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Sometime back we had a discussion about 'Some elements of logo designing'. Let me share with you some interesting facts and pictures about some famous brand logos.
1. Google
When Stanford University computer science graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin built a search engine in 1996, they named it 'BackRub' (as it could analyze backlinks). BackRub's logo was a scan-image of Larry Page's hand.
Later they named it as Google. The current official Google logo is designed by Ruth Kedar.
2. Apple
1976, the Two Steves built Aple-I homemade computer. Wozniak sold his HP calculator and Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to finance the making of the Apple-I motherboards. The first Apple logo was a picture of Isaac Newton. It depicted Newton sitting under an apple tree - "Newton … A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought … Alone." Ronald Wayne, who actually founded Apple Computer along with Wozniak and Jobs, designed it. In 1998 Apple had a rainbow logo and currently is possesses this monochrome look.
3. Microsoft
1975, Paul Allen and his friend Bill Gates adapted the first computer language written for a personal computer. BASIC got the license from MITS. Allen and Gates' partnership was named "Micro-Soft". Later the hyphen got dropped and Microsoft became an official company.
In the beginning the logo had this groovy look. 1982, Microsoft got a new logo with a distinctive "O". In 1987, Scott Baker designed the "Pac-Man Logo" for Microsoft. It is in Helvetica italic typeface, there's a slash between the o and s, emphasizing the "soft" part of the name and conveying motion and speed.
4. IBM
1811, the International Time Recording Company and Computing Scale Company merged to form CTR (Computing Tabulating Recording Company) . CTR adopted a new name and a mordern logo in 1924. the name was IBM - International Business Machines Corporation. In 1947 the logo got simplified. the last modification was in 1972 with horizontal stipes symbolising 'speed and dynamism'.
5. KFC
Kentucky Fried Chicken better known as KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952. They shortened the KFC in 1991. Colonel Harland is always a part of the logo but his face has become more friendly with time. The current logo with a red apron is since 2007. yhg
6. Nokia
1865 - Fredrik Idestam started a paper mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids, in southern Finland. The second mill was beside the Nokianvirta river. Thus Nokia got its name. The present Nokia logo with the slogan 'Connecting People' was invented by Ove Strandberg. It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones now.
7. LG
LG stated as two companies: Lucky Chemical Industrial and GoldStar, a radio manufacturing plant. GoldStar manufactured only radios and all sorts of electronics and household appliances. 1995, Lucky Goldstar changed its name to "LG" Electronics
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All the big guns have come a long way since their inception. Thanks for taking us back down the memory lane.
What to say :-O I'm totally dumbfound by the amazing facts.
Wow! Thanks to you, i came to know about so many unknown facts. Enhanced my GK!!!
Very interesting post...keep posting...all the best
Really good collection. Well done...Carry on.
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Hi!
This is Nice Blog!
With the spectacular growth of the web, new opportunities are available for business across the world. An organization can now make its presence felt to customer across continents. It has become an essential marketing strategy to hold strong web presence. India with its advantages, of low input costs and increased productivity, has become a hub for website development for companies across the world.
We are well - qualified and positioned to provide low cost high end quality web development and design work. We are a full service web development firm in India offering web designing, web development, e-commerce solutions, regular update works, redesigning of websites, etc. We are experts, working on interactive as well as static sties.
Our people expertise in the aesthetics and technologies of the web. Along with the look and feel of the web pages, we gave nuances for the right kind of web authoring, graphics and animation. For that purpose we are well versed with different tools and web programming languages. We design classy corporate designs that truly represent the company. We also design and develop shock wave layouts for websites and intros.
Great collection! Really enjoyed to read it!! Like the "Apple" logo most, and use the "Google" most may be!!
The original Nokia logo looks a little bit like Long John Silvers!
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