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The 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics get a new logo
The 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics get a new logo

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…

Aagrah: All the colors of Indian cuisine
Aagrah: All the colors of Indian cuisine

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…

Norwegian airline brand rolls out new identity
Norwegian airline brand rolls out new identity

Established in 1993 as a subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle is one of the leading low-cost airlines in Europe. Headquartered in Fornebu, Norway, the company offers high-frequency flights across Northern Europe as well as to the United Kingdom, Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. To meet all the relevant requirements of business communication and brand positioning, the airline has rebranded as Norwegian, updating its visual identity for the first time in 20 years. The rebranding, carried out by the Oslo-based agency Try Design, is connected with the restructuring of the company after several troublesome years hobbled by a large…

Google Fonts gets new logo, expanding its catalog
Google Fonts gets new logo, expanding its catalog

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,…

Inside Wolff Olins’ global brand refresh of LG Electronics
Inside Wolff Olins’ global brand refresh of LG Electronics

This April, LG Electronics The overall task of Wolff Olins was to fully reimagine the entire range of the brand’s visual assets, including physical carriers, digital apps, and promo activities that could be harmoniously suited to each other and, most importantly, the recognizable LG character. As Tom Carey, the studio’s creative director, says, the company’s look is more people-oriented, as it doesn’t just tell you about a brand from which you can get this or that appliance but adds some warmth and vividness that will guide customers through LG’s experiences. This concept gave new perspectives on the principles and philosophy…

Port Adelaide presents a commemorative logo with a touch of controversy
Port Adelaide presents a commemorative logo with a touch of controversy

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…

Cleveland Indians become Guardians with new visual identity
Cleveland Indians become Guardians with new visual identity

Founded in 1901 as the Cleveland Blues, the As the franchise announced last Friday, MLB’s team will be renamed to the Cleveland Guardians after the 2021 season has ended. The rebranding has entirely been foreseeable. While the team replaced its primary logo, depicting the comic-style Chief Wahoo, to the big “C” in 2013, it continued using the emblem as one of their alternate insignias. Both the Chief Wahoo emblem and the Indians name have been subjects of criticism from different quarters for many years. In particular, many people from Native American communities consider them racist and offensive. Back in early…

Anheuser-Busch updates its logo, following the ABInBev rebranding
Anheuser-Busch updates its logo, following the ABInBev rebranding

Days after AB InBev presented its new visual identity, its American subsidiary Anheuser-Busch followed the lead, unveiling its new logo as well. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Based on the mission announcement “Futures with more cheers” which was recently published by its parent entity, the company used the opportunity to furtherly develop its brand identity. Over last four years, Anheuser-Busch has been implementing a steadfast business strategy more oriented towards customers, and now, it has to make it visible to the world outside, as an official press release says. Refreshing its corporate colors, logo and typography, the brewing company is…

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