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Boise High School can demonstrate now a visual innovation. The new logo is born due to long speculations about its mascot. Finally instead of original “Boise Braves” it becomes the variant without the final “s” in order not to offend native inhabitants of America. Describing the new appearance of the logotype, one notices capital B framed by phrases in Greek pointing to basic educational values. Dan Hollar, District spokesman of the educational institution, reports that there was a kind of contest devoted to the logo modernization. The event was possible to participate for anyone connected with Boise High School. The…

Launched in 2012, Zapier is a product that allows end-users to integrate the web application they use and automate workflows. In other words, it serves as a kind of translator between different application programming interfaces and helps improve worker productivity as it saves time, automating recurring tasks. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the IT brand has updated its visual identity, which better expresses the functionality and utility of the technology. Although Zapier’s rebranding is not flashy and not too exciting, as the company’s creative director Michael Jeter says, the new design “serves as a base for the whole business and…

Green isn’t just a colour; it’s more. It stands for nature, growth, and wealth. In the world of brands and logos, green plays a big role. It shows everything from caring about the environment to making money. It reminds us of peaceful landscapes and does things to our minds. Companies use green when they want to show what they stand for. Green in Branding: What Does it Mean? Think about green logos. Brands like Tropicana come to mind. They make tasty fruit juices. The green in their logo isn’t just because. It’s done on purpose. It shows they care about…

Founded in 2007, Zoopla is one of Britain’s largest web-services providing users with the information on house sold prices, area trends and current real estate prices in the United Kingdom. Over 14 years, the company has created an extensive system of searching, price comparison and valuation estimates for residential properties. To refresh its image, hoping to show complicated processes in the real estate business, Zoopla has updated its visual identity. Zoopla’s new brand look was developed by a joint team of the company’s in-house design department and the Glasgow-based design studio Zag. According to Neil Cummings, Zag’s creative director, the…

In 2024, Paris will welcome the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Ahead of this event, the Games organizing committee has recently presented a new medal logo. It has to replace the old emblem launched in 2016, when the French capital was still aspiring to the Games. The presentation attended by some French athletes took place in the Grand Rex Theatre on Oct 21st. Some elements of the new logo’s design are carried out in the Art Deco style that was at the peak of popularity in 1924 – the year when Paris was hosting the Games of the VIII Olympiad. The…

The story of Aagrah begins in 1977 when Mohammed Sabir, an immigrant from India, opened a small restaurant in Shipley, Yorkshire, UK. Over a few decades, Mohammed and his brothers Aslam and Iqbal have developed their family business into the largest chain of Indian restaurants in Britain. Besides its rich menu, which includes popular dishes such as curry chicken, Samosa cakes, and Chaat snacks, Aagrah also offers its branded cooking sauce range, Tarka. Expanding its business, the company is currently launching new food and cooking lineups that will be available across Tesco stores. To emphasize this fact and elevate the…

Google Fonts, a font library launched in 2010, has received a new logo. As with The font library, previously known as Google Web Fonts, has long been a web standard. Ten years ago, the benefits of web fonts still had to be explained, while today the fonts, available on the service, are a usual part of web-sites. At the moment, Google Fonts offers 1043 font families that can be used for web-pages as well as print products. According to Google’s Material Design blog, the icons, created within the Material Design project, are also included in the Google Fonts catalog. So,…

To mark its 150th anniversary, Australian football club Port Adelaide has introduced a new logotype. It will appear on PA’s AFL and SAFL team uniforms in the 2020 season. The club’s new insignia features the interlacing “P” and “A”, 1870, the foundation year and a black-and-white chevron as a sign of the guernseys worn in both leagues. The logo was presented at the Pirate Life brewery, where over 2000 PA’s fans gathered. According to David Koch, the club’s chairman, it is a result of Port Adelaide’s collaboration with a lot of people including focus groups, design agencies as well as…