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16 Secret Messages Hidden In Famous Logos You Probably Didn’t Know
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What makes a logo great? Is it the colors? Maybe the shapes used? Or maybe it's something that works on a whole different level, hidden from plain sight? We're talking here about the logos you've seen so many times, you probably stopped paying attention to what they actually mean.
Check out these 15 famous brand logos which, despite being well known, still manage to hold a secret or two within.
Which one surprises you the most? Let us know in the comments!
(h/t: demilked)
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Toyota
This one is extra cool because the logo actually includes every letter used in the company’s name.
I've often wondered about this logo.... and now I know. How creative!
Toblerone
"Toblerone" chocolates come from Switzerland and they really make it show not only by having Bern (city where Toblerone is made) in the name, but also a bear's silhouette placed inside the mountain logo.
Fedex
"FedEx" hid a small arrow between letters E and x, which represents the forward momentum and efficiency.
Beats
Letter B in the red circle shows a person wearing Beats headphones.
I think they should have left at least the little eye on the logo... it is cute though.
Amazon
The obvious bit is the arrow connecting a to z, but what’s usually missed is that the logo is smiling.
Baskin Robbins
Ice cream maker is famous for producing 31 different flavors of their product. They even put that number in their logo.
Quiksilver
It’s actually a stylized version of famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
The letter P is actually a pin.
Hyundai
Car manufacturer’s logo stands for the first letter of their name, right? Not only so, it also represents a successful deal between a car dealer and a customer.
Levi's Jeans
Yep, that's your bottom right there.
London Symphony Orchestra
The letters make the shape of a conductor of the orchestra.
Unilever
Unilever’s logo is actually made up of icons representing different aspects of sustainable living.
Alfa Romeo
Italian car manufacturer's logo is jam-packed with stuff, the key feature being a serpent eating a man.
Northwest Airlines
Clever use of typography merges both letters, N and W, into one.
Galeries Lafayette
Double T in the title creates The Eiffel Tower.
Some of these are extremely creative, some I knew, but ALWAYS I marvel at the most creative ones I see during everyday life. Advertising is interesting, the obvious and the subliminal.
I think a number of these are pretty far fetched, like BERN in Toblerone being intentional.
Some citations of the companies/organizations making these claims themselves would go a long way here... Some I knew, some are obvious, some are curious, and some are rather stretching it.
Some of these are extremely creative, some I knew, but ALWAYS I marvel at the most creative ones I see during everyday life. Advertising is interesting, the obvious and the subliminal.
I think a number of these are pretty far fetched, like BERN in Toblerone being intentional.
Some citations of the companies/organizations making these claims themselves would go a long way here... Some I knew, some are obvious, some are curious, and some are rather stretching it.