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283 comments to "The Evolution of Tech Companies' Logos"

  1. php captcha
    February 7th, 2008 at 6:19 am

    nice idea.
    Microsoft had tonnes more logos though didn't they? I'm sure I remember a blue one. It'd be interesting to see the evolution of the windows logo too. And google's original logo was just colored text - there's more info on google's logos here: http://www.google.com/customlogos.html scroll down to the bottom to see their *reeally* old logos!

  2. su.wei
    February 7th, 2008 at 6:43 am

    the guy who sold his apple shares must be kicking himself!

  3. Diego
    February 7th, 2008 at 7:55 am

    This brings me to mind when I was in the first levels of design school, they told us to study the IBM logo (the last one) as one of the best logos ever designed, because of its simplicity and, as the article says "the solid letters with horizontal stripes to suggest "speed and dynamism"". The horizontal stripes also widen from left to right (or viceversa, can't remember) to emphatyze that.

  4. JPH
    February 7th, 2008 at 8:27 am

    Neat post.

  5. Aaron Bassett
    February 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am

    I think you need to clarify the Firefox entry a little. The actual Firefox logo we all know and love today was a combination of work by Daniel Burka, Stephen Desroches & John Hicks.

    From John's journal entry about it;
    "The final chosen design was a concept from Daniel Burka and sketched by Stephen Desroches, which I then rendered using Fireworks MX."
    http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox

    Although it was Steven Garrity who invited John to work on the Mozilla branding team I don't think he can be credited for the actual logo itself.

  6. Ilari Sani
    February 7th, 2008 at 9:09 am

    There was an early version of the striped IBM logo with 13 instead of 8 stripes. Although eight became the standard, the 13-stripe version appeared on many IBM products in the seventies.

  7. NeonCat
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Dear Xerox,

    Your old logo was fine. Whoever told you you should change it probably has shares in whatever printing company you jobbed out the changeover to.

    Thanks,

    NeonCat

  8. Dirty Third Streets
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:29 am

    What a great post. I tried to digg it, but it's already done been dugg.

  9. TN
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Wow, I really hope Palm stops changing logos. 3 logos in 3 years does them no good for branding.

    I've personally always wondered about the "o" in the Microsoft logo. It's so subtle but it really defines that logo I think.

    The new Xerox logo sucks. The sphere looks horribly disproportioned. One of my favorites here (and favorites of all time) is the Firefox logo.

    Thanks for the article!

  10. Kris
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:53 am

    how about the Worldcom, MCI, Verizon evolution. They turned the star and line around between the first two. Not a big change, but more a significant design morphing.

  11. SRINI
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    Interesting. Good stuff for quiz. As it happens in quizzes, the readers have added or offered a different story in some cases!

    Keep it coming. I am always interested in the story behind the logos and their meanings/interpretations (sometimes seemingly contrived!)

  12. anon
    February 7th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    If Lucky Goldstar existed before LG, how is it a backronym?

  13. Jacob
    February 7th, 2008 at 11:35 am

    This article should include the Kodak logo. Its history is interesting, and the logo went through a (kinda lame) change a few years back too.

  14. oscar
    February 7th, 2008 at 11:51 am

    I actually liked the pixelated X logo from Xerox, but I can sort of see why they wanted to distance themselves from it.

    The beach ball is an abomination, however.

  15. cabooglio
    February 7th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I wish every blog worked this hard to provide good content. Kudos!

  16. Rob Ferguson
    February 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Your history of the Microsoft "Save the Blibbet" campaign isn't quite right; see http://www.exmsft.com/~hanss/pranks.htm

    I still have my "Save the Blibbet" button....

  17. Jeremy Pepper
    February 7th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    It's funny about LG - I asked at Comdex in its last year what the LG stood for, and boy did they get pissed.

    I guess the memory of Lucky Goldstar as the star of the old KMart must be too hard.

  18. chris
    February 7th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Microsoft briefly had the best logo ever:

    http://www.digibarn.com/collections/manuals/microsoft-basic80/Image76. jpg

    I have seen it on Xenix manuals and in Creative Computing ads and know they had it in 1980, and I believe 1979 and 1981, but I don't know for sure...

