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22 Symmetric Logo Designs – Balance Your Corporate Identity!
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In order to have professional corporate identity, your corporate logo should be balanced from all angles. This is because corporate logos are the cornerstone of every branding procedure. Not only does it require equilibrium of logo design elements, it also necessitates a symmetrical layout. Now you must be wondering what symmetry has to do with corporate logos. Symmetry in logo design involves creating a logo with a mirror image in both the halves. To put it in simpler terms, these logos are designed by flipping one side over the other in equilibrium. This can be achieved by flipping the symbol or the fonts in corporate logos. Firms that employ these types of logos exhibit that their business is stabile and steadfast. Here are 22 brilliant examples of how symmetry is used in designing corporate logos: |
Mixedpome |
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LoveDoves |
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Technofly |
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Equestrian Clothing |
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Teknex |
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Mammo |
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Stronghex |
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Blu Leone |
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Corrida |
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Lion Bird |
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Henland |
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Africa Unite |
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Medical Cannabis Delivery Inc |
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Moneyledge |
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Goldielock |
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Trifecta |
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Resonance |
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Music production company |
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xhosa |
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Coviam |
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Augusto Villa |
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Sky of Love |
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20 Promising Typefaces for Corporate Designs
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When it comes to corporate logos design, web designing, corporate business cards and blogs, the designers are left with very limited and specific choices. Actually corporate blogs and websites are the source of information about market and other topics of entrepreneurial interes. Therefore, corporate blogs/websites can be dry and lack the charm which other independent blogs might offer in ample quantity. From your logo to the print ads, typography plays a vital role in making or breaking your corporate image. Picking up a legible and impressive typeface to convey your professionalism can be a tricky job and as a logo designer I understand that quiet well. The most important thing a designer focuses for his corporate projects is to pick the fonts which convey the message professionally and effectively. Considering all these specifications, I have compiled 20 brilliantly creative typefaces for corporate designs from net. I am sure this showcase will serve as a great reference for professional designers looking for some fresh, beautiful typefaces for their corporate projects.
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Madawaska:This typeface may not look as solid and professional as others, but it gives your copy a modern, strong and original appearance. Madawaska, a slab-serif family, has a bit of both: some of the ruggedness of the creator’s display work, and the extensive structure of a text family. |
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Baja California:It’s another free professional font which will be very useful for designing purposes. |
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Bodoni Script Pro:The designer, Panos Vassillou, has connected characters and capitals with calligraphic elements in this typeface. |
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Comenia:Comenia, a school typeface system, was developed as a typographic system for use at all levels of schools and universities. It offers a clear, understandable and universal graphic tool for electronic typography, information systems and laying out primers, textbooks and educational texts and materials. |
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Geogrotesque:These semi-modular typefaces with subtle rounded ends are delivering a warm accessible look. |
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Kewl Script:Kewl Script is ideal for food packaging, book and music covers, magazines and window splashes. This typeface seems a little heavier and on more playful side. |
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Glasgow: |
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BB Petie Boy:This grungy typeface is too much in use nowadays and no doubt they are impressive. |
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Grunge Serifia:This is a font I modified from the font Serifa Black. We needed a version of Serifa that was all grunged out for a magazine identity. |
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Haptic:The Haptic family is a sans-serif typeface optimized for use in small-sized text. It serves well in attention-seeking headlines and comes in roman and italic. |
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FF Kievit: |
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FF Meta Serif:The OpenType version of FF Meta Serif offers Book, Medium, Bold and Black, each including italics and, of course, small caps. The extra benefit is its close relationship to the original FF Meta, its sans serif sister. |
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Metroscript:Metroscript, designed by New York-based lettering artist Michael Doret, was successful throughout 2008 and proudly holds the title of MyFonts’ Brush Script Font of the Year. |
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Museo and Museo Sans:is a clean yet unconventional semi-serif, designed by Jos Buivenga. The sans-serif version is a sturdy, low-contrast, geometric, that is well suited to any display and text use. |
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FF Nuvo OT Medium:Designed by Siegfried Rückel, it’s a contemporary type design with vertical contrast, and especially the characters a, g and y show the calligraphic touch. Suitable for magazine design from headlines to longer texts as well as for advertising, packaging and corporate design. |
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Ronnia:One of the most remarkable characteristics of this humanistic sans-serif is its versatility. Ronnia has been engineered mainly for newspaper and magazine applications, as evidenced by its properties: economical in use, highly legible and friendly and charming in character. Ronnia was part of the Tipos Latinos exhibition 2008 and the 23rd Biennale of Graphic Design 2008 in Brno. |
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Skolar:Skolar is a serifed typeface that has been designed specifically for scholarly multilingual publications. Skolar received international recognition at the Ed-Awards competition 2008. |
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FONTIN:The Fontin italic is not a slanted roman, but a true italic. |
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Warnock: |
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Whiteboard Modern Demo:Whiteboard Modern was hand drawn, but created entirely with a Wacom tablet and Illustrator.( |
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I am sure these logos will help make your corporate designs look different and make deliver your message more effectively to your customers. If you have been using some other typeface which has worked well for your corporate designs, don’t hesitate sharing it with us. |
