All articles tagged as "logotype"
Prezi with a new logo
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…
Keep Reading →So.cl logo – the smiled social face of microsoft
This is how the logo looks in the header of the site. BTW- this is how the announced logo was looking in december, 2011. A bit different. I’m not sure I like the new one more. What do you think ?
Keep Reading →KIA K9 logo
I’ve spotted the new KIA K9 . It’s a nice copy of BMW so I was interested in the logotype: I thought – this car deserves another logo. Here’s the 5 minute sketch: Here are some other K9 logos from different companies: Personally I like the red one with the circle although it reads 9K, not K9.
Keep Reading →Anatomy of the logotype
You are probably working with fonts from some time now.. and you don’t consider yourself as a type nerd, but it’s a good thing to go back to the basics and check what’s what. Here you go – practice : Stem Counter Shoulder Serif Ascender Arc of stem Link Loop Ear Serif Arm Crossbar Ascent Ascender line Cap height X-height Baseline Descender line Descent Apex Aperture Finial Axis Crotch Leg Chin…
Keep Reading →The Power of the Brand, a Häagen-Dazs Example
The brand can set one seller’s goods or service from the others’. A brand may identify one item, a family of items, or all items of that seller. So, we can say that a Brand is the personality that identifies a product, service or company. A good brand can transmit to the user/consumer, aspects like thoughts, feelings, perceptions, images, experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and so on that become…
Keep Reading →Logo design video: making a decent logotype in 30 minutes
It’s a speeded up logo design screencast for a new startup called “NomadJob.com” . Basically I did not want something too fancy and experimental. First I bet on few ready-made fonts…, but then I thought – what the heck – I’m gonna give myself a 30 minute frame.. and what I design is going to be what I’ll use. Sometimes some people are more productive in a tight schedule. I guess I’m one of those…
Keep Reading →Doyald Young, Logotype Designer
Warning : Doyald Young’s story is so inspiring that you may want to play the movie below again and again. It is 39 minutes long, but it’s totally worth. Video at the end of the post. Here are some screens and words from it: One of my heroes says : I do not want to draw a beautiful letter, I want to draw a good letter. Why make another logotype, when there are thousands of fonts out there…
Keep Reading →Playstation 3 new logo design
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…
Keep Reading →Objectified logo evolution
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…
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