The Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch

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Unique Circle Yachts: Customization Wrapped In a Futuristic Exoskeleton - JustLuxe.com

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Nov. 12th, 2013

Photos Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

If Ridley Scott is looking for a bizarre yacht to feature in his Prometheus follow-up or anticipated Blade Runner sequel, I think I've found it…or them, rather. "Unique Circle Yachts" is conceived by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), and is a family of five 90m vessels designed to mimic the fluidity of water. With coral-like cut-outs creating a smooth exoskeleton, the yachts have the perfect look for any science fiction film or trendy billionaire.

21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs

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The evolution of logo designing could be traced back to the Ancient Greece, when the rulers and their dynasties used to use cipher as a monogram in their coins.  However, the modern logo designing dates back to the early days of the Renaissance, around the 13th Century. Goldsmiths, masons, paper makers, and potters, were among the first trades people to use marks-pressings into gold, chiseled symbols, watermarks on paper, and simple thumb-prints on pottery.

Today there are many corporations, products, brands, services, agencies and other entities using an ideogram (sign, icon) or an emblem (symbol) or a combination of sign and emblem as a logo. However, only a few of the thousands of ideograms people see are recognized without a name.

Let’s look at the history and evolution of the well known logo designs. If you are a logo designer, I bet you will learn a lot from their mistakes, and a long path of improvements until they’ve reached the final design. If you are just an ordinary mortal – don’t worry, this will be at least very entertaining for you.

P.S.: I’ll try to keep this logo evolution post up-to-date as much as possible. So, if you see anything missing here on Bored Panda’s logo evolutions list, please let me know!

Pepsi Logo Evolution

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Manufactured and marketed by PepsiCo, it was first developed and produced in the early 1890’s by Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in New Bern, North Carolina labeled as “Brad’s drink”. In 1898, Bradham renamed his drink into “Pepsi-Cola”.

Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever

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Marketers say that one of the most important marketing tools is a good logodesign. It not only provides an easy to recognize identity for your business but also communicates who you are. That’s why every company considering creating or buying a logo design should know the criteria that make for an effective logo.

The first feature of a good and effectivelogo is that it can immediately “grab” viewer’s attention. Your logo should have an immediate impact and hold the viewer’s attention.

However, if you did manage to catch the viewer’s eye – that doesn’t necessary mean you are doing good. There might always be a hidden penis you cannot see at first sight.

Here’s a list of Top 15 Worst Logo Fails of all time which probably didn’t look so bad at first glance.

Logo of Catholic Church’s Archdiocesan Youth Commission

This is an actual logo designed in 1973 for the Catholic Church’s Archdiocesan Youth Commission. It even won an award from the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles.

Honest Logos By Viktor Hertz (Part II)

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For those who haven’t seen the Part I of Honest logos by Viktor Hertz, first take a look: here. Now that you’ve done that, we’d like to show you some more new logos from Viktor’s ongoing series titled “Honest logos”.

As we’ve talked before, Viktor Hertz is a freelance Graphic Designer from Sweden who turns well known logos into “Honest Logos”. He does that by cleverly changing the name of the company while still preserving the original style of the logo.

“An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” says the artist.

Websites: flickr | twitter

Honest Logos By Viktor Hertz (Part I)

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We’ve already laughed at the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever, tried to find hidden objects in 30 Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism and even learned some history from 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs, but we’ve never looked at what would happen if companies created honest logos.

Viktor Hertz, a freelance Graphic Designer from Sweden, finally did it – he turned well known logos into “Honest Logos”.

“An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” says the artist.

Websites: flickr | twitter

36 More Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 4

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If you are a graphic designer looking for some logo ideas and inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we handpicked another list of Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 100+ more creative logos in our previous posts: see part I, part II andpart III.

However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Oh, and if you wanna have a good laugh, don’t forget to check out the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. If you are more into history, then you might wanna take a look at 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs.

Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! However, note that part of the logos are still only proposals waiting to be acquired by some lucky company.

1. Diamond Bookstore

Designed by JoannaMalik

33 More Creative Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 3

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If you are a logo designer looking for some typography and logo inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we’ve made another list of Creative Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 70 more incredibly clever logos in our previous logo collections: see part I and part II.

However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Oh, and if you wanna have a good laugh, don’t forget to check out the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. If you are more into history, then you might wanna take a look at 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs.

Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! However, note that part of the featured logos are still only proposals waiting to be acquired by some lucky company.

1. VinoPiano

Vine glasses also look like piano keys. (Designed by Mootto Studio)

40 More Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 2

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You probably already think that we are obsessed with logo design (and you’re probably right), but our numbers show that most of you guys enjoy logos as much as we do.