  19. Vako
    February 7th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    What I perceived from that excellent article is that the logos have become less artistic over the years. I guess everyone wants to simplify to make their logos easier to remember.

  20. Cool blue
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    The rumour concerning Northern Telecom changing the name to "Nortel" is that they wanted to comply with Quebec French language laws.

    Northern Telecom is obviously English, however, Nortel could be either English, French, or neither.

  21. Oskar
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Nice little walktrough there. Some facts I haven't read elsewhere before also. And oh how ugly some of the first versions of the logos where. Like the sound of The International Time Recording Company though. It's just word from being The International Time Travelling Company.

  22. business g
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    I love looking at the evolution of corporate identities. I think it is interesting how technology "looks" differently than it did in the 80s.

  23. Joe Smith
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Cool post, especially the bits about Mozilla and Microsoft.

  24. Pradeep
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    wonderful information shred thank you !!!

  25. Chris
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    You think LG are annoyed by being referred to as Lucky Goldstar. I remember the NCR press office being pretty peeved when I continued to refer to them as National Cash Registers, a name they loathed.

  26. Plus
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    This article feels incomplete, I find it to be a decent introduction to the topic. Nonetheless, thank you.

    I agree with commenter Vako, logo design simplification denotes recognizability.

    The FedEx logo is the closest to perfection I have seen, from all the modern ones:

    http://careers.ucr.edu/NR/rdonlyres/BD6709F5-CF84-4FD3-9109-E144745D92 1E/0/FedExground.jpg

    Furthermore, I kinda like the new spherical Xerox logo, but was unaware that Xerox used to be "Haloid"! *Which reminds me of Montyoums Haloid movie (worth seeing) foremost:

    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/57998.html?id=57998

  27. Paul McKeon
    February 7th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    I'm pretty sure the c1972 IBM logo, which is the same one used now and is known internally as the 'eight bar logo' was also designed to reflect the company's evolution in the computer age. The eight bars represent 8 bits.

  28. Nick
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    I miss the old pixellated Xerox logo. It was simple, distinctive, and represents exactly where Xerox is in the business world. I never understood the, "we're not a printer/copy company" line. That would like Microsoft saying, "we aren't an operating system company." Microsoft does do other things (I loves me XBox), but they're an OS company.

    I've never liked the IBM logo. Design authorities who say that the negative space bands imply speed and dynamism are ignoring what the lines actually look like: scan line gaps in an ancient text-only monitor. When I think of a dated logo, the first one that comes to mind is IBM's.

  29. luma
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    I think you've misunderstood the word "backronym". "LG" would be a simple acronym - a backronym is where a word is chosen and then the letters it stands for is shoehorned into it. For example, the "USA PATRIOT act" is a backronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act". It's clear that the title "USA PATRIOT" was chosen well before they picked the words for which it would stand, hence a backronym.

  30. Todd W.
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    The current Mokia logo you show here was actually updated about three years ago to use a sans serif typeface for "Connecting People". Check their web site for the more recent version.

  31. VonSkippy
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Notice how the trend to simplify branding goes hand in hand with the downward spiral of the average Americans IQ?

    Keep it shiny, simple, and whenever possible, just use initials, cause you wouldn't want them to have to remember FULL words - that's all the last few generations can handle.

  32. Blake Brannon
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Great information. Thanks for the post. I think the Nokia original logo is the worst.

  33. Jerse
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    I saw this post on del.icio.us's hotlist a couple of hours ago

  34. Tom F
    February 7th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    The Palm history is not quite correct - PalmSource (the software spin-off) was not bought back by Palm. Instead, Palm bought the rights to the Palm brand and the Palm OS software from PalmSource. PalmSource was instead bought by Access, a Japanese company that made a web browser for mobile devices.

  35. Anzo
    February 7th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    concerning LG, the "L" is indeed from Lucky brand, but what is "lack hui"? Korean pronunciation for "lucky" is just that, lucky.

    i should know. i used their toothpaste since i was a kid living in korea.

    stop making things up.

