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The National Gallery of Canada has presented its new visual branding that was developed with the involvement of the members of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation. The NGC new logo, designed in new corporate colors, is a part of the inclusive process launched accordingly to NGC’s strategic plan which was announced early this year. The revision of the gallery’s orientation and values reflects its aspiration for decolonization. To create its new visual identity NGC carried out numerous consultation with more than 300 persons including Algonquin elders as well as young indigenous artists. The NGC marketing vice-president Rosemary Thompson says: “We are…

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…

Founded in 2000, DocMorris is one of the largest online mail-order pharmacies in Europe. With the annual income of $50 millions, it operates in Germany and the Netherlands. Transforming from a simple online pharmacy to a digital health care provider, the company has recently changed its brand identity. While many things have been done to digitalize its health care services, DocMorris is saying goodbye to its old logo with a cross symbol it has used since its inception. As the pharmacy’s press-release says, with growing expectation of customers, digitalization can be a driver for a health care service to enter…

Casey’s General Store, a gas station and convenience store chain operating in 16 states in the Midwest, is changing its look for the first time since its inception in 1959. Realizing that its name is too long and its logo is too complicated for 2020, the company has shortened the former to just Casey’s and simplified much the latter. According to Casey’s, the rebranding was preceded by a research which showed that the “General Store” was unclear for younger customers, and the logo, representing a big barn with the company’s name in serif fonts and a weathercock on the top,…

Since its inception in 1968, Although it dropped the swoosh, Intel’s new logotype inherits general traits from the previous emblem, including the square dot over the “i” (however, its color will be different from the color of the letters now) and the sans-serif style for the letterforms which, however, were a bit altered with the right corners in the “i” and the “l” as well as a more traditional shape of the “n”. While presenting the new brand identity in her corporate blog, Karen Walker, Intel’s Senior Vice President Chief Marketing Officer, said that the rebranding is based on the…

Established in 1847, Arnott’s is a popular Australian brand producing biscuits and snack-foods including Tim Tams, Saos, Mint Slices and Wagon Wheels. Throughout most of its history, it has used a logo with a detailed drawing of a macaw parrot. And when the company has recently rolled out a new, much simplified emblem, many were disappointed, thinking that it would replace Arnott’s iconic macaw. The Arnott’s new logo, unveiled on social media, evoked a backlash. People expressed their disapproval, calling it ugly, “big fat no” and even a blasphemy. However, the company was quick to calm its fans, saying that…

We’ve already got used to the fact that companies make their logos simpler and flatter. One more example of this trend has recently been presented by Google. Releasing a new version of its Photos app, the web giant has also shown a refreshed icon for it. Those Android and iOS users, who have updated The Google Photos pinwheel has received a roundier design. Keeping their colors – red, blue, green and yellow – but in lighter shades, its blades have become half-circular, and as they don’t have the two-tone shades, which were in the previous emblem, the new logo looks…

Gaining its independence from Chevron in 2015, Australia’s Caltex had been using the US oil corporation’s brand name for more five years. As Chevron’s brand license terminated in late 2019, Coltex Australia is going to change its name to Ampol and adopt a new logo. The Australian oil company unveiled its new emblem on May 13th, a day before the annual meeting that has to approve the rebranding. As Coltex’s interim CEO Matthew Halliday said, the renovation of the company’s look takes place at an appropriate time as it only emphasizes the recent growth of the firm as a leading…