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Founded in 1912, Sixt’s rebranding is connected with the company’s new international campaign entitled “Rent E-mobility!” which will feature the brand’s modernized look including a logo designed in a different typeface. Although Sixt’s new logo retains the general structure of the previous version, you can immediately notice the difference including an altered color scheme, a new form of the “S”, and a bit extended curved stroke over the “i”. The brand still upholds its customary colors: black, orange, and white. However, the Sixt emblem now showcases a deeper shade of orange (#ff5f00), which is closer to red. Apparently, the color…

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….

The face/smile design is quite popular in branding. Amazon, Elevating the South Korean company to a next level, the new visual identity of LG Electronics is designed to be suited for both physical and digital carriers. According to a press release, the rebranding’s goal is to put LG closer to the new generation and confirm it as an iconic brand. The company also aims “to rethink its visual strategy to tell its values to all customers regardless of their location on the planet”. The most surprising thing in the visual identity is the animated version of the LG logo for…

Why touch the logo of an iconic brand like Netflix? Is it necessary? Actually, no. The goal of the Netflix project was to create a proper language. According to Koto, the streaming service wanted this language to be implemented into its experience with production and beyond. Starting from this point, the studio upgraded the previous design system with brand-new iconography, typography, and imagery. Koto departed from the unidimensional and oversaturated approach to the graphic language which is so typical for the technology and streaming world. This resulted in “a style appealing to movie lovers and essentially feels like Netflix”. And…

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…

Having 22 Grand Slams on his account, Rafael Nadal is the most titled tennis player in history. In 2016, he launched a tennis academy under his own name, supported by Spanish telecommunications provider Movistar. The academy teaches young people to play tennis in the spirit of Nadal’s path to success. Now, Rafa himself and his institution with other related activities seem to become a real brand, maybe, following the way of René A good sign of Nadal’s brand-oriented direction is the new visual identity of the Rafa Nadal Academy, celebrating six years of its existence. Although the general design of…

Oktoberfest, a famous beer festival that is annually held in Munich, Germany, has received its first-ever logo in its 212-year history. The integer visual identity for the world’s largest people’s feast is intended to create a visual base, improving marketing. While the Munich Oktoberfest was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s edition will still take place (September 17 – October 3). Besides the brand identity, the festival has got a module design system including a color palette, typography, and general visual language. According to Benedikt Brandmeier, the head of the Tourism and Hospitality department,…

Swiss telecommunications company Sunrise, re-established after the merger of the UPC cable TV provider and the Sunrise mobile service company in late 2020, is unifying its brands. Sunrise is designated to be the basic brand, receiving a new visual identity. According to the company’s press release, all the products, provided today under the brands of Sunrise and UPC, will be united under a single name and visual design. In the future, the merged company will manage a set of brands including Sunrise, MySport, yallo, Lebara and swype. So, the UPC brand will disappear from the market. With this, the company…