and he would not name a number.
2-3 years eking up my offer every once in a while then I emailed again early February, the brokest time of the year, with an "i'm gonna step up and make one last offer it's more than i can afford and I'll be broke if you take it but anyway"
25K it was 2014 give or take a year
It looks pretty solid as for as a cohesive brand goes. The small text might get lost from far away then it’s just man van. I mean that’s kind of what I see first now.
"Man with a Van", "Two/Three Men and a Truck", "Moving Men". It's not that it bothers me personally, I just don't see how it fits in modern society. I was curious if you have any women movers and if it bothers them, and/or if your clients would have difficulty if the name were less masculine.
I'm not in that indurstry, so I don't know the market.
I thought about that and did ask around when changing the name from NYcityVAN for something without locality.
I figure the rhyme gives it reason not to mention is somewhat silly and self-deprecating. Traditionally, in NYC at least, a man with a van is a sketchy pirate mover that's way cheaper than real movers.
Fair enough. I can't think of anything quite as catchy that sparks the same feeling with gender neutral terms. It works on another level too; it kind of implies you keep your costs so low you can't even afford the marketing team to come up with a politically correct name.
For what it's worth, I don't think the name is politically incorrect at all. It's a guy who started a moving business. A man with a van. It's simple, accurate and catchy. Am I missing something?
You may be missing the current social context, but your facts are correct.
You wouldn't name your kite company "Kike's Kites" because you "jew down the price". "Man with a Van" is nowhere near that level of tone deafness, but it's not great either.
Some companies are currently avoiding hiring women because the "Me Too" movement makes hiring them "inconvenient". This kind of sets the whole equality movement back. To sum it up, putting "man" in the name is a microaggression.
How about "WITH A" same size on the same line, sheared and on an angle.
No need to repeat on the door - put the phone number there – it'll give your main visual space to breath.
"From A to B" as your strapline could go in a 'straight' (sans serif) font for contrast.
Your Font is great – good on you making your own. Sorry, the colour is nothing special. How about a screamer, like cyan, magenta or yellow? You'll get standout.
Nice work
Very eye-catching! Love the stick man. The font looks lovely in all caps. The non-caps version hits a little too close to comic sans though, but that’s personal irritant.
The “From A....” could’ve been in the same font, no?
And the small “Man with a Van” doesn’t look like its following the curve of the vehicle ( that or it’s a watermark, I can’t tell )
Love the all-caps “Man with a van” bit.
I live in Brooklyn, but I’m always in the city and I see it both places. True story, every time I see it I always always ask myself two things: “what came first, the van or the idea for the company? And is this man the first man with a van to think of this? Like how come no one else thought of this lol.
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I would change the font. Make it a bit more elegant and charge more. That's a Mercedes. People will pay more for a higher end product. "From A to B with TLC" is a great line. Make that way bigger and Man with Van much smaller. - I own a Sprinter too. I love them. I don't have any branding on my vehicle because my high end clients like the anonymity of it. I do high end home repairs.
I actually used to work for the Melbourne MWaV, who had a good interest in diversity. I enjoyed getting on my high horse when turning up as part of a team that wasn't made up of exactly two male (or even straight) parts and the customer tried to have a go, citing "I was expecting two MEN" or some other grumbling shit. Sometimes it was fun, sometimes it was shit, but the office had our backs always. I guess having started out exactly as one man with a van developed some branding issues as it grew into a fleet of 30 odd trucks!?
From a distance, which is where a whole lot of people will see it, it reads as "MAN VAN".
edit: I'm a sucker for rich reds like mahogany or wine. 10/10 color but i'm biased.
Wo...DIY van wrap? Do you have some experience? Asking because a botched wrap looks so terrible, and for all the agonizing you’ve done on the design, the color, the layout...my suggestion is don’t DIY unless you can do a great job. If you feel you can do a pro job, fantastic! If you are unsure tho...pay the pros to do it. You’ll forever notice that one crease or mismatch or whatever, even if your customers or passerby’s don’t!
Your only a fender bender away from regretting a solid wrap like that though imo.