  36. Alex
    February 7th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Wow, thanks for the response, guys! Let me address a few points:

    @php captcha: those are fan-made logos, right? I believe the one listed above is the original version made by Sergey.

    @Aaron Bassett (and Jacob Morse by email): thank you for the clarification. I've updated the post.

    @Ilari Sani: Thank you - I didn't know that, but I think 13 or 8 stripes are almost the same thing when it comes to Big Blue's logo. I wouldn't even notice if you didn't bring it up.

    @Kris: can't do all companies, the article is long enough as it is. I almost included AT&T, but we've covered that before on Neatorama.

    @anon and luma: LG is not an acronym, because it doesn't stand for anything. But you guys are right about it also not being a backronym. Fixed.

    @Plus: did you find the hidden arrow in the FedEx logo? :)

    @Anzo: The lak hui bit is from LG itself.

  37. Tiux
    February 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    Great post!
    BTW, the intel logo history can be found here:
    http://andieko.web.id/story/intel-logo-history/

  38. Chad
    February 7th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Apple makes computers?

  39. aqua
    February 7th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Wow, wonderful information shred.
    Thank you!!!

  40. Asteriks
    February 7th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Nice post.

    Nothing beats this old picture of Microsoft though...which shows a teen Bill Gates with Paul Allen and first Microsoft Employees.

    http://www.techbanyan.com/archives/141

  41. Ron
    February 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Wonderful but you left out the grand daddy of them all: HP err I mean Hewlett-Packard, or is it "Hewlett (we don't need the hyphen anymore) Packard?"

  42. DavidDMOZ
    February 7th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    Interesting reading

  43. bunhyung
    February 7th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Motorola was derived from a contraction of Motor and Victrola, not just a trendy -ola suffix addition

  44. Romston
    February 7th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    Woooaaa Nice article

    Lucky chemical ?? Does Lg made some drugs at the time ?? ahahah

  45. Nicolas Dore
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    Regarding Nortel, you missed a few steps and made a small error: Northern Telecom became Nortel in 1995 (not Nortel Networks), then became Nortel Bay Networks for a few months after it bought Bay Networks in 1998, then became Nortel Networks, and is now, since 2004, Nortel.

    None of this helped it in when the dot.com bubble burst, thought... :-/

  46. Toby B.
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    Nice work Alex!

    That was a spectacular article, need more great work like this out there. Kwanon, crazy, never would have guessed.

  47. Venkataramanan S
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Sweet. I would rate Apple's logo between 76 and 98 as the best among the list.

  48. skibum
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Whoever designed that "new" Xerox logo should forever be banned from using design programs. Worst logo since Verizon's blight.

  49. Aramax
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    The Nokia logo dont impress me much. I bought the Nokia 6265i last year ( may 2007 ) and since then I had to return the phone for repair because the stupid phone bugged while powering on and could not be turned off... and today it did the very same thing.

    I didn't knew much about Nokia before but now you can bet that I wont buy another of their phones anytime soon.

    The LG bit scares me a little...

  50. FalconDHQ
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

    Best article ever! love it!

  51. Java
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    [deleted]

    Los Invito a ver mi Primer Blog, Gracias....

  52. Vadime Kuzmitsky
    February 7th, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    Thank you for you work!

    I translated it, so you can see Russian version of this article:

    http://kuzmitsky.ru/2008/02/08/logos-in-it/

  53. Gleb
    February 7th, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    Kwanon is the best! I've never heard about this.
    Thanx a lot.

  54. Name (required)
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    The Motorola logo that's labeled 1955 wasn't designed until 2004... there were about 6 or 7 others in between.

  55. Yeah K
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:23 am

    ...palmOne then merged with Handspring and then bought PalmSource to coalesce back into … Palm, Inc.!

    Access bought PalmSource

  56. Meg
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:42 am

    I see that you've retracted the backronym thing, but you weren't so off base. It's not the LG part that's the backronym, it's "Life's Good", which is their new tagline.

  57. Bere
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:55 am

    "The word "Nokia" in Finnish, by the way, means a dark, furry animal we now call the Pine Marten weasel."

