Lafonia

Until you mentioned it I had not realized that the logo was intended to be d and p.
If you want to convey d and p then maybe have a longer ascender on the d and a longer descender on the p.
I quite like the multicolour versions but maybe the plain one is more practical. Though you could have both, for use in different contexts.
Maybe also one done in outline to avoid messy printing where the solid colour might not come out well? Would that be an outline of the whole logo or outlines of each of the parts of the shape?
Maybe a large (approximately two metres by approximately two metres) version of the outlines of all the parts of the shape made up of bronze rods as a sculpture could be a work of art in the foyer of your offices if the business grows.
William
By the way, I am not a professional designer, just a hobbyist, so the above is just me chatting as a hobbyist. I am not trained in art and design.

I have some extra comments/questions (which may or may not be useful):
1. Which word is most important in “DemoPlum”? Obviously neither since it’s not the real name of the company, but the most important word should probably be given the most-easily-seen colour. As it currently is, Demo is the thing that stands out most on a dark background. Is this what you want people to see first?
2. Have you thought about how the logo and logotype will look when printed on white paper? Will the white parts of the logo and logotype be changed to black, or something else? How will this look? Would this hurt the overall ‘feel’ of it?
3. What happens when you need to print the logo and logotype in portrait (one on top of the other) rather than landscape? For example, you might need to display it in a square because of space limitations on a building entrance sign, or whatever. Which should go on top? Does this cause problems?
4. To expand a little on what MikeW said early on, you might want to get in touch with a company that does marketing legal stuff (not just in your own country) to make sure that the logo/logotype/name isn’t already used by someone, either locally or globally. They might charge a fair bit (I have no idea how much this sort of thing costs but I imagine it will be a lot) but it’s better than later getting sued and having to change all of your marketing materials (and maybe company name) quickly and expensively.
5. Also, expanding on what Mike W said above but in a slightly different area related to my last point, if you don’t have a logo there’s no way the logo can be seen to be copying that of another company. Less expense, less hassle, less worry. You can always get a logo if/when you actually need one later on. And, if you don’t have a logo then no-one else can copy yours and lead you into suing them with all the expense and hassle that would entail.
I don’t know if any of that is useful to you but I thought I’d mention it all the same.

Hiya!
I'm starting a new company from the ground and because its just me at this point (software development) I decided to do the logo and pretty much everything else myself =) 
Anyway, I'm not gonna mention the company name but to make sense of the logo lets say its called "DemoPlum", so the two predominant letters here (D and P) are used on the logo. I wanted something minimal that I can easily use as a flat logo on top of any color or background with any color variation.
I know its not pixel perfect, I need to work details on it but what do yous think? 
 

 

Maybe the dp logo part is less distracting for the eyes with some nest in one another ...

Hey! thanks for the suggestions and variations! they're great =D
Font is Dado Sans Pro Light
 
 

That's nice too, but depending of your activity, capitals is perhaps better (unless you need to convey solidity, strongness). Try to have more space between the characters, at least between "l", "u" and "m", straight lines need more space to be readable.
I did variations with your first logo, adding bold to the font (and a little bit more for the blue characters, since visualy it's less visible than the white ones).
It's a fine font, what's its' name?

Here the file to play around (done with the Bêta version)
slice1.afdesign

Nice, I'll just add another advice: don't forget totest your logo at different sizes, not only the big one on screen that'll never be in real use.
Perhaps you'll need a bolder or larger font for it to be readable on business cards and as signature, and you'll rarely use a big version of your logo… 

I like that treatment...as long as it was a conscious decision to swap the colors between the logo and text.
I always ask that question. Many/most companies simply want a logo because "everyone else has one," which isn't true, of course. Think of FedEx, for which the logo type serves both purposes (and hides an element in the negative space. Quite brilliant, really).
Anyway, it is a question that every company should ask itself.

