Author: Margarit Ralev
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to make a major change in its logo design. The information came up from Justin Davidson from Vulture and according to him the Museum will present new contemporary logo on March 1st. The logo is designed by Wolff Olins, a global branding company.Davidson shares an image of MET’s new logo in his article. The new logo compared to the current one, which was adapted in 1971, is dramatically different.The original sign was designed after Leonardo da Vinci. It overlays the letter M on a circle and a square. There are small circles that…
It’s an entertaining learning video about how you can approach logo design. It’s about a fifteen minute cool logo. Trying to figure out the design brief, making sketches and finally some polished vectors. This dude will make you smile! Hats down for Lynda.com for making this video. The designers need more of these. After all – it’s not all about some screen tutorials, it’s about the approach that can unlock your creative potential. Along the way, Aaron Draplin provides tips for freelancing, finding inspiration, and providing clients context for logos that won’t just live in PDFs. Enjoy:
swastika-symbol-on-ancient-money Just some variations of the famous swastika symbol I’ve found today online. I like the last one with the modules.
Leo Messi is one of the most popular football ( soccer ) players in the world these days. Adidas has a special football-shoe line called after his name. So they needed a logo. And a young lad called Nathan Shinkle designed it : And here’s the animation from his dribbble profile : Here’s a preview of the announcement video: leo-messi-logo-adidas Check out the full logo study case in the author’s website : nathanshinkle.com/portfolios/leo_messi/
Here’s a step by step short tutorial on how to design a hipster logo. Few steps. Simple process. You can’t get it wrong, believe me. how-to-design-a-hipster-logo Make sure you check the hipster behance profile of the author – Tim Delger
dropbox-new-logo-2013 This was inevitable. Moving from a “gradient web icon” to a classic logo is always a matter of time. Yes, that’s why it’s called a logo, not an “icon”. It has certain graphic advantages and could be used everywhere. On cakes, on uniforms, on extremely small scale, etc. This is the real sign that Dropbox is moving to another level. The level where it’s not enough to have something like a web illustration that should represent a billion dollar company. Well done. What do you think about the Dropbox logo redesign ?
instagram-logo-design-process-logoblink Make sure to check MackeySaturday.com 🙂
facebook-new-logo-2013 With the introduction of Facebook Graph Search new design elements appeared and some existing ones changed. Probably we can define this as the rebranding of Facebook in year 2013. You probably can already see this images in the design of your facebook profile page. Probably the reason for changing the new logo was the idea of making it negative in the top bar. This logo design move is turning the regular web logo into more classic-like logo where the shape could be use in a great way both in positive and negative cases. It’s the top of the iceberg…
You probably know the best online software for presentations out there – PREZI. Recently they have changed their brand identity. It’s now more “blueish” and more cold-corporate. The logotype is more conventional. Personally I like the funny two-way-“r”. The “e” is the already popular “smiled-haineken E” In case you wonder where the mark comes from and why it’s so detailed for a logo – it’s actually a tool from the software itself. prezi-logo-idea I like the visual illusion for motion that the “sun” creates, but I bet it will be simplified at some point after a few years with only…
logo-design-tips-poker-logo The logo a company adopts is just as important as the name and the marketing strategy. You want the logo to show the business in the most positive and effective light. To give some examples of how a logo should be created, let’s use the example of a fictional web based poker company which is just starting up. What should be considered during the designing process? Do your research Research is the first and last thing you should do during the process, because you should always be keeping in the know. In the case of our imaginary poker…