Turn 3: seal, The Index Awards, recognised excellence

The seal (2d) with "Recognised excellence" added four ways.

3aSeal, excellence in ring
THE INDEX AWARDS · RECOGNISED EXCELLENCE · I
THE INDEX AWARDS · RECOGNISED EXCELLENCE · I
The ring reads "The Index Awards · Recognised excellence".
3bSeal with line below
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · I
RECOGNISED EXCELLENCE
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · I
RECOGNISED EXCELLENCE
Original seal, with a hairline and "recognised excellence" beneath.
3cSeal and wordmark
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · I
The IndexAWARDSRecognised excellence
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · I
The IndexAWARDSRecognised excellence
Seal left, stacked wordmark right with "recognised excellence" as the last line.
3dSeal, brass tab
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · IRECOGNISED EXCELLENCE
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · IRECOGNISED EXCELLENCE
Seal with "recognised excellence" on a small brass tab across the base.

Turn 2: premium, 8 options

New direction. Serif and wide-caps type, hairline rules, ivory and ink with a brass accent (lime only in 2e and 2f). Each on ivory and on ink.

2aSerif stack
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Italic serif for The Index, tracked capitals for Awards, hairline between.
2bRinged I
I
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I
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Bodoni I inside a double hairline ring, wordmark beside it.
2cWide caps
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Single line of wide geometric capitals between two hairlines.
2dSeal
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · I
THE INDEX AWARDS · THE INDEX AWARDS · I
Circular text around a centred I. Reads as a hallmark or stamp.
2eRising hairlines
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Five fine verticals climbing left to right, the last in lime. Cinzel wordmark.
2fItalic with lime stroke
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Large italic Index Awards, one lime brush-straight underline.
2gFramed monogram
IA
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IA
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IA in a thin square frame with corner notches. Works as a badge or favicon.
2hCentred lockup
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Stacked and centred with a diamond rule. For certificates and merchant badges.

The Index Awards: 8 logo options

Each on the light green profile ground and on ink. Marks are plain geometry, so a designer can redraw any of them. Type is Big Shoulders Display, as in the site logo.

1aRing and arrow
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Closest to your reference. Circle, three bars, lime arrow.
1bRising bars
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Four bars climbing to a lime peak. No container.
1cSeal
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Plain awards seal with a lime core. Quiet and formal.
1dChevron tile
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Square tile, lime up-arrow cut in. Works as an app-icon size.
1ePodium
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Three blocks, winner in lime. Says awards at a glance.
1fDiamond I
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Diamond with the I of Index. Echoes the lime full stop in the site logo.
1gWordmark, stop
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Type only, with the lime full stop from The Index logo. Most consistent with the site.
1hStacked lockup
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Awards
Mark above type, centred. For badges, certificates and merchant pages.