What about something like:

 
btw, I'm super interested in the first line ion your reply: "Do you need a logo?" Its that not a thing? to have a logo. I don't know why, I just instinctively had the idea in mind that I wanted to have a logo... do I need it? good question, I still think I do but I just can't objectively justify it... I'm puzzled now... =)
 
 

Do you need a logo?
If so, I think the plain blue & white versions above work best and would do so no matter the color and/or what they are placed on (think invoices, stationary, envelopes, changing website treatments, etc.).
I think in conjunction, a logo type (i.e., the text, DemoPlum or whatever) accompanying the logo is more critically important. This is especially true when joined with a logo or as standalone text treatment.
I would also encourage you to do extensive image searches (if you haven't already) with the proposed logo in order to determine if the design is close to an existing mark.

Am I the first person in 2018 asking for a Linux version?
 
Probably... I already got my Windows Versions... Would like to work with Affinity natively on Linux... Just like I do with PyCharm or any of the IDEs from JetBrains. At the office, I'm forced to use Windows (10 atm) but I go home and I can still push/pull code from the same codebases on my Ubuntu machine... so damn nice... I know its a dream... just saying...

Many of the shapes in your file have corners defined by the Corner Tool. These are specified as an absolute size (like 0.125in) and hence they are not scaling as the shape is resized. This changes the shapes such that they no longer line up.
Easy fix… select all the shapes, and then using the Corner Tool > Bake Corners.
Will now resize just fine.
A better fix would be for Affinity to upgrade the Corner Tool so that radii can be specified as a percentage, which will scale with the object.
See…
 

I think the functionality looks awesome, hopefully this will be implemented soon in AD... 

Here is a list of many of the fixes and improvements included in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.5.3.69 (changes since 1.5.2.58).
 
