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British Equestrian Federation changes its name and logo
British Equestrian Federation changes its name and logo

Founded in 1972, the British Equestrian Federation is the national organization for equestrian sport in United Kingdom. Recently, BEF has carried out a rebranding by renaming itself to British Equestrian and rolling out a new logo. According to British Equestrian’s officials, while changing its name, the organization follows the trend among many sports governing bodies that drop such words as Federation, Union or Association from their names as this fits more the spirit of the present time. Under its auspices, the new brand will unify Equestrian Team GBR that brings together UK’s professional horse riders, and Hoof, a body advocating…

The Grande Arche: A branding for renovation
The Grande Arche: A branding for renovation

Erected in 1989 to mark the bicentennial of the French Revolution, La Grande Arche de la Défense takes its rightful place among the attractions of Paris. The cube-shaped construction excites with its size of more than 350 ft in height, width, and depth. As conceived by Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen who won a special competition, it should symbolize a window to the world. In fact, the building houses government offices in its two sides and an observation deck on the top. The Arche is currently undergoing a large-scale renovation, with plans to accommodate here private businesses and companies….

Argentina’s payment service rolls out a new visual identity
Argentina’s payment service rolls out a new visual identity

Changing its visual identity, the Argentinian fintech company Ualá has unveiled a new logo demonstrating a remarkable refinement in design that may be considered a good example of a modern rebranding. The visual refreshment is part of an encompassing repositioning that aims to make a leap, expanding in the region with over 25 million clients during the next five years. Launched by Argentinian entrepreneur Pierpaolo Barbieri in 2017, Ualá offers a mobile app for managing The base element which was highlighted in the redesign is the Ualá symbol. Reminding the infinity sign, it is intended to reflect the diversity of…

GE unveils logos for three planned public companies
GE unveils logos for three planned public companies

The multinational conglomerate The unveiling of the emblems, which took place a few days ago, is an important milestone in the history of GE. And the three divisions will enjoy the rich traditions of the GE brand. According to the corporation, the establishment of three separate companies allows them to improve focusing on their activities, fund allocation as well as flexibility for growth and price formation. And here are the details on the newly created companies and their identities. GE Vernova: the company’s name is a combination of “ver” that derives from “verde” meaning “green” and “nova” meaning “new”. The…

Twitter founder’s company Square rebrands to Block
Twitter founder’s company Square rebrands to Block

Established by The company reported its upcoming rebranding in its Twitter account, saying “Not to go all meta on you… but we’re going to!”. While it was, for sure, a playful nod to the recent renaming of Facebook to Meta, the renewing of Square itself is likely connected with the fact that Dorsey lately resigned as CEO of Twitter, probably having great plans for his other invention. As Block, besides financial brands, runs some other businesses in the entertainment and cryptocurrency sectors, the new name has to reflect the company’s new positioning as an overarching ecosystem. The word block, the…

Pentagram designers create MIDI visual identity
Pentagram designers create MIDI visual identity

The Musical Instrument Data Interface (also known as MIDI) is a technical standard connecting electronic musical instruments and digital devices. While the MIDI Manufacturer Association, a maintaining body for the technology, presented the MIDI 2.0 version last year, there was a need to update the MIDI visual identity as well. This task was delegated to Yuri Suzuki and Sascha Lobe who work in Pentagram. MIDI’s new brand identity, including a logo, typography and sound design, was influenced by the technology itself. The curves, that make up the central motif of the design, were inspired by sine waves which appear on…

CIA updates its logo, implementing new recruitment policy
CIA updates its logo, implementing new recruitment policy

The first big rebrand of 2021 unexpectedly comes from the Although CIA’s revamped emblem still represents a roundel, it features an entirely new design, distinguished with wave-like patterns with multiple intersecting white lines against a gray background. It also includes the centered wordmark “CIA” and triple circular lettering “Central Intelligence Agency”. This is a really unusual design solution for such a solid governmental institution which previously used a seal in the style of the State symbols. This cliché-breaking move of CIA perfectly reflects the new recruiting and diversity policy, in which the organization aspires to enroll young and talented Americans…

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…

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