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Identity updating is a common step taken by local authorities to attract more visitors to their cities or towns. Following this strategy, the Dalian Culture and Tourism department has recently unveiled a new logo for the city, hoping it will assist in development of the local economy. The refreshing of the visual brand of Dalian, wouldn’t have drawn much attention if the city’s new welcoming emblem weren’t so similar to Disney’s logo. Indeed, if you take a look at the Dalian logo, you can easily see that the “D” and the “i” with a swoop over it are quite identical…

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”…

Established after the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham more than 20 years ago, The GSK assets include such well-known brands as Sensodyne, Otriven, Voltaren, Odol as well as anti-AIDS medicines, remedies against breast cancer, and other treatments down to anti-smoking patches. As a part of a management reorganization, the corporation’s Consumer Healthcare division is designated to be managed by a separate company called Haleon. Reflecting the changes GSK has experienced in the past twenty years, the new look of the company is now adapted to highlight this “dramatic shift” on the visual level, according to a GSK statement….

Microsoft is currently developing the The logotype features a vertically-oriented word “Series” along with a big “X”. Having a laconic design, it reminds of some design solutions for the Xbox 360 as well as the Xbox One with a similar splits in the “X”. However, the Xbox Series X’s strokes are thicker and the gaps are larger. While the new logo follows the Xbox’s recognizable style, the slight changes in it tells that the Series X will differ from its predecessor. At the same time, the emblem can give a hint how the logotype for the Xbox Series S should…

The Crusaders, who were winners of Super Rugby for 10 times, have unveiled a new logo. The renovation of the club’s badge is said to be driven by the terror attack on the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch this March. The Crusaders’ previous logo featured a knight with a sword, and many people believed that it should be replaced as the crusader may be associated with the religious enmity between Muslims and Christians in the Middle Ages. Also, there were propositions to change the team’s name but this idea hadn’t found much support. For the new emblem of the Crusaders,…

The Brazil brand comes back to the iconic design of 2005. The relaunch includes a campaign to reposition the brand and announce some plans in the new political cycle. Its main goal is to present Brazil as a multinational and multicultural country made up of different forms, ecosystems, rhythms, and colors. A country with clear prospects, which aspires to confirm its commitment to stable development. In this new stage, the Brazil brand is abandoning “nationalism” in terms of visual identity, which has been over the last four years under the rule of Jair Bolsonaro – a fact that may become…

Established in 2007, The goal of the rebranding carried out by Koto was to transform the platform so that it could be something more than just a source of information and become a community for real job interviews. To reach this goal, Koto was collaborating with graphic designer Josep Puy. Together they created a library of images, many of which are animated, intended to express Glassdoor’s basic principles. The new Glassdoor logo, according to Koto, focuses on the company’s “Real work talk” positioning. In other words, the company’s name is in the center of the conversation, which is illustrated by…

With the legalization of medical cannabis in most US states, there are many brands offering cannabis-based products. American Weed Co. is one of them, standing out from others with the fact that it was launched by US Army veterans for retired American soldiers. The founder and head of the company, Sean Gilfillan, is a former high-ranking military officer with a number of battle awards who was among the first troops deployed in Iraq. So you can guess the style of the identity American Weed recently got from Pentagram and designer Mike Tabie. The launch of American Weed Co. needed a…