These are from our bugs database so are phrased in the negative, but are nevertheless fixed.
Fixed colour profile conversion being wrong Internal to screen colour profile conversion corrected Fixed: (User specific) crash opening app on 2nd monitor Fixed: Some Pantone Palettes show spot icon Fixed: Ctrl runup doesn't restore deleted Tone Mapping presets or the Blend Mode dropdown for Adjustments Text blend gamma default set at 1 Fixed: App crashing on run up due to window settings Fixed: Can't load LUT file from folder with Chinese characters ASE Swatch Exchange Palettes import with correct name Fixed: Crash after clicking away from input field in Layer Effects Fixed: Moving asset sub category is slow with lots of assets Files saved with selections are now reflected correctly when reopened. Fixed: Unable to undo changes made in the Curves Adjustment Fixed: Unable to type certain Characters on a Polish Keyboard Fixed: Unable to change Input minimum/maximum for Curves Adjustment Vibrance presets differ to Mac and should match Character tab font type dropdown is remembered when docked Path text baseline control has correct ranges Shift Click layers tab: Improved multiple selections Copied swatch automatically appears in palette Input fields: Shift + up/down keys increments value 0.1 units instead of 10 units Fixed: Spot colour spot not outlined Crash fixed when unhiding UI after closing document Can reset more text style values Removed 'Affinity Files' from the Save As dialog Welcome screen fails gracefully when no internet connection is found Fixed: Anchor point box moves when clicking Flip Vertical 'Icon and Text' option remembered when restarting app Fixed: App regularly freezes [file specific] Fixed: Customer crash when saving keyboard profile Crashing on custom keyboard shortcuts (primarily Pixel Persona) It is now possible to set Language: None in the Edit Text Style dialog Uninstalling one Affinity app disables the 'Edit in... ' option in the other app more reliably Fixed: Colour picker loupe dies not display pixels on second monitor on high DPI setup Fixed: Dust & Scratches Live filter is not functioning correctly. Fixed: Slice doesn't export at the correct size when exporting single slices Fixed Added Snapshots are not showing 'Set undo brush source' Fixed 'Alternate' dropdown missing from Pixel Tool context toolbar Symbols snap immediately when you drag them from the Symbols panel Invalid scaling sizes immediately reverted in Slices Panel Can import if no asset categories Fixed: Open > Recent isn't displaying saved documents until the app is restarted Improved: Panels can be hidden by double clicking the header not just the panel label Shadows/Highlights: The effect look same as on Mac Fixed: Dragging the Radius slider to the far right initially knocks the effect off Crash after opening a large amount of PDF's Improved: Free hand Selection Tool is incredibly laggy on a complex document Fixed: Brush Tool leaves marks while we press Space bar key (panning) Fixed: UI locks up when clicking Fill on the context toolbar while holding Space Fixed: Currently enabled Effects expand when adding a new Effect Fixed: Crash when dragging/clicking a node while holding Shift+A Fixed: Moving Gradient Map node using Position slider can change node selection. Tools are no longer drawn over rulers Fixed: Swatches Panel - Colour swatches get cut off at 125% with no scrollbar Redraw issue when using Windows key + arrow key to dock the app Fixed: Panning with a Wacom pen only allows a vertical scroll Improved: Drawing brush strokes in quick succession results in a huge lag Fixed: CMYK values can exceed 100% if you use Shift to scale the colour values Fixed: Aspect ratio is disabled for a curve Help window responds to Windows Key snap shortcuts Fixed: App not appearing in correct position on second monitor Fixed: Stroke width on context toolbar is cut off with to many decimal places Fixed: Eyedropper in colour chooser dialog is cut off on small screens Tool handles move around slightly when resizing File Extensions list was too long Fixed: Mouse Brush painting fails after using Wacom Intuos3 Fixed: Stroke with the Fill Tool will cause a crash on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Fixed: Brush tip lose their cursor preview after selecting different brushes Fixed: No warning message for being unable to export PDF Export dialog now shows what format is being 'exported as' with File Extensions disabled 'Retina PNG-24' preset adds both 1x and 2x files to the list of files Sharpen Tool - 'Alt' now switches to blurring Erase Brush Tool - Drag + Alt does now displays colour picker Crash dragging Fill tool control point fixed Fixed: Can't right-click with specific tools Fixed: Trying to draw after changing context toolbar setting requires extra click Fixed: [File Specific] PDF Unable to open, slows app down to a standstill Fixed: Switching between objects creates extra transform history steps Help: Workspace Modes should have the Seperated Mode references removed. Help: System Requirements still list Mac requirements Now returns to pan when zoom shortcut is used Improved: Slow editing text from an imported PDF Fixed: Changing font size of selected text does not stick and causes tabbing issue Fixed: Colour wheel on flyout does not look correct on specific laptops Multiple translation improvements Multiple UI tweaks, like clipping and tooltips A number of file specific stability issues fixed Auto recovery fix, restore the stream position when scanning for FAT tags. Remember to load the “write thumbnails” preference. Fixed Z Order problem when re-showing welcome screen if modal dialog was active. Fix for welcome screen DPI Swatches: fix for create palette from image being greyed out if accessed before a document is created or opened. Fixed 'Edit Macro' doesn't enable after opening an image if you've right clicked a Macro with no image open Potential fix for crash with multiple files open Fixed clicking on Fill Popup button on context toolbar changes fill on selection

Hey, I'm new to the design world and I'm familiarizing with Affinity Designer, I think its great... Really enjoying my time using it...
 
Now, what I'm doing to tech myself the functionality is to go around stock graphic websites and pick up random stuff and see If I can recreate it myself (open content). Today I wanted to (re)create a knob control... such as:
 

 
And I just can't seem to figure out... obviously I started with a circle shape, added some Conical Fill with the Fill Tool and then zoned out trying to come up with "noise" to add to it?
 
Any help would be appreciated.

Meant to write AD on title btw  :rolleyes:
 
This software it's just the best, I love using it... Anyway, here's mi first finished drawing. I took a photo of a paper crane that's been around my desk for like a year, put it on AD and draw it... hahaha
 

Meant to write AD on title btw  :rolleyes:
 
This software it's just the best, I love using it... Anyway, here's mi first finished drawing. I took a photo of a paper crane that's been around my desk for like a year, put it on AD and draw it... hahaha
 

This is the my first foray into using AD.
I guess I would say I'm a casual user but I absolutely love it!
Initially started with hand drawing but have decided to start to vectorize them.

Hello Laconia and welcome to the Affinity forums :)
Yes, in the past I have done (and still do sometimes if I find something interesting!) try and deconstruct and then reconstruct how packaging or logo designs may have originally been created.
It is a great way to learn this stuff.
As with most things “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” but I’ve attached here one possible method you might try. ;)

Control Knob.afdesign