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The payment services provider Seven years ago, Visa used the start of the Olympic Games (the company has been “a global Olympic partner” for a long time) to alternate its trademark. And the changes, unveiled a few days ago, partly bring back the Visa design which was used before 2005, including the tricolor card symbol as an addition to the main logo. The Visa wordmark itself received a new shade of blue. Visa’s renovated brand identity is a part of the company’s global marketing campaign launched at the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The Meet Visa campaign focuses…

For a number of years, Google has systematicly been changing the logos for its online services, making a consistent visual brand range. Now it’s time for Gmail as the company has released a teaser demonstrating the outlines of the upcoming While the teaser can’t be considered as an official announcement, it’s worth noting that the Gmail emblem is a rare Google logo which doesn’t maintain Google’s yellow-red-blue-green color palette. So, it won’t be a big surprise if Google’s mail service will officially receive a new logotype to be more coherent with the other products of the company. As you can…

Having a more than 80-year history, the chocolate brand M&M’s is launching a new rebranding, announcing a strategy oriented towards public communications, inclusiveness and diversity. To emphasize these values, the new identity focuses on the brand’s recognizable ampersand. M&M’s new look was created by Jones Knowles Ritchie, a prominent design agency known for its works with big food brands like Burger King and Baskin-Robbins’. Including a lot of details, the project deals not only with visual branding but also a verbal image and the storytelling about M&M’s individuality. Fulfilling its mission, JKR developed a flexible visual identity that allows the…

Established in 1951, Saga Group is a British company offering insurance, travel, financial services for people who are over the age of 50. Through its divisions, the enterprise provides holiday tours, a wide range of insurance products, credit cards, saving accounts, and much more. Marking over 70 years of its journey, Saga has updated its visual identity forged by one of the UK’s most prominent design agencies SomeOne. Involving Saga’s employees and customers into the rebranding process, the SomeOne team worked out the basic principles for the new look of the company that should convey, among other things, the idea…

The CW Television Network is currently undergoing a complete image revision to coincide with the company’s 18th anniversary and transition to new ownership. With this step, the CW aims to alter its audience strategy and improve its position among American broadcasters. Compared to other TV companies such as NBC, ABC, or FOX, which emerged in the 20th century, the CW has a relatively short history. The broadcaster was launched in 2006 after the merger of The WB (Warner Bros.) and UPN (CBS). Through this deal, the entertainment giants intended to create a network that could compete with larger stations by…

The World Tourism Organization, headquartered in Madrid, Spain, is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its goal is to promote sustainable, responsible, and accessible tourism. UNWTO, as the organization is commonly known, serves as a global forum for tourism policy and brings together 170 countries. Recently, UNWTO underwent a rebranding and changed its name to UN Tourism, accompanied by a new visual identity. Through this transformation, the global brand aims to solidify its position as a leader in tourism development worldwide. The visual aspect of the rebranding process was carried out by Interbrand, a consulting agency known for its…

Founded in 1937, the Siskins, based in Waterloo, Ontario, are considered as one of oldest junior hockey teams in Canada. With winning the 2019 Sutherland Cup, the team seem to come back to the top positions of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Recently, the Waterloo Siskins have rebranded themselves as the Kitchener-Waterloo Siskins. Waterloo, the team’s home town, is adjacent to the city of Kitchener, and both of them are often referred as “KW” or “Twin Cities”. Until recently, Kitchener had its own junior hockey team called the Dutchmen that, however, eventually moved to the neighboring town of Ayr…

  In a world where first impressions can make or break a business, a company’s logo is much more than just a piece of graphic design; it’s a visual identity that encapsulates the essence of a brand. But what drives a company to change this crucial element of its identity? This article delves into the why and when of logo changes, exploring the strategic thinking behind rebranding efforts. The Signals for Change Businesses evolve, and their logos must keep pace. A logo that once seemed avant-garde can become outdated as design trends shift and the business landscape changes. But when…