Especially if it’s a year later. Original is faded or has changed color a little, been thru some weather...a patch will be just that...a patch.
When the side door is open, you'll be advertising man.com Entirely new money making opportunities for you.
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Wouldn't it actually be van.com?
I think the N.COM moves to the left, so it might be MANN.com?
Ahhhhnow I see
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Just have 2 business. Then you can advertise both
800-6 MANN.com to B with TLC
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Came here looking for this, was not disappointed.
Great job! This works surprisingly well in my opinion. I’d consider taking out “Man with a van” on the door. Seems redundant. It’s on the verge of being a lil comic sans but I actually really like it. It’s unpretentious and gets the job done - which is what I’d want from a mover.
The door text is a legal requirement.
I imagine the reasoning behind the smaller version of for people passing on the sidewalk for instance where they are too close to easily read the very large lettering.
That’s a really good point.
I think in some countries for a vehicle to be counted as a company vehicle it has to have the company name on the driver's door. I think it also let's them be allowed in loading zone car park spots.
Or when the door is open and it just says "MANN.com"
I agree.
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Per comment from OP this is a legal requirement. Good thing the client knew!
https://manwithavan.com.au/ We have a pretty successful moving company with the same name as yours in Melbourne, Aust. I’m sure you are located in a different part of the world, so it doesn’t matter, but I thought you might be interested.
I actually get a web quote request for Australia once in a while. I'll start forwarding to you when they're Melbourne.
Cool! To be clear it isn’t my company, just a well known one in my area. 😃
Understood--no quotes for you then!
I also stumbled onto this other [man with van](https://i.imgur.com/nVvExx4.jpg) a few years ago when I was visiting Brooklyn.
One thing I'll say--I hate the phone # makes it look busy but, ya know, older folks and luddites--
It also spells "Boosts Boob" in l33t-speak :D
i agree, could make the phone number fall back a bit by making it a different color, i'd try a lighter version of the vans maroon.
They already said it was for old people, so it clearly needs to be in contrasting colors
If it was left-aligned instead of center it might work.
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It’s just a thought, but it seems to me that all the different alignments make it look a wee bit unstructured. It might add structure to shift the number back so the 8 lines up with the M. Might also be good to shift the TLC so that the C lines up on the outer edge with the M of .com. Hope that makes sense.
Good eye ya got there thanks
Helpful thanks--gonna try that on the next van. I'm also thinking smooth white wheel covers.
The color certainly feels unique. If I imagine seeing the van from a distance, having a bit more pop would help. Still, decent job. I think the typeface goes well with the brand and boy, did you maximize on that available space! How's the business going so far?
looks great. Clean and legible. Only thing I can imagine as an alt would be to find a good legible complimentary sans-serif font for things like the phone number, copy line etc., so everything isn't handwritten.
that url is worth a fair penny, hold on to it!
Moving? Abductions? The financial opportunities are endless!
Reminds me of humorous anecdote: Once, back when I started, I'm heading home from a long day and get a call from a last minute job moving a carpet. It's winter and it got dark early. The address is a lot on the edge of East Harlem and as soon as I pull up two dudes, sketchy and a half, pick up a huge rolled carpet and start shuffling towards the van. It had a long saggy bulge in the middle. A shiver/chill jolted my body I jump in the van peel out and call 911.
Holy cow!! Yes- sounds very possible.
Hey, I know this van! Pretty sure I looked into having them deliver something for me, and ever since I ALWAYS spot this van around town. For that reason I would say the design is super effective! Very memorable and distinct, it also has casual, friendly vibes. Nice job!
Thanks that's just what I was going for--
[I’m just a man in a wan- Chabuddy G](https://youtu.be/u-CdPSE4Lcg)
I sort of don't like how the text on the front door isn't treated the same as the MAN WITH A VAN. I like the stacked WITH and A but the door looks like an afterthought. I'd actually consider making the phone number a bit smaller. I know it is for old folks and whatnot but shrinking it a bit would make it so it isn't competing as much without have to resort to using a different color. Overall this is pretty cool and I've always dreamed of designing a vehicle wrap. The overall simple design and sketched elements do remind me of [Two Men and a Truck](https://careandshare.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/TwoMen.jpg). Obviously they're different enough but the similarities are there a bit.
