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Pentagram creates new brand identity for Virgin Money
Pentagram creates new brand identity for Virgin Money

Being one of the The starting point for the new look of Virgin Money was the company’s desire to tell it’s not just a part of Virgin, but maintains the basic values of the group and brings them into the financial sphere. Influenced, among other things, by VM’s merger with CYBG plc, the new identity includes a logo featuring a custom typeface, the red brand color and icons which will be used on the brand’s digital platforms. The distinctive feature in the Virgin Money logo is the “M” with a loop making, according to the studio, a balance of hard…

Facebook updates Messenger’s logo in the Instagram style
Facebook updates Messenger’s logo in the Instagram style

It seems that Google is not alone in trying to unify the brands in terms of visual identity. This idea is likely supported by Facebook that has recently unveiled an updated logo for its Messenger app, as the design of the new emblem resembles the While the logo’s general forms, including the central bolt, have remained the same, the change concerns the logo’s coloring. Switching from blue to gradient of blue and pink with some orange hues, the icon really reminds of the colors of the Insta’s camera. Although an announcement from Facebook says nothing about the connection between the…

Digital agency Mozoo presents infinitely adaptable visual system
Digital agency Mozoo presents infinitely adaptable visual system

Founded in 2010, Mozoo, a digital agency, is entering a new era, launching a rebranding. The company’s fresh visual identity reflects its position as a big player in the digital segment. This strategic change falls during the period of significant growth for the agency, marked by new business customers and important acquisitions. Mozoo’s impressive portfolio, which includes over 60 brands, has been replenished with such names as Nivea, Heetch, Kiko, Ornikar, and Back Market. Fulfilling its mission to help brands build their solid individuality in a complicated technological environment, the agency illustrates their stories, implementing contemporary methods of creating brand…

London Natural History Museum unveils new visual identity
London Natural History Museum unveils new visual identity

Officially established in 1881, the Natural History Museum in London is one of the world’s oldest institutions dedicated to the natural sciences. Its collection includes over 70 million exhibits on botany, zoology, mineralogy, and paleontology. As it gets closer to its 150th anniversary, NHM is undergoing some renovations. Highly appreciated by the British people, this place has been the most visited indoor site in the United Kingdom over the past few years. Enjoying its popularity among the scientific community and ordinary people, the museum has undertaken a visual rebrand to confirm its position of a leading scientific voice in discussions…

UD Las Palmas returns to La Liga with updated brand identity
UD Las Palmas returns to La Liga with updated brand identity

Unión Deportiva Las Palmas is coming back to The new look of UD Las Palmas, created by the local design agency More Amore Brands, is built around the wave symbol which derives from the original typography from the club’s crest and is also used as an architectural element in many buildings on the island. The wave also gave inspiration for a custom typeface for the club, named UDLASPALMAS. Designed by Aillatyped Studio, the font is distinguished by wavy strokes and special ligatures which give it a strong individuality. It plays a crucial role in the new identity, being a uniting…

MAAM: Imagine the Unimagined
MAAM: Imagine the Unimagined

One of the oldest art schools in the United States, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), is going to launch its own museum. The MassArt Art Museum, or MAAM, is planned to be opened in February 2020 on the territory of the college campus. Projected as a “kunsthalle”, a museum without a permanent collection, MAAM, according to Lisa Tung, MassArt’s executive director, will be a unique gallery for the contemporary art in Boston, a place where visitors will be able to see the works of modern artists. Forming MAAM’s identity, the administration of MassArt started collaborating with the…

Western Union updates its visual identity emphasizing a new global strategy
Western Union updates its visual identity emphasizing a new global strategy

Western Union, the world’s leading money-transfer company, has carried out a large-scale rebranding. The project has been implemented in cooperation with the design studio Love Street & Co. The new According to a press release, the rebranding’s all-encompassing strategy marks an important milestone in the 172-year history of the company. The brand is looking to a more integrated and progressive future, keeping in mind globality as the company’s services are available in every corner of the world. Western Union’s new identity showcases a more modern design of the logo where the initial “W” turns into a symbol with bolder and…

Cohere: Nature and digitality
Cohere: Nature and digitality

Today, we observe exponential growth in AI technology. The promises from the super-trained algorithms are as amazing as frightful. Over the past few weeks, ChatGPT, a neuronal network developed by OpenAI, has been in the spotlight due to its ability to create texts and chat like a real person. However, when it comes to the practical application of artificial intelligence, the technology can be used, for example, in linguistics to automatize research processes dealing with a large amount of data. And it’s the challenge that is going to be met by Cohere, a Canadian company providing natural language processing (NLP)…

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