    Actually, it doesn't. Nokia is a town in Finland.
    I should know, being a native finnish speaker.

    Good article though, would have been better without disinformation with no facts to back it up.

  58. Jason Dugmore
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Nice article, just love Apples first logo. ROLF!

  59. Alex
    February 8th, 2008 at 1:19 am

    @Bere - see: "The Nokianvirta river is named after a dark, furry animal that was locally known as the nokia – a type of marten."

    From Nokia's website: http://www.nokia.com/A4303003

    Marten is a type of weasel.

  60. michperu
    February 8th, 2008 at 2:22 am

    Excelente post!
    Me sorprendí un poco al ver los primeros logos de Apple, Canon & Nokia.

  61. Jukka-Pekka Keisala
    February 8th, 2008 at 2:24 am

    Great post, thanks for sharing.
    --clip--
    The word "Nokia" in Finnish, by the way, means a dark, furry animal we now call the Pine Marten weasel.
    --clip--
    Pine Marten in finnish language is 'Näätä'. Nokia is not an animal. It's just a small town in Finland.

  62. AZso
    February 8th, 2008 at 5:43 am

    The evolution of the logo of Kodak (my previous company) is available here: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/historyOfKodak/evolutionBrandLogo. jhtml

    I worked there when the last one started... It was a huge work...

  63. Onur Kb
    February 8th, 2008 at 7:28 am

    I didn't know IBM had such a long history.
    BTW thanks for the article.

  64. Lateef X
    February 8th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Best Damn post of the week! Good research...did you do it all on your own? This must've taken a lot of time. Great stuff.

  65. RAD
    February 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Not exactly a tech company, but FedEx (which of course started life as Federal Express) supposedly paid millions of dollars for the logo that contains an arrow between the E and the x. Check it out. Some people say there are two arrows, but I can't see it.

  66. K Wright
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    The word "passion" originally meant "suffering", as in the "passion" of Christ.

    I love to think about Microsoft's current slogan (Your potential, our passion) this way: "Your potential. Our suffering"

    :-)

  67. The Turtle
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Actually, for a number of years in the 1960s the official spelling of XeroX was, well, "XeroX." For many years at Xerox Square, that big black monolith you see in downtown Rochester, there was one of the few remaining 914 copiers down in the lobby.

  68. The Turtle
    February 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    @K Wright, every time I hear "your potential, our passion," I mentally translate it to "your money, our pocket."

  69. Nicole
    February 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Very interesting! Thanks for doing all the research for this.

  70. Tommy
    February 8th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    Nokia has redefined the font in the Connecting People slogan in recent years so that is not the current logo.

    I'm Finnish and I didn't even know that Nokia means anything. There is just a town called Nokia in Finland.

  71. Timo Noko
    February 8th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    If I remember correctly "Nokia" was one of the many derivatives of "Notko" meaning dale or gully. -- I was checking for origins of "Noko", so I my memory is little vague on this.

  72. Tris
    February 8th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Thanks Alex, I really enjoyed this little history lesson!

  73. Allen Hawthorne
    February 8th, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Re: IBM striped logo (8 or 13)created by the late renowned graphic designer, Paul Rand -- "Diego", Feb 7, believes "The horizontal stripes also widen from left to right (or vice versa, can’t remember) to emphasize that." I think someone's pulling your leg about tapered stripes, Diego. Mr. Rand designed other enduring logos for clients including Westinghouse, American Broadcasting Company, United Parcel, Cummins Engine Company (and more).

  74. Michael Flowers
    February 8th, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

  75. Ja
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    Sad znamo zasto su ih menjali

  76. suomiperkele
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    "Nokia" DOES NOT mean a weasel - it's just derived from that weasel. It doesn't mean anything. Nokinäätä is the weasel, and Nokianvirta and Nokia are just derived from it.

    I'm also a Finn.

