We've already mentioned the EU Organic logo competition, what else caught our eye in the murky world of identity and branding?
Early on Creative Review featured Mr Chicken. He's the chap who designs all the Fried Chicken logos in London. Amazing stuff.
Coke continued their branding resurgence with these great summer special edition cans. Big corporations listen up: THIS IS HOW YOU DO BRANDING.
Michael Bierut tweaked the Guitar Hero logo. There's an element of 'you couldn't make that up' isn't there? Looks great though.
Another example of 'how to do branding' from a designer at the top of his game. I could easily have mentioned The Oak Room or continued work for MAD.
London went a bit logo mad including the dreadful experience of trying to create a Brand for London. When will they learn, the city doesn't want or need a logo. Michael Johnson has a good round up here.
Of much more importance to London, the Olympic icons were launched. Just as I really like the 2012 logo (sorry David) I really like these icons. Actually, I don't really like the black and white ones, but I love the colour ones and I really like the way it links in with the tube lines thing. Colourful, interesting, different. Exciting. Well done Someone.
I designed the Newspaper Club logo which you all hated and the Noticings logo which you all loved. (Actually lots of people love that one, not just you lot.)
And then right at the end of the year, because we all know heavy metal bands have the best logos we asked Christophe Szpajdel to design the new logo for RIG.
Apology accepted.
Posted by: davidthedesigner | Dec 16, 2009 at 08:23
\m/ WOOOOOOO!! \m/
*Throwing the horns for the RIG logo* ;)
Posted by: minxlj | Dec 16, 2009 at 11:00
I like how the illustrative nature of the Olympics icons makes the branding so much more flexible.
Hmmm, illustration to support and expand identity; there's a thought.
Hope you're well,
Emily
Posted by: Emily Wilkinson | Dec 21, 2009 at 15:31
I am burning with hot, green envy for that RIG logo. I've been thinking about Szpajdel's design work since seeing the Vice Magazine article over a year ago (I think), and I can only take solace in the fact the you guys didn't get any gnarled branches, inverted crosses, pentagrams, spider webs, or goats. JUST WAIT til Stamen asks for one with all the trimmings!
Posted by: Michal Migurski | Dec 22, 2009 at 06:27
Not for nothing but RIG reads like RIB sorry maybe another choice of the letter G or taking off the left sided extension to be more readable...sorry!
Posted by: Daniel | Dec 23, 2009 at 20:33