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Last December, the National Independent Soccer Association announced the league would be joined by a team from Rochester, NY, named Flower City Union. Getting ready to start playing in the 2022 season, the soccer team has recently presented their logo created by Christopher Payne. As the Rochester Rhinos, who played in the United Soccer League, indefinitely took a break in 2017, the city was left without a professional soccer team. So, several enthusiasts for the game, including the Rhinos’ former chief business officer, decided to resume soccer life in Rochester, founding the Flower City Union. The team draw their name…

As many businesses today, Schweitzer Mountain Resort, located near Sandapoint, Idaho, is facing some difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The enterprise has already suspended its extension plan for 30-unit boutique hotel. However, hoping for better times, the resort decided to refresh its look by rebranding itself to simply Schweitzer and adopting a new logo. On its website, Schweitzer shared some details about the renovated visual identity, saying that its new emblem pays tribute to its heritage, while embracing its future. Now, the symbol of the ski resort is a stylized “S” formed by three strokes whose design Schweitzer describes…

Officially established in 1834, Eichhof is a beer brand that is popular in the central Switzerland. Acquired by the Netherlands’ Heineken in 2008, the Lucerne-based brewery produces 11 different beers. Beside lager, its production line also includes such craft beers as the turbid natural Klosterbräu, ale-like Hubertus or strong Barbara (alc. 6,5%). To modernize its image, Eichhof hired the British design studio Pearlfisher that renovated the brand’s visual identity. In their work, the Pearlfisher designers were inspired by a table they found in the brewery. It featured engraving of different traditions of Eichhon as well as a blank section for…

Crystal brand First of all, the fresh design’s leitmotif can be seen in the updated Swarovski logo. The iconic swan in the new iteration is facing to the right, featuring a more elongated neck and two wings, more clearly drawn compared to the old one-wing version. The brand chose the swan as its emblem in 1988 as a symbol of everlasting love and nature’s beauty, the notions that have always been associated with Swarovski’s crystal glass and jewelry. For the logo, the swan has been placed into an octagonal frame that symbolizes a faceted crystal as well as the idea…

The Ligue Nationale de Basket, the top tier of men’s professional club basketball in France, has updated its visual identity. According to an official press release, the new look of the league aims to underscore its ambition to become “a reference basketball league in Europe” by 2030. Established in 1987, France’s national basketball league comprises 36 teams split into two divisions: Pro A (Betclic Élite) and Pro B. Moreover, the organization annually hosts competitions such as the Leaders Cup, Match des Champions, and the LNB All-Star Game. Interestingly, this is the first rebranding for LNB since the league’s inception. The…

Founded in 1963, the American Library (formerly known as the 2nd Air Division Library) is an institution established to honor the US Air Force troops who fought in Europe during WWII. Located in Norwich, UK, the library contains a collection of materials dedicated to the USAF, American relationship with Britain and American culture in general. Adopting its current name, the American Library was looking to a new visual identity as well. The institution’s brand, including a logo, printed materials and some merchandise, was renovated by The Click, a Norwich-based design studio. In the brand creation, the designers started from the…

On February 25th, While the logo was announced ten month ago, and its details have been kept a secret during this time, it will mark the hood of the Peugeot 308 that is going to be presented in March. According to the company, the emblem was influenced by the logo of the 404, which was produced in the early 1960s, and especially by that one noticed on the e-Legend concept the manufacturer presented at the 2018 Paris Auto Show. Peugeot has saved the overall design of the lion, but it has abandoned the detailed forms, giving the emblem some dynamic…

In January of 2020, Xiaomi’s Indian subsidiary Poco declared its independence from the parent company, claiming it would have its own team and much more. To celebrate its first successful year as an independent enterprise, the brand has announced its new logo and mascot that can be another evidence of the fact that it is trying to set itself apart from the Chinese manufacturer. The new mascot is essentially based on the angry/mad emoji with addition of a kind of a growling mouth, halo as well as Android robot-style antennas. Sharing the explanation for all these elements, Poco says that…