  77. SubGenius
    February 9th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    Uh-oh. Somebody better tell XeroX about a little country called Kyrgyzstan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan). Nice flag, huh? Same thing happened to NBC 30 years ago, when they "unknowingly" ripped off the logo from Nebraska public TV. Ooops (http://www.mentalfloss.com/archives/archive2004-04-20.htm)

  78. paluh
    February 9th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    nice article, it's impresive how people came from nothing to a huge international company

    thanks for sharing

    paluh

  79. paluh
    February 9th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    nice article, it's impresive how people came from nothing to a huge international company [i love human potential]

    thanks for sharing

    paluh

  80. Khan Bombay
    February 9th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    ?nteresting..

  81. Jordi Oller
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    Amazinggggggggg...

  82. Catto
    February 10th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Hey Now Ned,
    Great post very interesting. I nevery knew the 1st google doodle was burning man. The images are great too.
    thx 4 the info,
    Catto

  83. luois
    February 10th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    ow man amazing xD
    Incredible

    the IBM logo has the must modified

  84. Dottie
    February 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    Great post. It's fun to see the evolution of all these logos. Some additional info re: Microsoft logos. I was personally involved in the blibbett logo creation; it was introduced in 1981. There was at least one other corporate logo between 1975 and the blibbett logo. The "best ever" logo that Chris mentions was the Microsoft Consumer Products logo. MCP was a short-lived division of Microsoft created in 1979 and responsible for creating/marketing products through retail.

  85. georue
    February 10th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    If you want a combination of logos and company mergers + spinoffs, I would vote for Standard Oil and AT&T.

    Here is an att site to get started:
    http://www.mattsapundit.com/2006/01/09/att-gets-new-logo-still-wont-se ll-me-a-telegraph/

    and standard oil (only the history, no logos):
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
    http://www.trademarks-logos.com/lgs_pet.htm

  86. bogdanovi?
    February 10th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    ????????? ?? ???. ??? ??? ???? ???? ???????? ?? ????? ?? ????????. ?????:  ???? ?? ?? ?????? ??????? ?????? ???? ????????. '?? ??? ?? ??? ?????.

  87. bogdanovic
    February 10th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    What about this: evolution of flags? Sounds much better.
    Pozdrav svima iako ne razumete.

  88. Stuart Steel
    February 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Great article. I love the way that the logos evolve with the business - this common theme of simplification. some of the early logos, particularly apple's, are beautiful but way too intricate.

    I sometimes wonder about the relationship between marketing and business growth. you rarely see successful companies that don't have good marketing materials. what's the relationship? Way to simplistic I know, but which comes first??

  89. Friedbeef
    February 10th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Thanks for sharing - I can't believe how horribly ugly some of those old logos were!!!

  90. Manoloweb
    February 10th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    Great compilation!

  91. Holly
    February 11th, 2008 at 6:50 am

    Thanks for the tech logo evolutions. Logos can make or break a brand, and the original Apple logo, wow, no wonder they didn't sell much back then. This is definitely food for thought as I contemplate a logo for my new website.

  92. Keith
    February 11th, 2008 at 7:51 am

    I always joked about the old thunderbird logo and called it "Thunder Duck".

  93. Eugene
    February 11th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Thanks for this article.

    Didn't knew about the first Apple & Nokia logos...

  94. Liza
    February 11th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    I was rather concerned about the new Xerox logo--seems very similar to that of LexisNexis (at lexis.com), also in the office services business.

  95. Ingo
    February 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Nice work! Cool to see the evolution..

  96. iCalvyn
    February 12th, 2008 at 6:27 am

    this is call history class, i gain some knowledge after this class ...haha :D

  97. Outi
    February 12th, 2008 at 11:22 am

    Bere Says:
    "“The word “Nokia” in Finnish, by the way, means a dark, furry animal we now call the Pine Marten weasel.”

    Actually, it doesn’t. Nokia is a town in Finland.
    I should know, being a native finnish speaker."

    # Jukka-Pekka Keisala Says:
    "Pine Marten in finnish language is ‘Näätä’. Nokia is not an animal. It’s just a small town in Finland."

    Actually we don't know what it means. The etymologists suppose it to be derived from the same word root as this animal.

