Archive for the ‘Logo Stories’ Category

Friday May 18, 2012 02:41

Pymlico

In what looks like a nod to Eatock’s alternative 2012 logo, artist and designer Roy McCarthy created this free-to-use branding for unofficial 2012 sponsors.

“I think there’s room for everyone to benefit from, and show support for, the games without having to stump up a load of sponsorship. Normally in a situation like this I would [...]

Tuesday May 15, 2012 17:28

Takes the biscuit

Via @asburyandasbury.
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Monday May 14, 2012 21:39

Brand Logo versus Globalization

Logo designers and brand managers have always laid paramount importance of imparting the power of their product through symbols. History has it that whether they are Mayans, Egyptian Pharaohs or Greek mythology, symbols and logos have always played a pivotal role in representing the force behind their message.

 

• Proposition behind the Brand Logo

In the contemporary [...]

Monday May 14, 2012 21:39

Behind the innocent logo

Launched twelve years ago, innocent sells more than two million pure fruit smoothies each week in 11,000 UK outlets.
Here’s the story behind the “face with the halo” logo quoted from a comment thread on the Fast Tractor innocent blog.

The story goes like this — the name ‘innocent’ came from us (actually via Rich (founder) going [...]

One of the most infamous types of graphic arts is street and road graffiti. It is known for decades and have enhanced over the passage of time. In earlier times it was employed by the Romans as a symbol of expression and opinions against their kings. In the modern world, street graffiti is a common [...]

Thursday May 10, 2012 03:23

Elephant Combs

The Elephant Combs logo caught my eye over on Creative Review’s roundup of the 2012 One Show Awards.

Designed by TBWA/India for MKV Household Products.
It’s so fitting I can’t help but think it was designed before the product existed.
That’s a compliment.

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Contributed by Cincinnati-based Adam Ladd.

innocent logo, designed in 1999 by Deepend
After Faith’s “impressions” on logos, it was fun to see her retention of some she is not familiar with (embedded below).

You can catch Adam on Twitter here.

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Monday May 7, 2012 18:17

Indifferent

A project by Tommaso Guerra, described in his words.

We live in an infinite constellation of different products; infinite variations, infinite differences, infinite options.
But what’s the real value of the difference in a globalised world economy?
Multinational companies hide exploitation, politics of territory, and people, behind the objective of optimisation of resources, covering up everything with a [...]

Wednesday May 2, 2012 04:50

Stedelijk Museum

A new logo for Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum.

Designed by Linda Van Deursen of Mevis & Van Deursen.
Here’s a short video talking (in Dutch) about the new logo.
“At the moment the museum is closed for the final phase of construction and completion of the building renovation and expansion project.”

The museum reopens on September 23rd.

Photo via Wikipedia
Via @AisleOne.
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Remember the movie Hollow Man, where Kevin Bacon acquired the power to be invisible? Imagine how cool would it be in real life? Although there hasn’t been any ‘Invisibility Cloak’ developed similar to the one in Harry Potter, there is one artist that makes it almost possible to vanish. Liu Bolin is [...]