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In 1935, British writer and publisher Michael Joseph founded his own imprint and named it after himself. 50 years later, Michael Joseph Ltd, along with some other British and American imprints, was bought by Penguin Books, a prominent publishing house where it has received a leading role as a division specializing in lifestyle books, detective stories, memoirs and women’s fiction. To refresh Michael Joseph’s look, Penguin hired Mother Design which created a brand identity emphasizing the imprint’s heritage and individuality. Since its founding, Michael Joseph used a mermaid logo that appeared in several iterations over fifty years until the company…

As the Major League Soccer announced its plan to expand to 30 teams last year, St. Louis has been preparing to launch its own expansion team. Initially, it was planned that a team from St. Louis would join MLS in 2022, but due to the coronavirus pandemic and the delay in the construction of the St. Louis soccer stadium, it may start playing in the league only in 2023. Waiting for the franchise’s debut in MLS, the ownership group has unveiled the club’s name and logo. St. Louis City SC, the name for the team, was chosen in a vote…

Three oppositional parties united under one logo in order to try and lead the country to a better and brighter future. On July 16th, the headquarters of the leading opposition participants of the presidential election in Belarus Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo announced their support of Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya, who was registered and a presidential candidate. The new campaign, created for a united opposition, is based on three,  women: Sveltala Tikhanovskaya herself, Maria Kolesnikova, the manager of Babariko headquarters, and Veronica Tsepkalo, wife of Valery Tsepkalo. The main idea of the campaign as a whole and its logo, in particular, is…

Established in 1951, Liberty Travel is a travel and cruise company that, from its beginning, pioneered in offering transportation, hotel accommodation and other services for a single price. The company’s service and pricing innovations made traveling more affordable not only for the wealthy, but also for ordinary people. While going to celebrate its 70th anniversary next year, the agency has unveiled a new logo paying tribute to its heritage. Although Liberty Travel is now headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, it started from an office in New York’s Time Square. These are its roots and connection with New York the company…

Officially founded in 1833, Glengoyne is a popular Scottish brand producing different malt whiskies with an average age of 25 years. Such a long aging of the whiskies corresponds to one of the principles of the Glengoyne distillery – deliberation – that formed the basis of the company’s new visual identity. The renovated look of Glengoyne was forged by the Bristol-based design agency Taxi Studio. According to the studio’s head Karl Wills, the process of the design revamping can be called a “respectful rejuvenation”, being based on the distillery’s motto “unhurried” as it reflects how the company takes care of…

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…

It turned out to be that The unifying design motifs are Google’s four-color scheme and the color overlapping in the corners of the icons that makes them perceived a bit three-dimensional, albeit it doesn’t eliminate the flat look in general. Also, we can notice that the corners themselves have grown more rounded. This is particularly evident in the Google Drive logo. In addition, it is the only emblem of the five which maintained a three-color palette (yellow-green-blue) in its previous version, and adopted only a red corner in the new iteration. At the same time, the most changes can be…

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”…