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Launched in 2006, Deezer is a French music streaming service that allows users to listen to the musical tracks of different recording labels, including Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. The service’s database currently includes over 90 million tracks and 34,000 radio stations. Deezer has more than 14 million monthly visitors as well as 7 million paid subscribers. Recently, the platform presented new designs for its logo and website. Although Deezer is not as popular as Spotify or Apple Music, its fresh visual identity can surely be named one of the brightest. Deezer’s overhauled brand look is…

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…

The redesign has been carried out by the New York-based design studio Franklyn and aims to redefine and expand the assets of WeWork, which could co-exist with the pre-existing things, not changing the image of the company. While WeWork’s previous branding by GretelNY partly included a colored design for the logo and other visual elements, the new look features a black-and-white version of the logo only. This formal solution, according to the company, seeks to make the brand more consistent in different contexts, whether in digital apps or physical signboards. The project is also concerned with improving and stylizing the…

As the Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence with the song “Arcade” won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel-Aviv, the next edition of the song festival will take place in Rotterdam in May of 2020. While the participating countries are going to choose who will represent them in the Netherlands, the contest’s Oversight Committee has unveiled the identity for the event. It should be mentioned that in Rotterdam, the Eurovision Song Conest will be celebrating its 65th anniversary, so the emblem for the 2020 ESC edition is dedicated to its history and described as “data-driven”. The logo, carried out by Clever Franke,…

The premium soft drink brand Since the brand was founded in 1945, the Minute Maid logo has gone through only five iterations. The goal of the current overhaul was to unify the design, giving the brand a common identity in more than 100 countries where it is present today. Different product names are planned to be unified as well, depending on the market. The Minute Maid logo has kept its general design, with a black background, dropping, however, the green top. Thus, the emblem looks flatter, featuring a more rounded typeface in the spirit of the original design of 1945….

Warner Bros. needs no introduction. Everyone knows and loves the movies and cartoons that start with its famous WB shield. In 2023, the studio is going to celebrate its 100th anniversary. So, moving towards to this event, it is thinking of refreshing its identity. Although the WB emblem is quite recognizable and tells a lot about the company’s heritage, Warner Bros. still feels the need to meet the requirements of the modern times including the branding issues. For a rebranding, the company applied to Pentagram, a renown design studio that collaborated with many companies working in different spheres. Pentagram has…

Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming service, has launched a completely new visual identity by Emily Oberman and her Pentagram team. The rebranding, however, is not a big surprise as it is a result of a process which had been carried out since August 2022. Last year, Pentagram’s solution came from Amazon’s iconic smile-arrow and through the “dimple” sign. The formal distinction of the curved line thus becomes a “catalyst guiding the audience through the endless wave of their favorite content”, the Pentagram team explains. But the project goes beyond. This idea was embodied in the wave as one of the basic…

Until recently, the Kingdom of Bhutan was one of the most closed countries in the world. Opening itself to visitors, it has changed its image. Although Bhutan restricted tourist visits during the Covid-19 times, the country is now inviting guests again, with an updated national brand and a new tourism strategy. A few days ago, Bhutan introduced a new national branding that has to demonstrate the development of the country and the spirit of optimism, internally and externally, according to Bhutan’s Department of Tourism. The country’s refreshed visual identity is intended to awaken the pride of citizens and the imagination…