  98. Outi
    February 12th, 2008 at 11:28 am

    I forgot to say: thank you for the nice article. I just love all of those Kwanon/Canon logos. (Well ok, the very first one is not graphically very interesting...)

    Also the Globe logo of IBM is nice, actually the best of the company's logos!

  99. Patrick
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Re: Xerox

    "xerography" is from the Greek meaning 'dry writing' but how do you make a name out of 'xero'? HQ were in Rochester NY, also Kodak's head office. KodaK - XeroX was what they came up with in the end.

    Marvellous article by the way!

  100. Smou
    February 13th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    Hey, thanks for that! I love regards like this :)

  101. Kamaal Mustafa Sikander
    February 13th, 2008 at 4:05 am

    Thanks for posting this, it made interesting reading.

    I never liked the IBM logo but after going through their earlier ones, atleast this is the best of them all. Apple's is the most shocking one I must have seen.

  102. OracleTube.com
    February 13th, 2008 at 7:02 am

    i like the apple 1976 logo.

    cheers,
    Praveen.

  103. Jamhuri
    February 13th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    Great article.. i think the Fire Fox logo's is one of the most creative onces out there.

  104. hyperizer
    February 13th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    If by creative, you mean looks like a fox humping the Earth....

  105. Mike Grunzke
    February 14th, 2008 at 6:04 am

    Never change a "winning" brand suddenly completly!! Take time and maybe change slightly over a time of 10 to 20 Years. Coke did it very well, but Palm breaks any rules!

  106. shawn sum
    February 14th, 2008 at 8:30 am

    interesting!

  107. Teemu
    February 15th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    About the word Nokia:

    Noki means "soot" in finnish.
    "a" as suffix means passive plural in this case, wich can not be used in case of "soot".
    If we play with words a little bit, nokia could be understood as "soots" in finnish. "There is soots in the chimney!".
    The animal "Soopeli" (Martes zibellina) wich is called "nokinäätä" in Finland or has been called possibly "nois" centuries ago, could be the origin of the word Nokia. It is questionable that these animals have ever lived in Finland, so it is more probable that the word "nois" is used to mean beavers. So if the word Nokia has ever meaned anything, it has probably meaned "Beavers". Just imagine a map with a little town printed "BEAVERS" on it...

    In modern finnish Nokia or Nois does not mean anything.
    If we want to make Nokia mean something, then we must change Nokia to Nokea, wich is the partitive case of the word "Soot". In dialect this can be pronounced Nokia. Is there any Nokia in your chimney?

    Do you think I'm bored in the office... :) Yes.
    I'm not going to annoy you anymore with my clumsy english. I think I will spend the rest of my working time drinking coffee.

  108. 8IronBob
    February 15th, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Huh... Interesting that Canon's original name was Kwanon. However, I'm wondering where Intel is in this logo evolution? I know that's another tech company that changes logos all the time. I'm surprised they aren't on the list.

  109. Alex
    February 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    I never knew there are so many Finnish readers here on Neatorama!

    Re: intel. I can't find anything too interesting on the evolution of their logo...

  110. decals
    February 16th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    Fascinating! Thanks for the great article.

  111. Tommy
    February 18th, 2008 at 2:04 am

    Very interesting article. I can't stop myself reading from the beginning till the end. I really like the evolution in the logo designs of both IBM and Canon.

    Does anyone has any recommendations on online sites offering logo design services? I need one which provides affordable and quality logo designs. I've heard about sites like LogoLoft, LogoDesignCreation, MyCustomogo, etc. Are they any good? Thanks in advance.

  112. nepalsites
    February 18th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    some interesting ones there. didn't know about the apple bite thing. as with the name Apple itself, i hear the founder named the company apple just because his team couldn't come up with a better name!

  113. proka
    February 19th, 2008 at 5:44 am

    Interesting logos

  114. Dourado
    February 19th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    Great

    I'll put on diHITT

  115. gpxl
    February 21st, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Very interesting article, I love it...

