Saturday, February 23, 2008

Gone Loco for Logos

I couldn't resist using that subject line.  It's not even that original.
But it sums up this post quite well.  It's all about the history and
evolution of company logos, plus some links to articles about the latest
trends in logo design.

1. "Evolution of Car Logos"
  <http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/evolution-of-car-logos/>
Logos of carmakers from around the world.

2. "Evolution of Tech Companies' Logos"
  <http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/07/the-evolution-of-tech-companies-logos/>
The usual suspects in IT.

3. "Logo Evolution"
  <http://www.logodesign.com/logo-design-article-display/13/Logo-Evolution/>
Looks at Sony and Nike logos.

4. "The history of CND: The CND logo"
  <http://www.cnduk.org/pages/binfo/logo.html>
Find out what the Peace symbol means - there's nothing pagan or sinister
about it, apparently.  It turned 50 this year.

5. "The Evolution of the Starbucks Logo"
  <http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/2005/06/the_evolution_o.html>

6. "Logo Design History"
  <http://www.logoorange.com/logodesign-A.php>
A comprehensive site of company logos.

7. "GoodLogo!com - World's finest selection of logos"
  <http://www.goodlogo.com/>
Has case studies of famous logos, e.g. Shell:
  <http://www.goodlogo.com/cases/shell/>
Plus some humorous parodies:
  <http://www.goodlogo.com/parodies/>

8. "10 trends that will define logo design in 2008"
  <http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-08.php>

9. "2007 Trends - Logos"
  <http://www.logolounge.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=540>
With trends for previous years.

10. "AllTheLogos.com"
  <http://www.allthelogos.com/>
If you still haven't found the logo you're looking for.

11. "Google: Holiday Logos"
  <http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html>