That’s why we proudly present 40 more clever logos with hidden symbolism. If you missed part I, you can find it here.

But before you start scrolling down the list, let me quickly run trough the list of logotype posts we had earlier: Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever, 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs, and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. You may open them somewhere in a new browser tab and continue from here.

Oh, and don’t forget to tell us which logo design you liked or hated most! We are really interested to hear what you think.

1. Black Cat

Letters “c” are also cat’s eyes. (Designer: vasvari)

30 Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 1

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I am sure every panda enjoyed laughing at Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS ever but let’s be fair here, and look at some of the best logo design examples. To be more specific, let’s have a look at creative Logos With Hidden Messages.

As we wrote earlier, the first feature of a good and effective logo is that it can immediately “grab” viewer’s attention. A good way to do so is by giving viewers a little puzzle to solve. Everyone likes puzzles, right? When viewers get the hidden message behind the logo, there’s this instant little satisfaction feeling, and something fun likes this gets people talking and sharing.

Even if the viewer cannot see anything hidden at first sight, the second somebody explains it to him will make the logo stick into his head for a long time.

Now let’s jump to the list of the most creative and clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, and learn from the best!

1. Circus of Magazines

Circus tent looks like a magazine (more like a book to me, but still very clever). (Designer: logotomy)

6 Amazing Future City Concepts

The future is going to be an amazing place, if science fiction is to be believed; we will have space mining, super soldiers and TVs the size of buildings, and if some architects have their way, we will be watching all of this progress from the ocean or skyscrapers shaped like buckyballs covered in ferns.

1. Green Towers in the Park

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Designed to go up in Seoul South Korea, these things are being developed as a communal park/living space/commercial space. It is being referred to as “sustainable” implying that the people who live here will have little need for the outside world and will only have to come out if they want to. Given the fact that South Korea is about the most video-game crazy nation on earth, it stands to reason that if the community here has an internet connection, they may begin to evolve into a separate species. The project is also being called “Seoul Commune 2006″, implying that they have 16 years to get it put together.

Top 10 Worlds Strangest Showers

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There is nothing like a long, hot shower to clear the mind and clean the body or a brisk, cold shower to cool one’s ardor or wash away the lazy, sweaty sheen of a summer’s day. Showers conjure all sorts of images from towel swatting in sports change rooms, to prison jokes, to sexy naked bodies to the famous Psycho scene.

The Worlds Most Expensive Car - Maybach Exelero

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The Maybach Exelero was first introduced by German car manufacturer Maybach in 2005. This two-seater vehicle is said to be the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 351 km/hr. This luxury car is priced at a whopping $8,000,000 USD. At that price it can be safely assumed that you have to be unbelievably wealthy to even fathom buying this baby. If you just happen to win the lottery over and over and think that you can finally lay your hands on a Maybach, I’d suggest you spend that money in acquiring a vacation home in at least three continents along with a Mercedes S-class sedan to accessorize each home. But, if you happen to be P. Diddy, then nothing should stop you from buying this insanely expensive beauty for your 16 year old son’s birthday! However, you do not need to have any money to enjoy these beautiful photos of the Maybach Exelero and I’d suggest a good nap after to drive this dream car.

Futurama 2 - twenty years later...

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In 1964, the World Fair returned to New York, about twenty years after the first event. Taking the opportunity, GM once again marked its presence with its pavilion where it revisited the future with the Futurama II exhibit, in an up-to-date and improved version. This time, though, its forecast didn't have the same twenty-year reach, nor did it limit itself to cities and roads: the future that was idealized was located at a sixty-year distance, in 2024, and the imagined world also included space conquest, in which the Americans deposited all their strength and enthusiasm.

Just like in the first edition, the exhibit was located in a building whose futuristic and aerodynamic lines resembled the Enterprise spaceship, from the StarTrek series. The visiting ritual remained the same, with the public touring the space sitting in chairs that moved over a railway line, from which the model cities and the diaporamas could be seen. There were simulations of underwater cities, cities in Antarctica and on the Moon, even. Even though it was devoid of any kind of ecological conscience, they proudly showed vast areas of deforestation in the Amazon jungle to build roads and cities, as well as crops in the desert.

Over 26 million people visited this unique exposition and, like in the first edition, they went home with a I saw the future badge. And, most likely, those who saw the future in 1964 won't survive to see the future in 2024; those who get there, though, will no longer expect a wonderful and perfect world, promised by the optimistic view of Futurama.

Read more: http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/2008/12/futurama_2_-_twenty_years_later.html#ixzz1RSKj7Fv7