25 logos with hidden messages – Amazing Graphic Designing tricks!

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Body Wisdom It is a logo design for a high end day spa… the hands effectively convey relaxing massage integrated with the proximity of the “owl eyes” to clearly say “wisdom”.	Forkwire Logo Designer – Bojan Stefanovic Being an Online Food Delivery service, its logo shows a fork formed into an @ symbol! Such a easy logo to remember.
Big Ten Logo The Big Ten collegiate conference has eleven schools but they didn’t want to change their name. However, they used their logo to hide the numerical “11” in the name.	Amazon Logo This famous logo is extremely clean and simple but this arrow might not look like more than a smile to you. Before, coming to any conclusions I would like you to know the concept behind this…it says that amazon.com has everything from a to zand it also represents the smile brought to the customer’s face.
ED Logo: Gianni Bortolotti Designer – Josiah Jost The designer of ED Logo – “Elettro Domestici -Home Appliances” in English, changed the concept of traditional logo designing through this logo. The designer has amazingly used the negative space to demonstrate the letter “E” and “D” making the logo look like an electric plug.	Eight Logo This logo is too good to be ignored….it is very cleverly designed with a typeface where every letter is a variation of number 8. Nothing better have been thought.
Elle Hive Logo Designer – Toni It is a company which designs compact tractors. The letters “E” and “H” make up the image of a tractor.	Toblerone Logo One of my favorite chocolates…yummy!! But trust me I never noticed the brilliant logo while enjoying my bar. You must be thinking what is there to find out as it clearly shows the Swiss Alps? Let me explain…Toblerone originated in Bern, Switzerland – A city whose name is rumored to mean, “City of bears”. When you look at it again you will find a bear in the logo.
Marriage Logo What better logo can be used to symbolize a marriage with two mirrored “R” in the middle. No frills, no shadows, still so powerful and meaningful.	Heart Beats Although it is quiet evident but still I liked the concept a lot. Two musical notes are bent in a way to make a heart and and headphns. The softness of this logo expresses “Love for Music“
Logo !N3K8 The complexity of this logo is its beauty. It is a business and IT consulting company based in the UK and the logo is a combination of numeric and alphabets to explain the word “intricate”.	FedEx Logo You would say you have seen it thousand times but just to make you notice an arrow formed between the letters “E” and “X” conveying speed, direction and reliability of this amazing courier service.
Review Logo Designer – Sean Farrell Logo Design: When you take off a piece of the “v” in the word “review” it forms a check mark (for review). Simply amazing!!	Lafeyette Logo:Even If you’ve ever visited one of the famous stores in Paris – Galeries Lafayette, you will notice that it’s logo represents Paris with its joined letters “t” to form Eiffel Tower. C’est magnificique!
Pakuy Logo Designer – Maumer As “Pakuay” is a packaging company, so the logo shows a broken down box in the shape of the letter “P”	Hartford Whalers The logo shows 3 concepts at the same time. A whale’s tail, letter “W” in green and the white space forming an “H” for Hartford.
ZIP Logo Designer – Mike Erickson Zip – The “I” has been replaced with a zipper to connect the Z & P	VIA Rail Canada Logo Notice carefully…the VIA rail Canada logo makes two train tracks with the letters” V” and the “A”. The alphabet “I” is the division between the two. A simply brilliant logo.
Mosleep Logo You will notice here how cleverly designer have integrated a bed with the letter “M” to come up with a logo for an organization of doctor’s dealing with sleep issues.	Fuga It is a logo for Architecture Center Of Budapest and looks more like a maze but if you follow the white space, the four lettered company name will become evident.
Piano Forest Logo Designer: Jason Cho The designer gives the message in a subtle but evident manner by shaping piano keys like trees to resemble a keyboard/piano.	NorthWest Old Logo The logo reflected a clever way of splitting the alphabets, N and W (north west) along with a location pointed to by the red triangle in the upper left corner. The redesign lost the charm of the original.
Horror Films Logo Designer:Josiah Jost This could be defined as real creativity…A regular film reel turned to look like a scary ghost for a production house.	Yoga Australia Logo At first glance the logo may look like a simple picture of a young girl doing her yoga exercise but if you watch it carefully the body posture is creating the Australia Map.
Google Logo:
Guys, now comes the most fascinating one…good job. When “Google” celebrated its 25 years of TCP/IP it revealed its logo with hidden year “2008”
Now its time to be honest and give yourself some points…. how many of these hidden symbols you have noticed before? And if you think you are too good at it and these conceptual logos were not new for you then don’t hesitate to jump in and share some other good ones with us.
To enjoy more Hidden Logos, don’t miss the second part of this post:“30 More Hidden logos – The Sequel“

