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  • 26May
    Inspiring Logos with Hidden Treasures

    A single logo can make or break a company and its marketing. A logo offers many benefits such as creating an image that consumers can remember and trust, helping a company stand out among other businesses and creating a specific identity for that company. Although every business should have a logo, it isn’t not enough to have it for the sake of having it. A business’s logo design must stand out and bring some personality to that company.

    There are many ways to make your logo stand out. Several simple graphic design tricks, can add a unique and clever look to a logo design. A logo should not be a plain or boring symbol, it should be a specific design that reflects the ideals and goals of the business or company. The final design of a well done logo often appears to be very simple, even though a lot of thought and drafts were actually put into it. Here are some famous logos which are sure to leave a lasting impression. They all have hidden symbols within them. Take a closer look and see what the designer has embedded within the design.

    Yoga Australia
    When you first glance at this logo, you see a simple picture of a young girl doing yoga exercises, but if you look closer at the body posture, you can see that it forms the Australian continent.

    Body Wisdom
    This design is for a classy day spa. The hands convey a relaxing massage and are combined with an image of “owl eyes” to demonstrate “wisdom.”

    Fed Ex
    The Fed Ex logo is a popular and well known design, but have you ever noticed the arrow formed out of the negative space between the letters “E” and “X”. The arrow indicates direction, speed and reliability.

    Heart Beats
    For this design, two musical notes curl to make a heart and headphones. This logo expresses “Love for Music” and is a clever play on the name of the company.

    Piano Forest
    Jason Cho: Designer
    This logo gives is subtle, but creates the elegant design of piano keys that look like trees to resemble a keyboard/piano. You can shift your eyes to see either one.

    Fuga
    The Fuga logo is a recreation of the Architectural Center Of Budapest, which actually appears more like a maze, but if you focus more on the white spaces, the company name will stand out much more.

    Mosleep
    The designer has dreamed up a bed with the letter “M” for this design. This logo represents an organization of doctors who’s goal is to study sleep disorders.

    Hartford Whalers
    There are 3 concepts displayed here at the same time. The largest and easiest to spot is a whale’s tail, which is also the letter “W” in green, while the white space forms an “H” for Hartford. Sadly the logo wasn’t enough to keep them in Hartford.

    Toblerone
    It is easy to ignore the logo while enjoying this treat. At first glance, it seems like an obvious design of the Swiss Alps, but look a little closer. The name Toblerone originated in Bern, Switzerland. This city is rumored to mean, “City of Bears”. Take a look at the logo again, you will see a bear in the center of the Mountain. Now we know why this was Einstein’s favorite candy bar.

    Big Ten
    The Big Ten collegiate sports conference actually has eleven schools, but they started out with ten. Once the last school was added (PENN STATE), they didn’t want to go through the process of changing their name, which they had already established, so they changed their logo instead to hide the numerical “11” within the design.

    Amazon
    This logo is extremely famous. It appears clean and simple, but have you noticed that the looks like a smile. The concept behind this is that it Amazon.com has everything from a to z, which the arrow indicated. The hidden message is the smile that the arrow represents which is what is brought to the customer’s face.

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