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Microsoft 2011 Logos Controversy – Real or Fake?

Categories: Famous Logo Designs, Logo Design Stories
Written By: Nora Reed
Microsoft, in a latest series of development, has got caught up in a logo design controversy on the blogosphere. The mystery developed when a video leaked on YouTube from the Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) conference presumably presenting Microsoft 2011 brand logos. While the original video cannot be accessed after being pulled down, some snippets are still available that reveal new conceptual logos for Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Bing and Office.
 

The Real Upcoming Slogan – Be What’s Next!

Apparently, the real purpose of the conference was to unveil a new slogan to go with the Microsoft logo. This was the only part of the video that the Redmond Company confirmed. Microsoft will be getting a new motto to go along with its logo design. According to the software giant the new tagline is “Be What’s Next.”  Users should expect to see this motto on Microsoft products in the near future.

 
 

New Brand Logos or Concepts?

A few months back confusion caused Apple logo design folly to surface. This video does the same for Microsoft. It shows a fast moving sequence of morphing logos, shifting from Windows logo, to Windows Phone logo, Xbox logo, Bing logo, and finally the Office logo. While Microsoft clarified that the designs shown in the MGX were merely illustrating the “flexibility” of the software giant’s brands.

 
 
Following images are quiet blur, as these are the snippets sliced from the available videos, picked them from engadget.com so you could have a quick look for each of the brand logos concept.
 

Windows Logo Design Concept:

 

Windows Phone Logo Design Concept:

 

XBOX Logo Design Concept:

 

Bing Logo Design Concept:

 

MS Office Logo Design Concept:

 

Question of the Post?

 
Regardless of the confusion, I find the concept of flexibility of Microsoft’s logo morphing into their product logos, quite creative. Do you think that these concept logos should be implemented in reality?

 

Single Letter Logos VS Multiple Letter Logos – More or Less?

Categories: Famous Logo Designs, Logo Design Inspiration, Logo Design Trends, logo designs
Written By: Nora Reed
Every big brand is always built on a powerful and dynamic logo design. Some of them are backed by a just a single letter while others are a product of multiple letters composed into a meticulous design. Remember the golden arched “M” logo design? How it flashes into our minds and instantly recalls the McDonalds logo? But then again, not every successful brand has a single letter logo. Other brands are supported by multiple-letter logos like the famous Coca-Cola logo or the Microsoft logo.

Single-letter logos are more simple and effective and can cause instant brand recall if properly embedded into the hearts and minds of the customers. Moreover, they require utmost creativity on the part of a logo designer to mend and bend a single letter into a suitable and effective message within the logo design. On the other hand, logos with multiple letters give the customers an ease in memorizing the company’s full name. It also gives the logo designer the room to express his creative wisdom.

Today, I have collected an assortment of 24 single and multiple letter logos. This will demonstrate a contrast between both the types and help identify which is more useful.

   

Single Letter Logos:

Multiple Letter Logos:

 

Maverick’s Custom Trousers

 

Bender

 

Dol

 

Arturfo

 

ViraLabs

 

Elefont

 

Silk Skin

 

Mozaido

 

Shrink Media

 

FORESTAL

 

Urban Acres Buildcon

 

Utensil labs

 
 

Precision Networking

 

Rhymes from the Rocks

 

Playground

 

Minimum

 

NWA Boat and Sport Exposition

 

Chameleon

 

Hand Made Edition

 

IncExpert

 

Shout

 

Perfect Crowd

 

New Wave

 

Mini Museum Mürren

 
Do you think that the single letter logos are more effective? Or the logos with multiple letters more expressive?
   

30 Hilarious LoGoOgle – The Funny side of Google!

Categories: Famous Logo Designs, Logo Design Inspiration, logo designs
Written By: Nora Reed

Google, as we all know, is the prime search engine on the cyberspace. The all famous Google logo is recognized for its multicolored scheme and unique font type. The logo design prompts the question of whether it is the color or symbol that makes a logo unforgettable.

We have heard a lot about Google Doodle contests, but have you ever come across hilarious fake parodies of the Google logos? Many Google logo designs are tailor-made for several occasions and festive days like Christmas, Halloween and Easter. But this innovative stockpile of fake parodies of the Google logos is something that you would surely enjoy.

Although there were plenty of humorous logos to choose from, I have picked out 30 of the funniest logoogles to share with you, courtesy www.logoogle.com

 

1. Google Shrek

 

2. Goooooogle

 

3. Spoogle

 

4. Goofy Google

 

5. Gargle

 

6. “Eye Tester” Google

 

7. Google Code

 

8. Stroodle

 

9. Giggle

 

10. Yahoogle

 

11. Gbay

 

12. Ringoogle

 

13. Gargolye

 

14. Guess Whoogle

 

15. Mc Google

 

16. Google Coke

 

17. Google Pac-Man

 

18. Goggles

 

19. Gaggle

 

20. Gaygle

 

21. Google ?

 

22. Google Burn

 

23. Google Mirror

 

24. Google Stutter

 

25. Google Alert

 

26. Moogle

 

27. Screwgle

 

28. Noodle

 

29. Google Discovery

 

30. Google Tax Day

 
 
Which of the LoGoOgle did you enjoy the most?