    I love logos and I'm very fun, I spend hours every day looking into them...I only

    wanna make you see something in the Microsoft logo "because this logo was payed so

    muche" and I don't find it funny this so-called "Pac-Man Logo" story with no sens,

    I don't think that this talented designer "Scott Baker" has sold this funny Pac-

    Man to Microsoft

    The slash on the ‘O’ of Microsoft logo is the half part of a triangle "simple 2D

    presentation of a micro pyramide " the ultime symbole of the Illuminati secret

    society "also present on the one dollr bille as the great seal of the united

    states of america". see the logo of Microsoft and find it by your self

    exemple of logos with the same triangle "pyramide" : CAT ERRPILLAR, SEB, Marlboro,

    BASS, AOL, Airwalk, FEMA seal, Fidelity, Suunto...

  116. Quan Nguyen
    February 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 am

    It seems to me that logo works with it's simple. "Keep it simple stupid." Great blog!

    -Quan
    http://www.doggieoutfitter.com

  117. Dave moose
    February 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 am

    If you get a chance, take a look into the history of Unisys. They go back quite a way in the various names, companies that merged to form the 2 founding companies of Unisys - Sperry and Boroughs.

  118. Ricardo Braz
    February 23rd, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Realy beauty, but some of them can be changed yet.

  119. Rob
    February 25th, 2008 at 10:16 am

    For the entry on Nortel, you may want to add the 1998-2003 incarnation "Nortel Networks" which started with the acquisition of Bay Networks in 1997 and ended in a litany of stock woes and accounting scandals six years later.

  120. Kirsten Wright
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    After looking through the changes, I think that all of the newest ones look the best (mostly because they are the cleanest, and easiest on your eyes). However, the 2003 Palm logo is much better than the newest one. They definitely stepped backwards while trying to move ahead...

  121. ???????????? ??????-????
    February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    Canon and Moto logos aren't getting older. And that's right. Company makes logo, not vise versa.

  122. Buttons by Billy
    February 28th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Neat post. I spent quite a bit of time studying the logos that you provided. Thanks!

  123. Digital Revolutions
    February 29th, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Neat article. It is very interesting to see this type of progression, and the absolutely horrible (by today's standards) logos from the past.

  124. Joshua Goodwin
    February 29th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    I seem to remember coming across a version of the IBM logo with the I and B replaced by a picture of an eye and a bee. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/pp33pp22/524612700/

  125. Lio
    March 1st, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Matte chérie des logos.......

  126. Jim
    March 1st, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    I always thought the Apple logo was a biblical thing - Adam and Eve and the bite from the Apple of knowledge... Surely no coincidence?

  127. Ricardo Braz
    March 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 am

    Joshua Goodwin, u're right. IBM also has that logo.
    It's a funny logotype.

  128. Alexy
    March 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 am

    The informative one too usefull

  129. Josh
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:12 am

    Great!! Thanks for sharing

  130. JM
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:35 am

    omg
    I am happy it's 2008 now.

  131. Mike009875
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    > In 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs ("the two Steves") designed and built a homemade computer

    That's not at all true. Steve Wozniak is responsible for building every early Apple computer. Steve Jobs just went out and sold them. Jobs has never been a tech person. He's basically just a salesman.

  132. Samuel Lammel
    March 4th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    coca-cola always coca-cola

  133. angrykeyboarder
    March 5th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

    Actually, the third time wasn't quite the charm for Firefox.

    The name is a registered trademark of the Charlton Company (see Help-->About in the menu).

    Mozilla struck a deal with them.

  134. Gabby
    March 6th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    Wonderful ! !

  135. raj
    March 8th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Wow! Good one there. Googled it and found this link. Thanks a Bunch to the author for such useful details...

  136. Tim
    March 11th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    Sweet - anyone here want to try making me a new set of 2008 logos for my site and my different ventures? Check out: http://timothysykes.com/

  137. Buttoned-Up.com
    March 16th, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Sweet post.

  138. anonymouse graphic design professional
    March 26th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    Great article. Unfortunately it's all ruined by your use of the horrendous phrase "graphics designer".

