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ironknee · Jul 11, 2002, 06:45 PM

That you didn't design?

a few I like:
IBM
Amtrack (new one)

damn I am going blank right now...

what do u like?

godzookie2k · Jul 11, 2002, 07:01 PM

FedEx

But I'm not a real logo-ey kinda person.

Worst. Episode. Ever. · Jul 11, 2002, 07:19 PM

Why, this one, of course...

IUJHJSDHE · Jul 12, 2002, 01:47 AM

<img src="http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/forums/mainheader1.gif" alt=" - " />

Hehe, Honestly I like the Linux penguin most of all

[ 07-12-2002, 02:48 AM: Message edited by: IUJHJSDHE ]

Simon X · Jul 12, 2002, 07:19 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by ironknee:
That you didn't design?

a few I like:
IBM
Amtrack (new one)

damn I am going blank right now...

what do u like?<hr /></blockquote>Yes, the IBM is very good, Paul Rand I belive.

I've always liked this one: <img src="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:9Udh4HfQUOIC:hometown.aol.com/afpaeinc/images/paa%2520logo.jpg" alt=" - " />

MikeM32 · Jul 12, 2002, 03:05 PM

I've worked with other peoples logos extensively in Pre-Press and Production graphics. That said I've seen tons of logos from JCPenney, Merck, Wyeth, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Clark O'Niell, (the list just goes on and on). I've never designed anything professionally, and I also can't really pin-point one specific logo which I'd consider a favorite.

Again I've seen so many logos I really don't have a specific favorite (or I'd be hard pressed to pick one without access to a huge book of logos which I do not have).

But there's an interresting little tid-bit that one Art instructor in college told me about the infamous Federal Express logo. Let's take a look at it first.
<img src="http://www.uspaacc.com/images/Fedex_logo.gif" alt=" - " />

I'll let someone try to guess the answer here. Besically there's a sort of visual "subliminal suggestion" within the logo itself. What is it? Ignore the word "express" also, typically this is not part of the logo.

First one to guess gets a cookie <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Mike

[ 07-12-2002, 04:09 PM: Message edited by: MikeM32 ]

ironknee · Jul 12, 2002, 03:10 PM

the negative arrow in EX

I like that too

MikeM32 · Jul 12, 2002, 03:23 PM

One cookie to ironknee

That really amazed me when my intro to type instructor told the class that. All the years I'd looked at that logo and never even really noticed it <img border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" title="" src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" />

I even showed it off to people at my first job in pre-press who'd been working as artists for years and stumped them as-well

Mike

[ 07-12-2002, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: MikeM32 ]

anarkisst · Jul 12, 2002, 04:12 PM

<img src="http://www.atlanticretailing.com/images/dunkin.gif" alt=" - " />

Actually, I have a T-Shirt that says "GOINFUKINUTS"...

Really, it would have to be the NASA Logo...it holds some childhood memories for me...

<img src="http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/Library/Directives/HQ/nasaball.gif" alt=" - " />

supercook · Jul 12, 2002, 10:16 PM

i like the westinghouse logo by paul rand. simple. timeless. plus it was used by the hip hop crew Hieroglyphics sans the connecting lines.

<img src="http://www.d.umn.edu/~jkmetz/GDH/rand_W.jpg" alt=" - " />

godzookie2k · Jul 13, 2002, 11:19 AM

Everyone claims that that arrow was intentional, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it was one o' dem 'happy accidents'

funkboy · Jul 13, 2002, 04:46 PM

Apple's logo is, of course, outstanding. (the rainbow version maybe even better, since it's probably more well known and is more exuberant, if a little gaudy)

The Nike and Reebok logos I've always liked, and the Nintendo 64 logo was one I liked quite a bit too (the 3D N).

ironknee · Jul 13, 2002, 11:47 PM

<img src="http://members.aol.com/bmcrba/images/hartford.gif" alt=" - " />

a hockey team logo Harford Whalers

<img src="http://wwwimage.cbs.com/Common/images/hp_global_nav_logo_on.jpg" alt=" - " />
The eye

<img src="http://www.harpercollins.com/hc/_include/images/hclogonew2.gif" alt=" - " />

Harper collins...fire and water

<img src="http://www.shout.ru/links/electra_logo.gif" alt=" - " />

Electra Entertainment

I agree with Pan Am...An emotional attachment though

that's it for now

[ 07-14-2002, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: ironknee ]

MikeM32 · Jul 14, 2002, 01:52 PM

The slanted "E" (like in the Electra Entertainment example above) is so clich� already. Enron uses it, Dell used it also, and I think I've seen it used elsewhere too.

