New Tokyo Overseas Tourist Logo
I like the double Tokyo (it reminds me of the line, “so good they named it twice, and I love Japanese inks and geometric sans serifs), but the placement and size of the tag-line is…
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Aldi rebrands to appear more “contemporary”
“The new branding has been designed by German consultancy Illion Markensocietaet, and features a brighter colour palette and more three-dimensional look.” Source: Aldi rebrands to appear more “contemporary” – Design Week
It’s a good Dell
Dell, the people who make computers have to me, always be Dell, the people who do computers. I had a pretty awful Dell Vostro laptop once at a place I worked, it was weighty and…
9th Berlin Biennale
As you’d expect from an international arts festival, the introduction is packed with plenty of indescipherable copy. Stick with it though as fortunately, the branding is really strong: “Is Donald Trump going to be president? Is wheat…
Larmer Tree Festival
Wonderful Illustration led brand for the fabulous sounding Larmer Tree Festival. Bristol based Fiasco Design have for me nailed the colour palette, the multiple green/blue shades offer a richness and quality that are accentuated by…
Legs For Days by Futura
A quirky name for this Mexican clothing boutique, the design is sophisticated enough to appeal to ladies with regular legs too. The colour palette is sensational. Interestingly the name appears in 3 formats, a solid…
Bistroteket Stencil Logo-type
Great stencil friendly typographical solution for Bistroteket, created the people of 25AH. Good enough to be used liberally on the premises and then used with care on the supporting materials. Colour palette is fab and the photography is spot on too….
New Logo for UK Charity Commission
The UK’s Charity Commission “registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, to ensure that the public can support charities with confidence.” British charities have had a bit of a hammering recently with trust being…
Marston’s Inns Lights Up
Marston’s is a British public house operator and brewer. It operates over 2,000 pubs in the UK, and is the world’s largest brewer of cask ale. 90 per cent of profits come from the pubs division. (Wikipedia) When we went…
Simply Google
It’s on every design blog and tech site so I won’t bore you with a rash of personal opinion, but not to mention it on a logo blog seems daft. Google, the multi billion uber…
3 ways to say Derry City and Strabane Council
Derry City and Strabane District Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Derry City Counciland Strabane District Council and covers most of the northwest of Northern Ireland. The first elections to…
Do you like Facebook’s new Face?
Launched with no fanfare, Facebook have updated their logo with a little help from Eric Olson of Process Type Foundry. The iconic “f” remains the same, it’s going nowhere soon, but the full name type…
City of Stonnington from Casino to 90s Roundel
The City of Stonnington is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia. (Wikipedia) Stonnington has updated its logo, initially designed in 1994 when it was formed. They’ve kept the central elements, as brush like S and…
Everett Logo Contest – The Winner!
UPDATE 10/12/2014: It seems that the winning design might be a little to close to another existing logo. It looks like two designers coming to similar solutions rather than a copy to me, so that’s…
What happens when you rely on gradients in a logo
When they say “lets use a gradient on our logo”, you say “HOLD ON!” and show them this: For this, my friends is the 1 colour solution for Barclaycard’s “orange peel” globe logo. I spotted it on…
British Gas Logo
This popped up on Creative Review. They didn’t really comment on the update but focused the story on the agency that updated it, which was their ad agency, as opposed to a dedicated branding agency. I…
Pendle doesn’t Lovehoney
North-western British local council Pendle were fortunate to have councillor James Starkie in their fold. Starkie it seems has an eye for logo design and put together a heart based new design for the council….
Back to the Future – Carl Hansen & Søn
A fantastic move by Danish design brand Carl Hansen & Søn who’ve chosen to reintroduce a logo originally created by designer Hans J. Wegner for the 100th anniversary of his birth. They dropped it in the 80’s…
In Brief – Beiersdorf, Made in Britain and Staples
In Brief, pointing you towards worthwhile logo and branding articles from across the web. Beiersdorf German personal care giant, makers of Nivea have rolled out a new softened logo which eschews Helvetica and a bunch…
Airbus Group – 200BC Rome called, they want their chisels back
Airbus, the European (but really global) aircraft maker is putting out some pretty big planes these days, in the form of the Airbus 380, with its large capacity, fuel efficient and abnormally quiet design (plus…
University Challenged – UBC’s Student Society Sunny AMS Logo
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) of the University of British Columbia Vancouver (an AMS to my fellow non Americas readers is a Students Union (SU)) as part of a larger redevelopment have announced a new…
Nil Points – is this the worst logo of 2013? Eurovision 2014 includes hashtag #JoinUs!
A late entry to worst logo of 2013 I feel. I suppose an awful singing contest deserves an awful logo. Whatever the excuses (“diversity and difference”) whacking a hastag on a chavtastic diamond doesn’t cut…
We were almost “smmsaging” not tweeting
Nick Bilton, writer of Hatching Twitter blogs about early iterations of Twitter logos names including “Twitch,” “Friendstalker” (ugh) and “Smssy.” Founder Biz Stone threw a bunch into the pile but it was co-founder Noah Glass who pushed…
EMIAS Logo – Dead or alive, you’re storing with me
If you’re running a medial system one thing that’s true is you’ve gotta store information, vital medical records that will help diagnose ailments for years to come. Does the management and storage of that information…