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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Actually, the work on Pfizer’s new brand look began before the pandemic broke out. Two years ago, the company applied to Team, a Brooklyn-based design agency, to carry out the rebranding. The studio developed a new Pfizer logo and visuals reflecting the drug manufacturer’s heritage as well as its important role in struggling against the most challenging diseases. Considering the iconic status of the Pfizer emblem, Team tried to keep its basic elements, adding new ones based on the recognizable oval pill. Thus, two spiral bands were created as a symbol of Pfizer’s aspiration to people’s…

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,…

Started from a bet between two close friends in 2000, AO (formerly known as Appliance Online) has grown into the largest online household appliance retailer in the United Kingdom. In the 2010s, the company was strongly expanding its activity in Germany, the Netherlands and France. Seven years ago, it rebranded as ao.com and received a logo featuring its lowercase initials and a semicircle that made it look like a smiling face. Although its visual identity was quite recognizable, the company felt that it’s a bit dated, making the business lost amid its competitors. To carry out a “long overdue facelift”…

The automaker has recently presented its new logo designed to be fitted mainly for digital materials. Like other car manufacturers before, Toyota has opted for the flat design and simplicity. The emblem keeps its three ellipses, but has rid off the 3D forms. According to a press-release from Toyota, the new visual identity look simple and has been shaped around four principles: experimental ideas, affordability with a premium look and feel and consistency between all the variations of the brand. Much appreciated by brands for several years, the flat design has become preferable for being easily adaptable to web requirements…

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…

Founded in 1971, the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, is a popular tourist site. It has more than 3000 animals of 400 different species. Holding the first place among the outdoor attractions in the state and increasing the number of visitors, the zoo is carrying out a rebranding now. As a part of changing the identity, a new logo has been presented. While creating the logo, design studio Gardner Design did much work, studying different zoo logos. The designers came to the conclusion that almost all of them don’t tell anything about their locations. So, the team decided that…

Owned by Finland’s Amer Sports since 2005, sports equipment brand Salomon is currently launching a brand campaign under the motto “Tomorrow is yours”. The manufacturer especially wants to address younger customers, athletes and outdoor fans, and inspire them to do their best and join nature, as an official press release says. This is the first Salomon campaign featuring the company’s new logo which pays tribute to the history of the brand, while supplemented with modern motifs. The sports brand was founded in 1947 by François Salomon in Annecy, southern France. In the mid-1960s, Salomon came up with an innovative technology…

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…