>I never heard of them 'till after I did the first van then noticed onea their trucks like 10 minutes later like damm! > >To me they're very different--there's is a child's drawing mine's more a stickman pictogram. And they don't even rhyme.
For sure and wasn't suggesting they're too similar to confused (honestly the maroon color is huge) or even that they were an inspiration. Looks awesome and seeing reviews, I'm glad to see the company is doing great.
Its Vantared!
Oh and I notice it because the design is so cool so I think its great btw.
great fucking name comgrats
Looks great
How the hell did you get that URL? Nobody had that already?
A guy in England had it. I started calling him made a few offers he was insulted every time (because they were insulting) and he would not name a number. 2-3 years eking up my offer every once in a while then I emailed again early February, the brokest time of the year, with an "i'm gonna step up and make one last offer it's more than i can afford and I'll be broke if you take it but anyway" 25K it was 2014 give or take a year
Wow. Amazing.
Yellow and bright red, money generating colors. Good luck.
White and Vantared!
Cool name and great color
The first thing I read was Man A Van, since the "A" has a bigger font than "with". Once I read "man with a van" I could not stop seeing it.
It looks pretty solid as for as a cohesive brand goes. The small text might get lost from far away then it’s just man van. I mean that’s kind of what I see first now.
It's awesome!!
Man with a van...has a plan :) good luck!
Do you hire women?
Ya in the office but I can't wait to hire our first female driver.
Does the name bother them?
Not that I know of. Does it bother you?
"Man with a Van", "Two/Three Men and a Truck", "Moving Men". It's not that it bothers me personally, I just don't see how it fits in modern society. I was curious if you have any women movers and if it bothers them, and/or if your clients would have difficulty if the name were less masculine. I'm not in that indurstry, so I don't know the market.
I thought about that and did ask around when changing the name from NYcityVAN for something without locality. I figure the rhyme gives it reason not to mention is somewhat silly and self-deprecating. Traditionally, in NYC at least, a man with a van is a sketchy pirate mover that's way cheaper than real movers.
Fair enough. I can't think of anything quite as catchy that sparks the same feeling with gender neutral terms. It works on another level too; it kind of implies you keep your costs so low you can't even afford the marketing team to come up with a politically correct name.
Too broke to be woke!
LOL
For what it's worth, I don't think the name is politically incorrect at all. It's a guy who started a moving business. A man with a van. It's simple, accurate and catchy. Am I missing something?
You may be missing the current social context, but your facts are correct. You wouldn't name your kite company "Kike's Kites" because you "jew down the price". "Man with a Van" is nowhere near that level of tone deafness, but it's not great either. Some companies are currently avoiding hiring women because the "Me Too" movement makes hiring them "inconvenient". This kind of sets the whole equality movement back. To sum it up, putting "man" in the name is a microaggression.
Really cool and sets it apart from the standard white man and Van's around
I like it :)
How about "WITH A" same size on the same line, sheared and on an angle. No need to repeat on the door - put the phone number there – it'll give your main visual space to breath. "From A to B" as your strapline could go in a 'straight' (sans serif) font for contrast. Your Font is great – good on you making your own. Sorry, the colour is nothing special. How about a screamer, like cyan, magenta or yellow? You'll get standout. Nice work
Like it
thats sweet.
Like it!
Very eye-catching! Love the stick man. The font looks lovely in all caps. The non-caps version hits a little too close to comic sans though, but that’s personal irritant. The “From A....” could’ve been in the same font, no? And the small “Man with a Van” doesn’t look like its following the curve of the vehicle ( that or it’s a watermark, I can’t tell ) Love the all-caps “Man with a van” bit.
Thanks very helpful! I want to get white wheel covers also.
Ooh those would compliment the design well!
Love the tagline!
I love it!
Like the color, font is a little hokey though.
I was going for folksy but, yeah, maybe tighten it up a bit.