Mike

macvillage.net · Jul 14, 2002, 04:33 PM

NBC (everyone knows what it is)
SUN (how they use the letters in the logo)
Apple (face it, simple, I like the white on black)
Netscape (yes, it's a good logo, everyone knows it and remembers it)
VAIO (pretty sleek looking, almost alien)

Corys · Jul 14, 2002, 05:49 PM

Can't think of a favorite one right now (Maybe Ebay)
but the one that drive me nuts is the Sony Wega or Vega (Depending on how you look at it)
Christ, to this day i'm not sure what it's supposed to be...

DanW · Jul 14, 2002, 08:17 PM

<img src="http://www.celi.org/Northwest%20Airlines.gif" alt=" - " />

I like how the 'W' is formed by positive and negative space, and I like how the triangle that is the upper left end of the 'W' is pointing to what would be NW on a compass.

ironknee · Jul 15, 2002, 08:38 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by MikeM32:
The slanted "E" (like in the Electra Entertainment example above) is so clich� already. Enron uses it, Dell used it also, and I think I've seen it used elsewhere too.

Mike<hr /></blockquote>I believe Electra was designed in the 80s

About the northwest, I like it too, especially the N and W as one.

jholmes · Jul 15, 2002, 09:43 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by ironknee:
 <img src="http://members.aol.com/bmcrba/images/hartford.gif" alt=" - " />

a hockey team logo Harford Whalers

<hr /></blockquote>I have always thought this was one of the coolest logos ever done. A truly great mark.

tinrib · Jul 15, 2002, 10:26 PM

::maroma:: · Jul 16, 2002, 12:45 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by godzookie2k:
Everyone claims that that arrow was intentional, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it was one o' dem 'happy accidents'

<hr /></blockquote>Funny you mention that...about 7 years ago, at my very first design job, one of the head designers told me that it was in fact a happy accident (he said he actually knew the designer). Apparently, the designer didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out to him on a passing truck. If it's true, it's a pretty cool little story. Very nice logo too!

Brien · Jul 16, 2002, 01:27 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by tinrib:
 <img src="http://www.linuxisforbitches.com./imgs/small_takeittux.jpg" alt=" - " /><hr /></blockquote>Now that's just wrong.

G4Man · Jul 17, 2002, 05:55 PM

mine: <a href="http://www.csulb.edu/~mmaes/amaesing/AINTROLOGO.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.csulb.edu/~mmaes/amaesing/AINTROLOGO.jpg</a>

command-tab · Jul 18, 2002, 02:20 AM

<img src="http://macgyvr64.homeftp.net/images/ms.gif" alt=" - " />

Oh...wait...that's not real...

Jul 18, 2002, 08:25 PM

That E-Trade logo is pretty cool.
And the Sun Microsystems logo is brilliant.

ironknee · Jul 23, 2002, 10:56 PM

how could i forget

<img src="http://www.miltonglazer.com/projects/graphics/logo1.gif" alt=" - " />

Griggsy · Jul 29, 2002, 07:33 AM

I love the BBC and Lucasfilm Logos and ILM's is pretty darn cool

Timo · 09:36 PM

I didn't find the logo I was looking for, but I did find this beauty:

Ibson · Jul 30, 2002, 08:08 AM

I'd probably say the Chanel logo:
<img src="http://chanel.com/fb/images/fr/chanellogo.gif" alt=" - " />
It's classic, simple, and timeless. I suppose it also conjures up childhood memories of my mom sitting in her powder-room with Chanel products; it also reminds me my of how my dad would always come home with a Chanel product after being overseas...ah...memories...*sniff*

.

It has a lovely Art Deco feel to it; I love classic logos designed from 1920 to 1970, which still look fabulous today. Classic design is the most beautiful.

[ 07-30-2002, 09:15 AM: Message edited by: Ibson ]

OwlBoy · Aug 2, 2002, 10:17 PM

DreamWorks

-Owl

rimsky · Aug 3, 2002, 07:30 AM

One of the best logo's, by Paul Rand.

bootyboy · Aug 5, 2002, 05:46 PM

the BRAUN logo is kind of cool