Logos

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These Should Be The Real Logos Of Nokia, Starbucks, Playboy And More

8:45AM January 13, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

I love the alternate-reality logo work by svenska designern Viktor Hertz. After his first series, he’s back with a new batch of Honest Logos, even better than the first. My favorites: Nokia, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. More »

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Turning Every Logo Into Comic Sans Is The Best Worst Idea

12:40PM December 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

Oh, Comic Sans. You’re so approachable, so childlike, so human and… so disgustingly awful. As an eye gouge for many, the favouritest font of horrible rich people and vision vomit for the rest of us, Comic Sans should die 2136 times and then be wiped from our memories. OR SHOULD IT!? The Comic Sans Project hilariously flips famous logos into the deepest pits of font hell. More »

Mobile

Make Your iPhone Logo Glow With This Hardware Mod

6:30PM September 13, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

iPatch, a UK-based iPhone repair company, has developed a hardware mod that’ll add a backlight to your iPhone’s logo. Similar to Apple’s line of computers, the logo will glow when the phone’s display turns on. More »

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What Should Yahoo-AOL’s Logo Be?

7:30AM September 10, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The assclowns running AOL and Yahoo! think that merging their two sinking companies into one is a great idea. They may have their own dicks in their ears, because they can’t hear the whole internet screaming how stupid that is. More »

News

Why Is Apple Suing A Chinese Food Company For Stealing LG’s Logo?

10:00AM September 8, 2011 | Casey Chan

Apple, obviously empowered by semi successful lawsuits against companies stealing their patented property, is going after Sichuan Fangguo Food Co for stealing Apple’s logo. Uhh…? Too bad it looks more like LG’s logo than Apple’s. More »

Online

Fauxgo Catalogues Fictional Logos From Movies

6:10PM August 8, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Otherwise known as “Guess the Movie/TV Show This MS Paint Logo Appeared In”, the Fauxgo Tumblr will test your memory and your design-appreciation skills all at once. How bad was the Slusho logo, for instance? [Fauxgo via Tymn via SwissMiss]

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The Most Stupid Conversation That Ever Took Place At NASA

6:40AM August 4, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Hillary Greenbaum has the story of the two NASA logos: The classic and current Meatball and the discarded Worm. It details the most absurd conversation between NASA Administrator Dr James Fletcher and Deputy Administrator Dr George Low: More »

News

Here’s Apple’s iCloud Logo

5:32AM June 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

We know it’s coming, and now we know how it’ll look (sort of). While decorating the Moscone Center for next week’s WWDC, Apple Insider copped some shots of a banner pimping iCloud, Lion and iOS5. [Apple Insider]

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If Logos Were Honest, They’d Be Exactly Like This

9:00AM April 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

In a clever art project, Viktor Hertz re-fashioned logos of popular companies and flipped into something a little more…honest. He says the honest logos reveal the content of each company instead of what’s hidden behind the branding. I think it’s hilariously brilliant. See more at Honest Logos. [Honest Logos via Laughing Squid] More »

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MIT’s Self-Generating, 40,000-Varient Logo Is Pure Genius

4:20AM March 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

How do you design a logo with longevity? One that won’t seem stale and tired after a few years? Make it beautiful, of course, and then give it 40,000 possible appearances based on an algorithm – enough to last 25 years of use. More »