| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. | |
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Archive for the ‘Logo Design Stories’ Category
Microsoft 2011 Logos Controversy – Real or Fake?
Categories: Famous Logo Designs, Logo Design Stories
Written By: Nora Reed
What if you were not a logo designer – Some absurd choices!!
Categories: Logo Design Stories, Logo Designers
Written By: Nora Reed
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Imagine just for a second that you weren’t a logo designer. No need to get scared folks…just visualize yourself for a minute as someone who knows nothing about the field of logo design. What would you have been then? I’m sure that many of you can’t even think of being anything other than a logo/graphics designer. This also applies to the people belonging to other professions. Being completely honest, everyone would agree that professions are driven by the need to earn. But equally strong is the passion for the work. A person’s occupational destiny is motivated by either money or passion. Today I wish to list few absurd but probable suggestions that you could have ended up if you hadn’t been what you are right now. |
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The hidden code in U.S. Cyber Command logo – Finally cracked!
Categories: Logo Design News, Logo Design Stories, logo designs
Written By: Nora Reed
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Since its inception in May 21, 2010, the US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has been in the news largely because of the mystery behind its logo. Apart from its fancy logo design, the real attention getter was the strange string of characters inscribed in the inner gold ring of the logo. As it turns out, there really was a secret message inscribed in the US Cyber Command logo after all. This was another addition to the series of logo design controversies particularly relating to US Government departments. A few months back, the US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency was in the limelight for its similarities with the Islamic crescent and the Iranian Space Agency logo. |
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Where is the Secret Code?At a first glance, it might evade the viewer, but at a closer perusal of the logo, you will find that the US Cyber Command emblem consists of 32 random characters “9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a” embedded in its inner gold ring. Online technology magazine Wired.com was the first to bring this to notice and launched a contest to solve the puzzling cryptogram. |
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What does the code mean? |
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| As it turned out, the 32 character hexadecimal code turned out to be an encrypted form of the USCYBERCOM mission statement: | |
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If you enter the above mission statement into an MD5 hash generator, the 32 character string “9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a” inscribed on the USCYBERCOM logo is generated. An extremely perplexing logic behind a logo designed for a Cyber War Agency. |
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| Do you think that it was a clever idea for USCYBERCOM to add an encrypted form of their mission statement in the logo design as most people could even not figure it out? | |
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.
Logo |
Designed by |
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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 |
| Simon Oxley | 2009 | $10-$15 | |
| Ruth Kedar | 1999 | - |
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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.
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