Dr. Sam Lam Art

Pacifica Logo by Dr Sam Lam

This was a logo that I designed for a cafe that was going to be in my building but never came about.  A chiropractor in my building used the logo for a while when she was in my building with a name that I created for another business, Nucleo, which as you see the trend did not materialize.  (Fortunately, I have many successful businesses in my building including mine!)  I created a logo that would celebrate an organic feel (hence the green) along with the symbols looking organic in some abstract way (maybe peas?)  Also, the union of two reflecting images refers to the marriage of East and West, which would have been the concept for the cafe.  The name I came up with is not that original to be honest but I like it anyway!

Nucleo Logo by Dr Sam Lam

Here is a name and logo that I designed for a heart health and imaging center during the early days when I was putting together Willow Bend Wellness.  It was something that never made it past the drawing board but I loved working on this logo.  Like all my logos except the one for the Spa at Willow Bend, I created them on Adobe Illustrator.  I think the shape and color of this logo are rather self explanatory so I will end pontificating here on my design work.

Invena Laser Vein Center Logo by Dr. Sam Lam

I created this logo design for the laser vein center upstairs in my building.  I like the name invena because it had several layers of meanings.  In vena in Italian means literally inside the vein, which is rather appropriate but also colloquially means “a bright future”, and I liked the positive connotation.  Finally, when put together obviously invena looks like “invention” or something imaginative, which every artist loves!   The macron placed over the e helps indicate that you pronounce the e as a long e but also it is a cool artistic, stylistic element.  If you look carefully at the logo, the three color arcs signify the “L” for Laser, the “V” for vein, and the “C” for center.  I liked stacking them to make them into a more architecturally interesting piece, almost an asterisk if you will.  I also restrained the color palate to just two shades of blue, which also were chosen for the blue that would appear in a vein.  This is actually one of my favorite logos.

Correnta Logo by Dr Samuel Lam

I came up with the logo and name for this business that was planning to come into my building that would feature micro-current technology for skin therapy.  Hence, I thought the name correnta had an italian, artistic flair to it and so did the logo.  Obviously, the gradient and the point design with wavy current like elements embedded within signify both the technology but also the energy that would be imparted from that technology.  I chose the blue-gray-green color simply because it seemed to work well for what I was feeling.

Anti-Aging and Vitality Logo designed by Dr Samuel Lam

I love this logo!  I originally created it in rose and red colors for a previous branch of skin therapy I had dedicated to mesotherapy called MesoYouth.  The shape of the M and the Y can be found in the flowered design. However, when AVC came into my building, I could not stand their original logo, which was the detestable jumping jack man (man with raised arms), as I like to call it that plagues most logo designs out there.  Instead, I replaced the colors to a more gender neutral color that I think works for them since they appeal equally to male and female baby boomers.  I had also fun using the ampersand in contrasting color and size.  I am so glad and proud that AVC decided to go with this logo.  Every time I go upstairs and look at it displayed on the glass, it gives me a deep sense of aesthetic pleasure.

Symposium of Facial Plastic Logo designed by Dr Sam Lam

I am on the committee for the 10th international and was on a conference call when they were saying they needed a logo design.  After I got off the phone, I whipped this up for fun.  I played with the idea of FPS (facial plastic surgery) and the P being also a 10 for the 10th international.  However, the committee went with a simpler logo of a woman wearing a wide brimmed hat.  So be it.  This logo is a bit confusing to be honest, but I had fun making it.  I guess that is what counts.

HHC Banner designed by Dr Sam Lam

This banner was part of a design campaign that I created without charge (as all my logos are) for my cousin Gordon who has been helping with relief for China’s earthquake victims.  This banner is rather straightforward in which I used stenciled out and color contrasts to emphasize the two elements that are repeated in the logo.

HHC Logo by Dr Sam Lam

Even though this logo design was not accepted, I still love it and love the fun I had making it.  As you can see the hearts and hands symbol are like two hands holding each other but also the tilt of the H’s look like a heart.  Obviously, it goes without saying that the first red H symbolizes the hearts and the second open H represents the hands of the Hearts and Hands logo.  I used the floating line as a grounding element to the design.

La Paloma Spa Logo by Dr Sam Lam

A woman was going to open a spa in my building before she backed out, and I decided to create my own spa.  Being of Spanish descent, she wanted the name La Paloma, which means dove.  I liked the name (although less so recently when I saw some low-end, fast food chicken outlet by the same name) and created this logo using the elements of L and P of La Paloma to create the wings of the dove.  Perhaps a bit abstract but that is the point of a logo anyway.  Anything too concrete or obvious in a logo bores me to death!

Willow Bend Wellness logo by Dr Sam Lam

Ok, this one is one of my top two logo designs (besides the logo for LFP, which I love even more).  My architect, Gary Williams, said that it was the best logo that he has ever seen, which given his artistic acumen I take as a great compliment.  As you can see, the three elements are simply reflections of the WBW acronym of my center.  I also like the idea that the curvilinear design and color scheme are reminiscent of sinewy, bending willow trees.