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GLS adopts new visual identity
GLS adopts new visual identity

Owned by GSL Group was founded as German Parcel in 1989, basing on a German freight forwarding association. Now, the Amsterdam-headquartered company offers logistic services in 40 countries. Last year, it delivered more than 840 million parcels across the world. GLS’ modernized branding is intended to convey the company’s success and supporting the growth goal as a service provider, as a GLS statement says. A new logo and corporate colors were adapted to be consistent for the first time in 20 years. . While the company has used a logo with a yellow arrow and a black wordmark since its…

Chicago Fire restores Florian Cross for new crest
Chicago Fire restores Florian Cross for new crest

In November 2019, the Chicago Fire carried out the The big “C” in the center, the team’s another revived symbol, is now designed in a cornered style, but still keeps the iconic spike, while the six-pointed star is pretty similar to the stars in the Municipal Flag of Chicago, being an echo of the 1998 crest’s ring with six point. The colors of the cross, “C” and star are also a replication of the colors of the city’s banner. Overall, the Fire’s new crest can be called a distinctive and laudable move as the team return to their roots in…

Tiger Woods launches his own brand, breaking with Nike
Tiger Woods launches his own brand, breaking with Nike

In anticipation of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament, Tiger Woods unveiled his new apparel brand. Thus, Nike’s Swoosh has been replaced with a “striped tiger” in the personal history of the golf star. Each of the 15 stripes represents a major title that Woods has won in his career. Last month, Tiger Woods announced the end of his 27-year-long partnership with Nike. The news sparked speculation about the athlete’s next move after ending one of the most lucrative endorsements in sports history. Now, we know what Woods was hinting at when he tweeted “See you in LA” a month ago,…

Markel: Warm shades of respect
Markel: Warm shades of respect

In recent times, Markel Group has especially stood out from the brands with strong global growth. Known for its versatile insurance offerings, this corporation is currently included in the Fortune 500 list. The large business group has evolved from a small bus factory founded in 1930 in Norfolk, Virginia. Now over 90 years later, Markel can boast a global presence. Besides being a holding company and a fund, it is primarily an insurance business with a staff of nearly 5,000, which underwrites everything – from cargo ships to wind farms and stadiums. Continuing its development, the brand has just started…

Holiday brand Center Parcs updates its logo
Holiday brand Center Parcs updates its logo

Established in 1968 by Dutch entrepreneur Piet Derksen, Center Parcs is an international network of holiday villages that currently operates a number of resorts in eight European countries as well as China. The tourism brand has entered the new year with a new visual identity, hoping to refresh its image in the industry. Tourism has accelerated much after the tough times of coronavirus, promising to increase the income for many providers. According to Frank Daemen, a member of the board of Center Parcs, the company became one of the leaders in the industry last year. “We can now look back…

Amazon: More iconicity for the smile-arrow
Amazon: More iconicity for the smile-arrow

Just like Nike’s Swoosh which is a sign of the company in itself, Although the previous version’s shopping cart reflected the initial commercial ambitions of the brand, it looks a bit amusing now when Amazon has reached the top in e-commerce, digital streaming, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. So, ditching the cart, the app’s new logo conveys the company’s contemporary image, representing a cardbord box with rounded corners and the smile-arrow that together with a blue band on top, resembling a fringe, makes up a kind of a smiling face. This is quite an admirable design solution creating a cheerful…

National Instruments rebrand as NI, rolling out new logo
National Instruments rebrand as NI, rolling out new logo

Maybe, not so many people heard about National Instruments, but, every day, we meet such names as 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G. All of these mobile technologies were created with use of the means developed by NI. Incidentally, the abbreviation “NI” became widely used among the engineering society and turned into a kind of a brand. That’s why the company made a decision to officially rebrand itself as NI. It is worth to mention that the rebranding was preceded by a wide-scale reorganization of the company. National Instruments were divided into several units, and new divisions for machine learning, data…

UNC Health Care rebrands for $1 million
UNC Health Care rebrands for $1 million

After the merger negotiation with Atrium Health had failed, UNC Health Care, the largest healthcare system in North Carolina, set a course for a comprehensive transformation. Apart from the renovation of its medical services and management policy, the non-profit has overhauled its brand by dropping the word “Care” from its name and adopting a new logo. According to UNC Health’s spokesman Alan Wolf, the healthcare system is changing its identity for the first time since it was established in 1998. The organization’s new look was created by Monigle, a design studio from Denver that collaborated with many different entities including…

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