International training agency needs a logo design

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Logo Design Brief
I need a logo design for an international training agency called 'MDFT Europe' and based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We provide self-paced and team-based IT training courses on cloud technology, AI, big data, devops, and many other subjects. MDFT is an unconventional 'rebel' agency that provides superlative training quality and extensive depth of knowledge. The final design should communicate quality and professionalism but also incorporate playfulness to underline MDFT's unconventional style. For more inspiration see our current site (https://www.mdfarragher.com) and this new concept site (http://52.166.133.156/). The person in the pictures is me, note my white shoes that illustrate how modern and unconventional my training agency is.
Updates
Hi everyone, thanks for the great designs so far! I haven't make a choice yet as we still have a couple of days to go, so please feel free to continue to submit new designs. I will never downvote your designs but instead eliminate with a clear description why I am not selecting the design. Everything I like that has potential gets 4 or 5 stars. And please do read the brief, I made some changes to the must haves, nice to haves, and must not haves. I'm looking for a design that communicates education, learning, training, coming together to share etc. I notice that the designs that do not use a graphic often look too businesslike and formal. So make sure you include a graphic that conveys learning in some way (can be subtle, hidden message is fine). And please do not use the color gray anywhere, that's just terrible in a logo ;)
Added Friday, February 26, 2021
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Target Market(s)
Dutch and International IT market: companies with large IT departments, IT professionals wanting to upgrade their skills, training agencies wanting to hire our trainers.
Industry/Entity Type
Computer Training
Logo Text
"MDFT Europe" or "MDFT", you can decide
Logo styles of interest
Abstract Logo
Conceptual / symbolic (optional text)



Font styles to use
Look and feel
Each slider illustrates characteristics of the customer's brand and the style your logo design should communicate.
Elegant
Bold
Playful
Serious
Traditional
Modern
Personable
Professional
Feminine
Masculine
Colorful
Conservative
Economical
Upmarket
Requirements
Must have
- At least the text "MDFT", and a graphic element in the design that people would associate with training, learning, education, improving themselves etc. The logo must also work in a landscape orientation (= width > height) so I can place it in the header menu of a website.
Nice to have
- Playful color palette, separate layouts for square and landscape aspect ratios, graphic element that can be used as a favicon.
Should not have
- Boring corporate design, using corporate blue or corporate green colors. Logo's without a graphic element. You also cannot use any shade of gray anywhere in the logo.