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15+ Amazingly clever logos
December 10, 2008
Logo design is a huge part of graphic design. A logo is a name, symbol, or trademark designed for easy and definite recognition. I'd like to share with you a selection of logos that I feel are some of the best around. Hope you enjoy.
These are all taken from the book, 'Logo', a book from a design journalist, Michael Evamy, published by Laurence King. Laurence King have a great range of Art & Design related books.
London Symphony Orchestra
2001
2001
USA Network
2005
2005
Sandhurst Shrubs
2004
2004
ARC Representation
2004
2004
Eight, Corporate Communications Company
2005
2005
Beyon, Office Furniture Supplier
2001
2001
Fashion Center
1993
1993
Message, Abbey Baptist Church
2001
2001
Ohio National
1996
1996
More 4
2005
2005
Greenberg, Brand marketing research
2003
2003
More Th>n
2003
2003
The Lochness Partnership
2005
2005
The Royal Parks
1996
1996
The Guild of Food Writers
2005
2005
Gotham Books
1998
1998
No logo list would be complete without including the frequently discussed...
FedEx
1994
Note: If you dont see the arrow, look harder.
1994
Note: If you dont see the arrow, look harder.
If you've got any logos you would like to share, please do.






















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FEDEX totally rocks!!! nice inspiration guyz n sumday i wud like to design a logo as clever and innovative as one of these
Those are pretty cool. I like the USA one.
nice !! these are very clever logo design !! nice post thanks !!
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Trully some very clever logos. Simple and yet able to communicate strong messages.
i am stupid. i could not see an the arrow on the fedex logo.
Great post!
I used to work for FedEx and every since then I cannot get away from seeing their logo. I even downloaded the free music video of the week this week and seen a FedEx truck go through the background there! LOL
My personal favorite... I think Eight is very clever.
Thanks for the post!
Cool, one of thw terms of the FedEx logo brief was that it could be seen for 5 miles away.
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Thank you, that's awesome!
Indeed some very clever logo's! I like the Eight logo :-)
awesomely clever logos :)
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Great collection of very successful logos. To this day I'm still amazed by the simplicity + effectiveness of the FedEx logo. As you can see these logos are just b/w, but communicate so well and quickly. Food writers guild and Gotham Books are also very clever too.
Kill me...But can't see the arrow at FedEx
I love them all but, I really love
Eight, Corporate Communications Company
and
The Guild of Food Writers
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The white space between the E and the X makes an arrow.. ;-)
For those of you who don't see the arrow in the Fedex logo, it's the white space between the last "E" and "X". Nice post, I love the simplicity of each of them.
arrow between EX :D
So good—I've always loved the USA logo—genius. The "eight" is super good as well.
It's very interesting how the Fedex logo came together. The designer initially had no idea the e & x made an arrow. When he was pitching the logo to the company they were the ones to notify him that they loved the arrow. It was totally unintentional.
Love the food writers guild and beyon!
For those that cant see the arrow: The upper case "E" at the end and the lower case "x" are touching. Look at the shape of the negative space formed between the tow letters and it makes the shape of an arrow, with the triangular part of it made up of the crosses of the "x".
Its a great example of logo design because the designer considered both the positive and negative space, to make a dynamic design where the positive and negative spaces harmoniously work in balance together. Often we don't take enough time to look at the negative space as well. Good habit to get into
I really love some of these marks, especially the wittiness of the food writers guild. Really didn't care for that mark for the fashion industry I got the button gag but the C where was it? LSO they could have made something more with that mark, I think they were trying to make it look like an instructor of an orchestra with a wand.. but it wasn't all that clear.
Interesting stuff indeed.
I love the simplicity in this designs, it´s a refresher from a world full of complicated designs, not that they are all bad, but I just like the simple ones.
My favorite one is the one for Gotham Books, It's so simple yet it immediately get's to the point. I love logos like that. Really awesome stuff ;)
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all of them are good in their level. but people who are so inquisitive like me on logo designs would like to see all the previous scribbling experiments before they reached this final stage.
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I love the FedEx logo. My graphic design professor mentioned the logo in class one day, and said that "if you look hard enough, you will see and 'x' in there. After you find it, you'll never look at the words 'FedEx' the same again."
He was right, haha.
Only decent one, IMHO, is the FedEx one. You would not want to build a brand around any of the others.
The FedEx one is known and popular, but I love the 'The Lochness Partnership' logo. Looks so cool with the 'Lo' as the monster, but still being easily readable.
amazing stuff.
It's so damn hard to create a good logo.
The combination of both clever and good looking is hard to achieve.
I really think the negative space is used well in the USA logo. I also like the logo for the Guild of Food Writers. Although it took me a second to realize that it was a spoon in the Pen Nib.
Eight is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy crap, I never noticed the bloody arrow and I've been a typophile for, like, a decade. Jesus Christ, I wonder how many people who aren't designers notice that...I feel like whoever designed that logo is a sneaky little git. In an endearing, but infuriating, kind of way. Eesh. Wow.
That alien icon is almost enough incentive to register...oy.
Some great logos amongst that lot. Here's a link to a great logo I stumbled across today.
http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/the_roaring_mouse.php
I enjoyed these. Logos express so much about a brand.
Always been a fan of the fed ex logo.
I also LOVE the Amazon logo. it is an arrow illustrating A to Z meaning they cary everything, but it is also a smirk, saying in a kind of smarmy way, 'yeah, we have everything'
The FairTrade logo is sexy,
Some of my favorites! Nice post.
Always been a fan of the fed ex logo.
I also LOVE the Amazon logo. it is an arrow illustrating A to Z meaning they cary everything, but it is also a smirk, saying in a kind of smarmy way, 'yeah, we have everything'
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I like the logo for Talib Kweli’s Blacksmith Entertainment. The artist created the graphic so that if you flip the word “Blacksmith” 180 degrees… it still says “Blacksmith”. Innovative and tricky.
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Fantastic collection.Thanks for sharing!
The Guild of Food Writers is THE perfect logo of all time!
Hi Youssef, great collection!
See the logo on http://neuland-herzer.com by the media / consulting company Neuland + Herzer. It works similar to the above mentioned.
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I would like to add this logo:
I got a lot of compliments about it and I want to share it.
take a closer look at the word "panda"
Thank you !!
Ha ha, great!)) I like USA Network
from chrisco:
"Only decent one, IMHO, is the FedEx one. You would not want to build a brand around any of the others."
you're not serious? hopefully you don't have anything to do with design or branding.
"Beyon, Office Furniture Supplier" is just the S from Joy Divisions Substance cover.
Easy to be good when you stand on the shoulders of Crouwel and Savile.
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I used to work for FedEx and every since then I cannot get away from seeing their logo. I even downloaded the free music video of the week this week and seen a FedEx truck go through the background there!
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Wow! I really appreciate all the efforts you share to us. Great and creative logos. Some made it to the top but others are good and cool. I like the very simple but creative logos like "The Guild of food writers" and the Blacksmith Entertainment.
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I like the logo for Talib Kweli’s Blacksmith Entertainment yeahh great
I really love some of these marks, especially the wittiness of the food writers guild. Really didn't care for that mark for the fashion industry I got the button gag but the C where was it?
Trully some very clever logos.
The Lochness one is good.
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