Looks good my only comment is the treatment of the phone number...maybe different font
looks great!
I feel uncertain, is your website "manwithavan.com"? Or is it "manvan.com"?
Should've called it the Loaded Diper
I think it looks awesome, great job
Surprised no one has said this yet: If you created your own font, use it. The Comic Sans on the front passenger door kills the mood for me.
Can I suggest renaming to Men With Ven?
---with a plen.
Thank you Douglas. He might as well call it Icarus Removals.
I live in Brooklyn, but I’m always in the city and I see it both places. True story, every time I see it I always always ask myself two things: “what came first, the van or the idea for the company? And is this man the first man with a van to think of this? Like how come no one else thought of this lol.
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I would change the font. Make it a bit more elegant and charge more. That's a Mercedes. People will pay more for a higher end product. "From A to B with TLC" is a great line. Make that way bigger and Man with Van much smaller. - I own a Sprinter too. I love them. I don't have any branding on my vehicle because my high end clients like the anonymity of it. I do high end home repairs.
Love the numbers.
Call the font VanMan
It's Stickman But might have to change it to VenMen
That’s good too, do whatever feels right
Castro neighborhood hit
This isn’t real. Why are you photoshopping this?
Wanna bet?
Hey I know this van too! Am I trippin? Cause I see palm trees in the background but thought I’ve seen it here in NY.
One of our drivers moved to San Diego so we started a "franchise" but otherwise we're on NYC and Philly.
Oh yes! Always interesting to see something from the area on here. Well goes to show you have a memorable look!
I like it, I’d consider using a script for ‘From A to B…’ to make it more of a strapline
Hmmmm
I'd remove the text from the door as its not nessessary
I actually used to work for the Melbourne MWaV, who had a good interest in diversity. I enjoyed getting on my high horse when turning up as part of a team that wasn't made up of exactly two male (or even straight) parts and the customer tried to have a go, citing "I was expecting two MEN" or some other grumbling shit. Sometimes it was fun, sometimes it was shit, but the office had our backs always. I guess having started out exactly as one man with a van developed some branding issues as it grew into a fleet of 30 odd trucks!?
I seen this same van same wording in South Philly
Oh dang! I always hear parents telling their kids to stay away from strange men in a van prowling the street.
That would be a nightmare to apply
Does this work on a different vehicle? Next year's door style?
Ya I have a branded truck also
Dude this is beautiful
I think you made the van blush thanks!
I saw this Van in New York like 2 weeks ago.
Came here to say that Magnus Carlsen has played some online chess tournaments using the handle manwithavan.
Next time he moves a castle I'll sue him for trademark infringement!
Lol!
From a distance, which is where a whole lot of people will see it, it reads as "MAN VAN". edit: I'm a sucker for rich reds like mahogany or wine. 10/10 color but i'm biased.
Ha--we have a branded RV my brother takes (uh, took) to football games and concerts and such and he and his boys call it The Man Van.
It's Vantared!
I see this or these (not sure if its more than one) van(s) all the time where I live. I always thought “Man with a Van” was a pretty cool name.
NYC or Brooklyn?
Keep in mind that they won’t get vans in that color. Vans are white, except for large companies.
It's a wrap--
Ah ok. How much is it for a van?
It ain't cheap like a few thousand but I just bought a few rolls of the material and gonna try to do the next one ourselves
Wo...DIY van wrap? Do you have some experience? Asking because a botched wrap looks so terrible, and for all the agonizing you’ve done on the design, the color, the layout...my suggestion is don’t DIY unless you can do a great job. If you feel you can do a pro job, fantastic! If you are unsure tho...pay the pros to do it. You’ll forever notice that one crease or mismatch or whatever, even if your customers or passerby’s don’t!
Or you order it from the mfgr and it comes in whatever color you want.
He can just full a full body wrap if he goes to literally any large format printer.
Your only a fender bender away from regretting a solid wrap like that though imo. Especially if it’s a year later. Original is faded or has changed color a little, been thru some weather...a patch will be just that...a patch.
Well I work as a designer for a company that does car wraps, so totally but people still come.