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Hidden Information in Famous Logos

Radhika — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:00:29 +0000

Amazon.com

This logo doesn’t seem to hide much at first sight, but it gives you a little insight in the philosophy behind the brand. First of all, the yellow swoosh looks like a smile: Amazon.com want to have the best customer satisfaction. The swoosh also connects the letters a and z, meaning that this store has everything from a to z.

Fedex

This is probably one of the best known logos with a hidden meaning. If you look closely, you’ll see an arrow that’s formed by the letters E and x. This arrow symbolizes speed and precision, two major selling points of this company.

Continental

Continental is a manufacturer of tyres. You could actually see this in their logo, because the first two letters create a 3-dimensional tyre.

Toblerone

Toblerone is a chocolate-company from Bern, Switzerland. Bern is sometimes called The City Of Bears. They have incorporated this idea in the Toblerone logo, because if you look closely, you’ll see the silhouette of a bear.

Baskin Robins

The old logo of Baskin Robbins had the number 31 with an arc above it. The new logo took this idea to the next level. The pink parts of the BR still form the number 31, a reference to the 31 flavours.

Sony Vaio

Sony Vaio is a well known brand of laptops. But did you know that the name Vaio logo also had a hidden meaning? Well, the first two letters represent the basic analogue signal. The last two letters look like a 1 and 0, representing the digital signal.

Carrefour

Carrefour is one of the biggest European retailers, and it’s also French for crossroads. The logo symbolizes this word via two opposite arrows. They also added the first letter of the name, because if you look closely you’ll see the letter C in the negative space between the two arrows.

Unilever

Unilever is one of the biggest producers of food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. They produce a huge amount of different products and they wanted to reflect this in their logo. Each part of the logo has a meaning. For example: the heart represents love, care and health – feeling good, a bird is a symbol of freedom. Relief from daily chores getting more out of life.

Formula 1

At first, this logo might not make much sense. But if you look closely, you’ll see the number 1 in the negative space between the F and the red stripes. I also love how this logo communicates a feeling of speed.

Sun Microsystems

The Sun logo is one of the most famous ambigrams in the world. You can read the brand name in every direction; both horizontally and vertically. This logo was designed by professor Vaughan Pratt of the Stanford University.

NBC

The NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is one of the biggest American television networks. I think most of you have already seen the peacock in this logo. The peacock has 6 different tail feathers, referring to the six divisions at the time that this logo was created. The peacocks head is flipped to the right to suggest it was looking forward, not back.

Pick Some Kite Designs

Radhika — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:02:53 +0000

Kites are favourites of many irrespective of their age. In the present urbanization there is no free space around to enjoy the kites. Now the pictures below show you different kites of different varieties. The very gaze at them can bring you the memories of lost days and longing for their return. While there are many kites in the world, a few picked over here are of unique designs which one can enjoy.

Image Source: Chronicle Live

Image Source: Wackos

Image Source: Gomberg Kites

Image Source: Hoeben

Image Source: Express Milwaukee

Image Source: DH Kites

Image Source: Hoeben

Image Source: The Daily Clog

Image Source: Sanfrancisco

Image Source: Hoeben

Image Source: Capemay Times

Have You Ever Seen Such Crazy Bags?

Radhika — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:59:07 +0000

There is always craze for new imaginary items in the market and most of us get attracted to them. Thus the shopkeepers have to get tons of wonderful ideas to attract customers to sell their products. One such creative idea is the shopping bag. Just look at these crazy bag designs below, no wonder such wonderful creations will tempt us to buy the products instantly. These creative and smart shopping bags is a kinda good advertisements to attract new customers.

Children with Autism Shopping Bag [Link]

Revital Shopping Bag [Link]

YKM Shopping Bag: Jump Rope [Link]

Panadol Shopping Bag [Source Unknown]

Head Hunting Agency Shopping Bag [Source Unknown]

Stop’n Grow: Nailbiter [Link]

Gaia Animal Rights [Link]

ASPE Crime Stories Bag [Link]

Clothes in Closets: Knucle Bag [Link]

Through Karl’s Eyes [Link]

Red Cross Shopping Bag [Link]

Wheaties Shopping Bag: Six Pack Abs [Link]

Shumensko Shopping Bag:Bulgarian Beer Bag [Link]

Olympic Games Shopping Bag by Tao Ma [Link]

Greenpeace Shopping Bag: Give Me Your Hand [Link]

Hurriyetoto Shopping Bag [Link]

Book Shopping Bag [Source Unknown]

Yulia Tymoshenko Shopping Bag: It is the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s trademark golden hair braid. [Source Unknown]

Panadol Shopping Bag [Source Unknown]

Cassette Tote Shopping Bag [Link]

The Indian Elegance

Radhika — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:42:05 +0000

India is known for its different traditional dresses in different states. Gagra Choli is a traditional dress worn by girls during festivals and weddings in Western and Northern parts of India. It is a two piece ethnic Hindu dress – a long skirt with a blouse and a roll over chunari. The other name for this attire is chaniya choli. This outfit is mostly found in Gujarat and Rajasthan. The innovative and unique designs and the mesmerizing color combinations of this graceful attire are so attractive that people do not mind spending a fortune. Those who visit India from western countries do not forget to add a few of these to their wardrobes.

Image Credits: Ragalahari

Japan’s Stylish Custom Scooters

Radhika — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:38:55 +0000

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Jennifer Maestre’s Brilliant Pencil Art

Radhika — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:43:27 +0000

As push pencils with replaceable leads are predominantly occupying the pockets of present professionals and pencil boxes of school going kids, Jennifer Maestre of Johannesbury, South Africa has found a different way of using the conventional pencils. Though we are aware of only sharpening it to get the best ever hand-writing or drawings as possible, little do we know that a bunch of sharpened pencils can provide breadth taking designs? Thanks to Jennifer whose in genuine methods have given as different designs through pencils (not drawings of course) but shapes. Here we present you a few such shapes and thanks to her ingenuity.

Image Source, Copyrights: Jennifer Maestre

Portfolio of Jennifer Maestre

About Jennifer Maestre

James May’s Impressive Two-Storey Lego House

Aditya — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:12:00 +0000

James Mason (James May) – Designer Lego fan since childhood. This Englishman was the author and implementer of impressive and really original idea — construction of this house only blocks from Lego. The creation of this house took the 272 types of parts Lego, while at the two-storey house in the end it took about 816 million pieces of bricks of the well-known brands.

Credits: James May

Squidolin – Self Teaching Violin

Aditya — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:52:29 +0000

Squidolin – Electric Self Teaching Violin, which looks set up in a futuristic cyber era. Pleasant design and building of natural maple looks attractive, but what if you do not know how to play the violin? Connect Squidolin with TV, and it will teach you to play for a few lessons.

Credits, Designer: Carlos Mendez

Peacock Feathers Wedding Gown

Radhika — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:48:05 +0000

Four Men Bicycle by Art Rothchild

Radhika — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:40 +0000

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