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Scotch & Soda: Brand refinement
Scotch & Soda: Brand refinement

Founded in 1985, the Dutch fashion brand Scotch & Soda is betting on its brand-new design and refurbishment concept for its stores, as a part of its new expansion strategy. The facades of some Scotch & Soda boutiques have already been decorated with the label’s remastered logo. The first sketches of the company’s new logo were presented last spring. Now, when Scotch & Soda is adding new stores to its over 200 facilities across the world, the brand’s facelifted look is more visible. The fashion label’s collection includes men’s, women’s and  children’s clothing as well as sun glasses, fragrance and…

Reckitt Benckiser rebrands as Reckitt, rolling out new brand look
Reckitt Benckiser rebrands as Reckitt, rolling out new brand look

While such brands as Sagrotan, Durex or Vanish enjoy their popularity among consumers, the name of their parent company Refreshing its look, the company has dropped the second half of its name which appeared after the UK’s Reckitt & Colman merged with the Dutch company Benckiser in 1999. The rebranded Reckitt considers its new corporate identity, including a logo and some other visual elements, as an important step in the company’s ongoing transformation towards sustainable development. Reckitt’s visuality is intended to be more recognizable and reflect the company’s aspiration for better health care, protecting and education to make a clearer…

Eftpos updates visual identity
Eftpos updates visual identity

Australia’s Eftpos (Electronic funds transfer at point of sale), a popular e-payment system, has rolled out its new visual identity, updating the logo and brand colors. The rebranding is intended to show the recent digital innovations of Eftpos. To create its new look, the payment brand collaborated with Hulsbosch, a Sydney-based design studio. Hulbosch’s work resulted in a new Eftpos symbol which represents a big “e” formed like a curved band. Colored in Raspberry red (a brand color from now) with some other shadow hues, the letter is accompanied by an Eftpos wordmark in a lowercased typeface, featuring connected “f”…

Iittala: Glowing color of Finnish design
Iittala: Glowing color of Finnish design

Founded in 1881, Iittala is a Finnish design brand, owned by Fiskars Group, that is known for its premium glassware and cookware products. The company acquired its unique style in the early 1930s when it started producing pieces, like the glasses designed by Aino Aalto or the Savoy Vase created by Alvar Aalto, that would become the classics of Scandinavian design. Even today, their distinctive wavy forms are reproduced in plates, trays, cutting boards, and other objects of application design. To pay homage to its rich history and traditions of glassblowing, the brand has updated its visual identity, which has…

Poco unveils its new visual identity
Poco unveils its new visual identity

In January of 2020, Xiaomi’s Indian subsidiary Poco declared its independence from the parent company, claiming it would have its own team and much more. To celebrate its first successful year as an independent enterprise, the brand has announced its new logo and mascot that can be another evidence of the fact that it is trying to set itself apart from the Chinese manufacturer. The new mascot is essentially based on the angry/mad emoji with addition of a kind of a growling mouth, halo as well as Android robot-style antennas. Sharing the explanation for all these elements, Poco says that…

NYBG: An appealing look to represent splendor of flora
NYBG: An appealing look to represent splendor of flora

Located in the Bronx, the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a special place that has served as a connective hub among people, plants, and the planet for over 130 years. Since its establishment in 1891, the institution has collected more than 12,000 species, representing almost every corner of the Earth. Occupying an area of 250 acres, NYBG offers visitors the opportunity to explore 50 different gardens and plant collections, including an old-growth forest, a cascade waterfall, wetlands, and much more. In an effort to promote awareness of the world’s floral richness and support sustainable initiatives, the institution has introduced…

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…

Foursquare updates its brand identity
Foursquare updates its brand identity

Launched in 2008, To overhaul its look Foursquare hired PlayLab, a Los Angeles-based design studio, that developed the service’s new identity based on its activities and current level in terms of business and technology. While the previous Foursquare logos looked quite generic, featuring a cartoon character or representing a simple lettering (in the latest iteration), the updated visual identity of the service includes a new wordmark in the Authentic Sans 90 typeface, complemented by the FSQ abbreviation. As David Godycki, the art director of Foursquare, says, this design creates a scalable system retaining the company’s traditional playful style. In addition,…

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