Author: Margarit Ralev
A lot of things could be said about my favorite logo designer : Stefan Kanchev (1915-2001). The most important thing of all is that he was a great talent. Unfortunately, as many other great artists, he didn’t become world famous because he was working “behind” the Iron Curtain. Stefan Kanchev logo designs exhibition 2009 In the first world exhibition of trade marks in New York Stefan Kanchev participated with 23 works out of the total number of 250 logos by authors from all over the world. He had solo exhibitions in Sofia, Moscow, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest and an anniversary exposition…
This is an experiment by Vincent Beneche. It represents a collection of fake Helvetica logotypes applied to famous brands. helvetica logotype on famous brands
It’s a little confusing, but here’s what you should know : SONY is using 3 main logos for this brand. The colorful Playstation logo (now monochrome) of the mother-brand, the PSP logo (Playstation Portable) and the Game Console logo (called also Playstation). For the new release of the PS3 (the new game console) – SONY used a new logo. It’s actually quite cool and compact. It’s also inspired by the original PSP logotype from 2004. The typography is almost the same, but with round corners, making it appear more trendy. PSP / PS3 logo designs PlayStation logo The main Playstation logo…
Baidu-logo-world-famous In this very moment – Baidu.com is # 9 most visited site in the world ( Alexa ranking ). Get used to it, because it’s the chinese “Google”.. and soon or late it will become THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE LOGO in the web… and in the world 🙂 Here’s what we read in Wikipedia : ” Baidu, Inc. (Baidu) (Chinese: 百度; pinyin: Bǎidù) (NASDAQ: BIDU), incorporated on January 18, 2000, is a Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, and images. Baidu offers 57 search and community services including Baidu Baike, an online collaboratively-built encyclopedia, and a searchable keyword-based discussion forum. In October 2008, Baidu…
rob-janoff-apple-logo-design There’s a brand new great interview with the designer of the Apple logo, Rob Janoff. Here are a few lines from it : Jean Louis Gassée (executive at Apple Computer from 1981 to 1990) : One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of lust and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn’t dream of a more appropriate logo: lust, knowledge, hope, and anarchy. —- […] the real solid reason for the stripes was that the Apple II was the first home or personal computer…
michael-jackson-farewell-logo If you are not watching television or just MTV, may be you haven’t seen this logo yet. Client: Mtv.de Agency: bbdo.de Executor: s-farm.de Found via: pinkEYE The logo is a part of a short video spot. Watch it here:
johhnywalker-sport-version-logo It’s a rare sport copycat version of the Johnnie Walker. The funny part is that I saw it printed over the facade of a liqueur store in my town.. 🙂
Here’s what we read in Michael C. Place’s ( BUILD ) blog : “A while ago we received an email from Gary Hustwit the director of ‘Helvetica – A Documentary Film’ asking our advice on what type I would use for a new documentary he was producing on product design. We replied saying it might be nice to make the letterforms from actual products, he liked the idea, and would we be up for doing it? We said of course, what’s the title?, “Objectified” he says.” and here’s the result : objectified-logo-final[1] Definitely a brave approach. And it pays back.…
18.06.2009 – BRUSSELS – Greenpeace supporters handed out mock copies of the International Herald Tribune in several countries. On Thursday they sent the mock copies to convince world leaders to agree on ambitious efforts to tackle the climate change problem. The fake newspaper (50 000 free copies) was handed out in Brussels’ European quarters. This happened shortly before EU leaders were to begin a two-day summit at which the environment was of main concern. What we are interested in is one of the pages inside. It simulates a BP advertisement, but if you go into details you’ll notice that it…
A-style is a clothing brand. The brand exists since 2003 (or at least the domain a-style.it is registered during that year). However, 2006 could be considered as a real breakthrough. Later a friend of mine sent me an A-style key holder from Italy. If I have to be honest I didn’t get the idea at first sight… but later there was the “LOL” effect. 🙂 Cool idea, designed in a nice way. Everything is on purpose in the design of this sign. The shape of the logo design in its original version resembles a street sign. The yellow background is a reference to…