Logo Design Ideas

– Lightening up your creative minds!!

Searching for a logo design Idea? Ever wondered from where do the graphic designers come up with such illuminating inspirations for logo design? Do they just pop out of nowhere or is there a process for inventing logo design ideas? The answer is quite intricate. The conception of a logo starts with the idea to personify a company’s image using graphic design. There is literally no captivity of thoughts when it comes to designing a logo. So in a nut shell, an ideal logo is a lengthy process. But the question still remains unanswered..…how to get an inspiring idea for a logo design? So, here are 8 simple but fruitful notions which if kept in mind, can give you bundles of successful logo design ideas. Many of you will claim to be well-informed about these concepts but trust me…following these simple points will introduce you to new world of logo design ideas.

1. Know your business: The logo is used to exhibit the fundamental nature of your business. Best logo designs are those that reflect on what you do; what products and services you tend to offer. A general example would be a bank and a coffee shop. Both of them need a logo design but of completely different forms. It is imperative to comprehend each industry’s basic ‘theme.’

2. Target your audience: It is vital to establish your target audience before developing a logo. What age bracket will you be targeting? What is the average income level? What’s their gender, their education level, their demographics, their likes and dislikes? Always develop you logo design to meet the criteria of you target audience. Bear in mind, if your logo doesn’t appeal to your intended audience, it’s totally ineffective.

3. Always brainstorm: Next step in creating an effective logo design for your business is to brainstorm. Think of an image that you want your business to have with your clients. Are you serious or funny? Are you novel or conventional? What are you best at? Brainstorm without hurry and jot down all of the words and pictures that jump to mind when you describe your business.

4. Thinking an alluring tagline: Taglines are phrases that describe your company, similar to your company motto. Typically the tagline is attributed at the foot of the logo but not as part of the logo. This creates a memorable jingle to be associated with your logo. Incorporating a tagline in your logo design helps the customers in quick brand recognition and recall.

5. Stand out among your competitors: It is essential for you to have a distinctive logo, one that is unlike your competitors and easily recognizable. But bear in mind, it should follow the general theme of the industry you are in. Having a logo design similar to your competitors will not get you distinguishable from the rest of the pack. Hence it is a nice idea to stay a class apart from your rivals.

6. Appropriate metaphorical use: It is a clever idea to actually incorporate a meaning in your logo design like, the color representing growth or dedication. But it is important to make sure that the logo doesn’t look inflated. This is how remarkable logos are created.

7. Play with fonts: Another idea for a logo design is to play around with font type. Simply take the company or product name and give a different font type. This can help you see what kind of font will be suitable for the words or particular logo design. Also experiment with various font formats and colors, try to use closely related colors or a mixture of low contrast high contrast to avoid horrible tick tack style clashes.

8. A robust logo design: The logo design has to be flexible so that it can be tailored according to all forms of business. It should be adaptable so that you can promote your products and services across cultures. Adopt an idea for a logo that is successful in the future. It should be robust and resilient. Even though it is impossible to predict the future, it can be of useful to keep in your mind where you picture your business in the coming years.

There is a tradition of altering an idea till it is right. As such, it’s precautionary to create a number of logos to test. Just because you like your new logo design, does not imply the target will too. After all it is their views that really matter.

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