Posts Tagged ‘Logo Design’
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05November
- C Is For Cookie: Sesame Street Google Logos
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Sesame Street turns 40! The widely known children’s program has come a long way in 40 years, so it deserves a celebration. The show began on November 10th 1969 and is the longest running children’s television program on US TV. Google has proudly modified its logo to commemorate the joyous event with characters from the show. Jim Henson’s Muppet characters bring the educational series to life, adding personality and entertainment to the educational program.
Today was Cookie Monster and yesterday was Big Bird. What other characters will Google feature? Most likely the very popular Elmo will make an appearance.
It’s hard to keep a child’s attention span for very long, but Sesame Street has done a great job keeping kids both entertained and educated. Since the show has been around for so long, even adults have fond memories and favorite characters. The adults have passed on the tradition and perhaps Sesame Street will have another 40 yrs to go! Happy Birthday Sesame Street!
-Nora Reed
Tags: google logos, Logo Design, logos, sesame street anniversary
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03November
- Can a Logo Encourage Obesity?
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Are we being mislead? Since so much of the food that we eat is processed and full of salts, sugars, preservatives and ingredients that we can’t even pronounce, we tend to eat a surplus of things that our bodies don’t need. Generally, if you put aside most habits of overeating, there really isn’t much out there that has good nutritional value.The Food and Drug Administration now believes that “Smart Choices” nutritional logos from food manufacturers may be misleading consumers about the health benefits of processed foods.
The program came out last year, when concern grew more and more over high obesity rates. The logos are slapped on food containers to help the consumer decide what is a better choice when grocery shopping. The labels appear on boxes of foods that meet certain standards for calories per serving and fat content, but the problem is that the labeling system doesn’t take into consideration the extreme amounts of sugar that may be present within the food.
The FDA is stepping in and developing new nutritional standards that would have to be met before manufacturers place such claims on their packages. It won’t help obesity rates if people just think they are eating healthy, although is still is and always has been a responsibility of the consumer to read the side labels and have a real understanding of what is truly healthy.
-Nora Reed
Tags: food logos, Logo Design, nutrition labels, nutritional logo
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30October
- Logos That Will Make You Scream This Halloween
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Halloween is such a fun holiday. It’s an opportunity to dress up, eat chocolate and have a scare fest. The Holiday usually means parties, food and friends and it is a fun little break from the ordinary everyday. Like most holidays, Halloween is also a booming market for retail sales and opportunities to create themes for amusement parks, stores or online sites. This is also a great opportunity for fun and frightful Halloween logos!
Of course the pumpkin is a great, classic symbol for Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Fall season in general. It’s one of the first things anyone thinks of when this time of year rolls around. They symbol is used in many logos to show their festive side and it is a great image for artistic creations. Here, YouTube replaces their known TV symbol with a square shaped pumpkin for that perfect Fall season feel.
Apple’s logo transforms from an apple to a pumpkin pretty easily, although I only think the stem should have been green or brown. Apple does traditionally use one color for their logo, so I guess they were staying consistent to their theme and brand identity.
How can there be a Halloween without the constant replaying of one of the many Halloween movies? The buildup to Halloween is one of the best parts of the holiday. It’s fun to look forward to a month or week of scary movies, decorated houses and stores overstocked with candy. The movies have always been my favorite part. When it comes to great horror films, new titles are always fun and refreshing, but on that particular night, tradition is always the better way to go.
I personally enjoy when candy companies create Halloween themes for their candy wrappers. This is the biggest day of the year for them so it would make sense for them to go all out.
Every year, it seems like new Halloween stores pop up, but since costumes are expensive, some competition is a good thing.
Google, being known for its constantly changing logo, also participates every year in showing off a great Halloween design. These are a few nice ones from the past, but I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with for this year.
Have a fun and safe Halloween!
-Nora Reed
Tags: frightening, halloween, Logo Design, logos, scary, screams
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27October
- Pumpkin Carved Logos for the Halloween Season
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Pumpkin carving is a great afternoon activity during the autumn season and since Halloween is quickly approaching, it’s the time to get carving to display your creation on that enjoyable night. Pumpkin carving isn’t about just cutting out a face or your traditional jack-o-lantern anymore. Over the past few years, stencils for pumpkin carving have become a huge hit. After the the idea caught on, it seems many people have become creative and made stencils of their own, which include some popular logos!
It seems to be a given that President Obama’s logo would make it to pumpkin carving popularity. I’m sure many doorsteps will have this one on display this Halloween.
Mickey on a pumpkin in a common site around this time. Disney theme parks have their own Halloween celebration, in which their logo has a mickey face made out of pumpkins on advertisements for their attraction.
This carving required some skill, mostly because the frog’s hand is standing up on it’s own. I have attempted these kind of pumpkin carving designs and the unsupported piece of pumpkin always seems to sink in or collapse from the heat of the candle inside. I assumed it was the famous WB frog, isn’t it?
The Starbucks logo looks great this way and there are no actual cuts made into the pumpkin. It’s an interesting technique.
I think it’s scary that the Twitter site crashes so much that the image of the flying whale from their “over capacity” page is this well known that someone carved it into a pumpkin. You would think Twitter would have fixed that by now, considering how often it is used.
Out of dedication to all you bloggers out there, I am happy to the throw the wordpress logo into this mix. With so many great ideas, pumpkin carving takes a whole new turn this season, bringing so many famous logos to light. I can’t wait to see them all displayed! Happy Carving!
-Nora Reed
Tags: creative logos, halloween, Logo Design, logo ideas, logos, pumpkin carving, pumpkins
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23October
- Artistic Sidewalk Chalk Illusions
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Art can really be found or formed anywhere. It just takes the right artist to have a vision and run with it. Here at Logo Blog, we strive to share fascinating stories and news about logos, but I came across these amazing photos and felt the incredible artwork was well worth sharing.
Sidewalk chalk art is usually referred to as street painting, which started throughout Europe during the 16th century. During that time, original street painters created religious images during festivals or in front of churches. Even the movie “Mary Poppins” brought light to this form of artwork when the characters jump into the designs on the street before the rain washes them away.
The chalk drawings below are the great works of Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner. Although both artists have different styles, together they create these beautiful 3D illusions. It’s pretty hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t, but take a look for yourself. They are truly an inspiration.
This is a great image of an old fashioned Coca-Cola bottle. Too bad that the shine covers up most of the logo!
This is great advertising for Sony. They must’ve sponsored this design, bringing advertising to another level. You can’t possibly ignore a giant computer hand drawn at your feet.
It’s all about the perspective. You just need to see it at the right angle. Below is a series of photos in which Julian Beever creates different scenarios to show progression …I can’t even imagine how long this must have taken.
Now you can see how it’s done! It looks so odd to see it at the wrong angle. Notice the Coca-Cola product placement all over the above images.
I think the Batman and Spiderman creations are the most creative of them all. It really takes your breath away and is extremely believable.
What an amazing talent. I couldn’t imagine working so hard on something that the rain will wash away. Sidewalk art is a truly inspirational art form. Enjoy!
-Nora Reed
Tags: art, Logo Design, logos, sidewalk chalk art, sidewalk painting
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