14 Classy Corporate Logos – All time favorite!
| Every year, several corporate empires spend millions of dollars to come up with an impressive logo for their businesses to stay ahead in the branding race. Although, we get to discover great creative logos everyday but I am sure my fellow designers will agree that there are some classic logos, which have become the milestones of logo designing history.
I do not know much about branding and advertising but I am sure that an effective logo is necessary to make a brand successful. As a self-proclaimed logo fanatic, I am deeply in love with all of these below given logos. |
Mc Donald’s:Being one of the world’s largest chains of fast-food restaurants, Mc Donald’s logo shows two golden arches’ merging to form the famous ‘M’. Created by Jim Schindler, this logo was introduced in 1962. |
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FedEx:The memorable contrast of two colors in the FedEx logo marks its 24 hr service while the subliminal arrow shape in the “Ex” makes it more effective and memorable. |
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Nike:I don’t think there is anyone on earth who does not recognize the Nike swoosh logo. Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student in 1971, designed Nike logo representing the wing of the Greek Goddess of victory. |
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Pepsi:Being one of the most famous drinks of the world, Pepsi was originally called Brad’s Drink after its creator, Caleb Bradham. The Pepsi logo is a simple globe with the Pepsi colors in the background. |
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Apple:Jobs and Wayne, designed the first logo for Apple depicting Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree but soon it was replaced by Rob Janoff’s “rainbow Apple in 1976. |
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Mobil:
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Shell:This logo has become so recognizable that it often appears without the company’s name to identify it. The French-born designer, Raymond Loewy designed it in 1971 who also created logos for BP and Exxon. |
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Mercedes Benz:The three-pointed star that represents ability of the vehicle for land, air and sea-usage was designed Gottlieb Daimler. It was first seen on a Daimler in 1909, and was combined with the Benz laurel wreath in 1926. |
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Coca Cola:Coca-Cola is the most famous and biggest-selling soft drink in history. An amateur, Frank Robinson, designed the Coca-Cola script while the image of the bottle is among the most recognizable icons in the world. |
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IBM:Designed by Paul Rand, the horizontal stripes of IBM logo make it one of the most recognized logos of the world. IBM, has been known as "Big Blue" and they have simplified their logo over the years becoming more famous everytime. |
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Disney:The Walt Disney logo is a ‘stylized version of the founder’s Walter Elias Disney’s signature. It signifies the brand name and promises secure, cheerful and quality American mainstream entertainment. However, over the time, different animations and styles have been complimenting the Walt Disney logo. |
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Intel:Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore created the original Intel logo with a ‘dropped-e’, 39 years ago. In 1991, the company symbolized its involvement as a key ingredient in PCs and computer technologies by introducing the “Intel Inside” slogan with the Intel Logo. |
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Toyota:The Toyota mark consists of three ovals depicting the heart of the customer, the heart of the product, and the ever-expanding technological advancements. |
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I enjoy and admire each of these logos because they have made us understand the value a logo brings to a business. I am sure, many more names can be added to this list, so keep adding…It will be real fun. Always remember…Nothing better than a great logo, for a great company. See you soon! |
Evolution of Corporate Logos – Change for Better
| Logo, the ever-present face of a company, is a fine blend of intriguing shapes, unusual colors, magical words and amazing calligraphy, used to achieve commercial entity. Companies come up with elite logos to stand out from others in the similar market and foster immediate customer recognition. We get to see amazing corporate logos everywhere representing companies’ brands and achieving corporate identity. However, we never tend to think how they came to be or what changes they have gone through with the passing time. When we talk about world’s most prominent brands, Nike, McDonalds, Coca-Cola and others, it is easy to visualize their respective logos but these companies having fast-paced and ever evolving nature, to stay ahead of the competition, have been refurbishing their logos. In our daily routine, we keep on bringing positive changes to our lifestyle but in consumers’ world, coming up with an improved face for a business, is compulsory. Let’s take a look at the origin of some corporate logos and how they evolved over time: |
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| I think, logo evolution is no child’s play because if you get it right you can expect loads of success and fame but an unpleasant redesign can cause alienation and mistrust among your potential clients. Which of these brands you think achieved more success after their logo evolution? I am sure, lot more names can be added to this list and you people are more then welcome to add to this record. |
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