Branding is more than an emblem, colour or typeface, it is a representation of a business, what it stands for and the way in which a customer perceives a company. Even for some of the most iconic British brands, a logo refresh every so often is important. Your branding must evolve as your company progresses […]
LinkedIn recently gave a first look at a new version of its flagship mobile app. Internally known as Project Voyager, the app for mobile web, iOS, and Android is still in beta and won’t be available for another few weeks. LinkedIn chief executive Jeff Weiner gave a presentation on the new app during the LinkedIn […]
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has taken the dramatic decision to back a ban on female nudity within his soft porn bible after agreeing with critics that full frontal shots are ‘passé’ in a world of ubiquitous online porn. The new edict will come into effect from March 2016, when the title will pursue ‘provocative’ […]
Global digital payments network Visa recently unveiled a new logo as part of its new brand positioning strategy. The new logo does away with the yellow strand of the ‘V’ and has been given a coat of dark blue paint. To reaffirm its commitment to being “the best way to pay and be paid”, the […]
NME has been redesigned with a new look and a new logo in a bid to assert ‘authority, credibility and depth of knowledge.’ The design has been led in-house by art director Mark Neil under new editor Mike Williams. NME last redesigned in 2010 under art director Joe Frost and former editor Krissi Murison. This […]
Premier League football team Everton FC has completed its rebrand U-turn with the unveiling of a new crest chosen by fans. The club launched its 2013/14 crest, which was designed by its in-house graphics team, earlier this year. However, following online protests from fans, the club almost immediately announced that it would drop the mark […]
Yahoo is set to rebrand next month, and is showing 30 variations of the new identity before the final new logo launches. The new identity is set to launch on 4 September, and a different iteration of it will be used on the Yahoo homepage each day before the launch, in an initiative Yahoo calls […]
Virgin Group, which operates all Virgin brands, is refreshing its look and feel across all sub groups, working with South African consultancy The Jupiter Drawing Room. The Cape Town-based consultancy was brought in to work with the Virgin in-house team around two months ago, following an international four-way creative pitch. The designers will now work […]
Despite changing times, internet giant Yahoo!’s front page retains its old-fashioned, cluttered look—contrary to the sleek, minimalist look everyone else is going for. As such, New York-based web developer and designer Quincy Gibbs took it upon himself to give Yahoo!’s website a redesign. First seen on Business Insider, Gibbs’ unofficial mock-ups for Yahoo.com is a […]
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has updated its coffee concept with redesigned coffee cups, napkins and plastic bags. The International chain approached design agency BVD in the summer of 2012, to redesign its coffee concept and the new identity was implemented in Sweden at the end of the year. Speaking about the redesign, Rikard Ahlberg, Senior […]