 

10 Famous Logo Designs and how much did they cost?

Categories: Famous Logo Designs, Logo Design News, Logo Design Stories, Logo Designers, logo designs
Written By: Nora Reed

There is a vast distinction between the price and the value of a logo design. Some corporate logos are designed at exorbitant prices but their value is not parallel to the amount paid. While, several logo designs are made at a miserly price and still turn out to be extremely valued brands.

I have been asked many a times by some of my readers as to why the prices of notable logos are seldom told? This simple yet intricate query compelled me to probe the matter. After an extensive research and hours of painstaking Google search, I managed to round up the prices of 9 famous logos along with their respective designers.

Following is a table featuring 10 prominent logo designs with their price and other statistics.

 

glasgow logo  anz logo  enron logo  twitter logo  google logo

 

Logo

Designed by

Year

Price

Enron Paul Rand 1990s $ 33,000
ANZ - 2009 $15,000,000
NeXT Paul Rand 1986 $100,000
Pepsi Arnell Group 2009 $ 1,000,000
London 2012 Olympics Wolff Ollins 2007 £ 400,000
Glasgow 2014 Games Marque Agency 2010 £ 95,000
Melbourne Australia Landor Associates 2009 $ 240,000
Nike Carolyn Davidson 1971 $ 35
Twitter Simon Oxley 2009 $10-$15
Google Ruth Kedar 1999 -

 

london 2012 logo  london 2012 logo  london 2012 logo  london 2012 logo  london 2012 logo

 

Although I toiled a lot on the internet to find the price of Google logo but could not discover it. I would like you guys to help me out in unearthing the cost of designing the Google logo. Also, if any of the above given prices is incorrect, please let me know the facts.

10 Famous Logo Designers and their creations – A tribute!!

Categories: Famous Logo Designs, Logo Designers
Written By: Nora Reed
We witness countless famous brands and their captivating logo designs but do we ever wonder whose brainchild is it that created these magnificent logo designs? Short and simple, I say:

Behind every successful brand there is a logo designer”.

Today I have penned 10 of the most famous and prominent logo designers behind the finest corporate brands. Some of them are not among us today but their masterpieces are eternal, compelling us to salute these masterminds. So, let’s begin the tour.
 
 

1. Saul Bass

SAUL BASS (1920-1996) was a renowned graphic designer of the 20th century. He was well known for designing film titles. His corporate logo designing included very successful brand identities like Bell Telephone System Communications, United Airlines, AT&T, Minolta, and Warner.

 
 

2. Paul Rand

Paul Rand (1914–1996) was an eminent graphic designer of American origin. He was best recognized for his famous corporate logo designs. Some of his corporate identities include the logo designs for ABC, IBM and UPS.

 
 
 

3. Alan Fletcher

Alan Gerard Fletcher (1931- 2006) was a British graphic designer. The Daily Telegraph described him as "the most highly regarded graphic designer of his generation, and probably one of the most prolific". Some of his corporate work that is known to many is the logo for Reuters in 1965, comprising of 84 dots. His "V&A" logo for Victoria and Albert Museum, designed in 1989 his "IoD" logo for the Institute of Directors are still in use today.

 
 
 

4. Sagi Haviv

Sagi Haviv, who is a partner at Chermayeff & Geismar, is a 34 year old designer. Among his various corporate identity projects are the logo designs for the National Parks of New York Harbor, Radio Free Europe, Library of Congress, and the famous fashion brand Armani Exchange.

 
 
 

5. Walter Landor

Walter Landor (1913-1995) was a German graphic designer belonging to Munich. Landor was most popular for his creative Fedex logo design. The meticulous use of negative space ‘arrow’ was a brilliant masterpiece of Landor. His FedEx logo design is considered as one of the best logo designs in the world.

 
 
 

6. Herb Lubalin

Herbert F. Lubalin (1918 –1981) was a famous graphic designer of USA. Herb’s most prominent logo designs are the Marriage logo created in 1965 and the Families logo designed in 1980.

 
 
 

7. Chermayeff & Geismar:

Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar were two students at Yale in the mid 1950s. Chermayeff & Geismar Inc are the creators of numerous famous trademarks and corporate identities. Some of the most prestigious of their works is for large corporations such as Mobil, Time Warner, Viacom, and Xerox.

 
 
 

8. Wally Olins

Wikipedia claims Wally Olins to be recognized as the world’s most experienced practitioner of corporate identity and branding. Wally was nominated for the Prince Philip Designers Prize in 1999 and received the Royal Society of Arts’ Bicentenary Medal for his tireless efforts in the design industry.

 
 
 

9. Gerard Huerta

Gerard Huerta is a designer with one of the most versatile design portfolio. Not many graphic designers get the opportunity to apply their design skills in such vast areas as Gerard Huerta has done. His famous corporate logo designs include Swiss Army Brands, Calvin Klein’s Eternity, MSG Network, CBS Records Masterworks logo, The Atlantic Monthly and PC Magazine.

 
 
 

10. Raymond Loewy

Raymond Loewy (1893 – 1986) is recognized as one of the best industrial designers of the 20th century. The 1971 Shell logo, which is still used today, was designed by Loewy. He also created old logos for British Petroleum (Shield logo) and Exxon.

 
 
 
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