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iTunes New Logo

Posted September 2nd by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, Mac / Apple, Multi Media, Music

Apple just recently changed the logo for iTunes, they got rid of the shiny CD which was behind the musical note… I personally liked the old one better, I don’t see the need to change it. But yeah, this is the new logo.


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Popular Logos Vector Download Pack

Posted August 28th by Patrick Semaan in Advertising, Branding & Marketing, Utilities

It is always useful to have a nice database of popular brand logos which can come in handy for inspiration and for use when needed, i.e. insertion onto designs. You can download a package of the most famous logos from here.
Alternatively, BrandOfTheWorlds.com offers a large, constantly updated database of free download able brand logos.


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CNN In Arabic Logo

Posted July 11th by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, Creativity, Logos & Identities

I just noticed this CNN logo for their Arabic website “Bil 3arabiya“, meaning “IN ARABIC”. The CNN logo was incorporated into the Arabic word. SInce in Arabic you read from left to right, adding the dots on the NNC (reversed) would give you, perfectly, the last 3 letters of BIL 3ARABIYA in Arabic.
Brilliant.


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World Cup 2014 Brazil Logo

Posted July 10th by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, Graphic design & Illustration, Logos & Identities, Sports

This is the chosen logo for the 2014 World Cup which is going to be held in Brazil, then.
They are a lot of talks, mostly negative about this new logo. I personally like it on a first look. Its pretty straight forward; its the cup, held by hands using Brazil’s flag colours… But is it [...]


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New 100 Dollars Bill

Posted April 22nd by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, General Info

To be officially released in the market in April 2011. This is new 100 Dollar bill presented yesterday to the public, I saw the presentation on TV yesterday.
I don’t like the white area behind the big 100 on the side of the back, its not symmetrical or anything, it just doesn’t look right.. Also don’t like the [...]


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Soy Milk Packaging

Posted December 31st by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, Creativity, Food & Drinks, Packaging

A great and smart design for the packaging of Soy Mamelle, a soya milk brand which wanted to convey to the consumer the idea that soya milk is as good as milk from cows. To convey that, the shape of the bottle was made like a cow udders and has a cow like pattern which [...]


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Sugar Copy

Posted December 22nd by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, Fun & Sarcasm, Kuwait, Weird

Saw this in a supermarket the other day in Kuwait. Its a sugar brand that is copying the famous Sugar In The Raw brand. They used the famous image on the package and photoshoped their product to insert it.
Who are they fooling? And how do they get away with something like that. The saddest part [...]


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AOL’s New Brand Follow-Up Post

Posted December 18th by Patrick Semaan in Branding & Marketing, General Info, TV, Video & Animation

I have received an email which further informed me about very interessting things in regards to my previous post for the AOL’s New Brand.
There is a nice, exclusive interview with Wolff Olins over at Fast Company which you can read here [link]. I also quote from the email: “Wolff Olins threw out traditional ideas of [...]


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