  139. Gpxl
    March 28th, 2008 at 8:03 am

    what designers think about Xerox new logo

    Bob Wolf: Is there an apparent concept? Not to me. Is it distinctive and memorable? Not to me. Can I look at it and say ‘I wish I did that’? You know my answer to that one.
    Michael Bierut: I wish I was dead.

  140. Gpxl
    March 28th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    source

    http://www.identityworks.com/reviews/2008/Xerox.htm

  141. Sachin
    March 31st, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    This site also has quite a few details on logo evolution.

    http://www.dinesh.com/History_of_Logos/

  142. Sebhelyesfarku
    April 6th, 2008 at 2:25 am

    The Google logo is crap.

  143. Greg
    April 6th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    Never knew the history behind the Apple logo - kind of morbid if you look at it, with all that stuff about giving a nod to the way the founder of computer science supposedly died (eating a cyanide laced apple).

  144. live soccer commentary
    April 9th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    I can still remember using Goldstar diskettes, if my memory serves me right. Did not realise that they were affiliated to the LG of today.

  145. WhizKidz
    April 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Great article ..... it's amazing how the logos have changed over the years.

  146. Scratch
    April 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 am

    So - how long for the youtube logo to be included in this list. I'd love to see the analysis.

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2339/2433565569_b7e06189c6_o.jpg

  147. Scratch
    April 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Actually - I'm sure this is an 'Earth Day' logo change - but they didn't mention it.

  148. z-man
    May 13th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    amazing that Canon's 1956 logo has not only lasted until today, but still looks so fresh and so good: http://www.canon.com/

    always thought that cut in current microsoft is so ill...

    Nortel's 1976 logo arguably looks more futuristic and "warp records" than their current version.

    Palm just LOOKS like a cheap brand.

    I thought Xerox went out of business? i guess the brand just exchanged hands and hoping for a re-birth...

    but i think there is a big ass book which deals with this subject exclusively... forget what it's called though. would be nice to have around for sure.

  149. Márcia
    May 19th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Hi,

    I´m looking for the TNT (channel) logo evolution. Can you help me?

    Thanks
    Márcia

  150. a
    June 6th, 2008 at 5:35 am

    Very good article...

  151. Christopher
    June 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    The post above about tapering stripes in the IBM logo isn't right, but it's close.

    The stripes (aside from bringing "speed and dynamism") were in part Paul Rand's solution to a design problem.

    The three letters I-B-M vary a lot in width, from left to right, and without the stripes, the logo looks unbalanced--too heavy on the right side. The stripes emphasize the I, because of the big serifs at top and bottom, and lighten the M, because the white areas remove some of its bulk. Very clever.

  152. Logos
    June 14th, 2008 at 5:08 am

    The Google logo is crap.

  153. Logotipos
    June 15th, 2008 at 5:56 am

    Yes, yahoo is better a lot than Google's

  154. Miadeo
    June 17th, 2008 at 4:55 am

    xerox logo improve a lot

  155. Wonen in Duitsland
    June 20th, 2008 at 7:45 am

    I just read that yahoo and google are going to working togehter on serveral items.

  156. Hypotheek voor Duitsland
    June 30th, 2008 at 6:48 am

    The Google logo is crap. ??

    Why ?

  157. John Petrucci
    July 15th, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Good.. I really appreciate.

  158. Erica Mike
    July 15th, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    It seems to be really great.

  159. Mobde3
    July 23rd, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    good article about logo history! my best logo is an Apple Company.

    thank you for your post.

  160. Jobs In Pakistan
    July 28th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    What I perceived from that excellent article is that the logos have become less artistic over the years. I guess everyone wants to simplify to make their logos easier to remember.

  161. Diseño web
    July 30th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Good article. For me the second Adobe logo is better than the current.

  162. Posiciona
    August 1st, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    Neatorama deserves a better logo

  163. Logo designer
    August 5th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Simplicity. The withstanding principle in the creation of logos

  164. Darren Bebo
    August 14th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    Simplicity works wonders I guess, good article, very interesting. Gotta say I like the middle apple logo the best very simple but rememberable, retro design also.

  165. sierra
    August 20th, 2008 at 10:38 am

    I think that IBm should go back to their logo from 1891..
    It is WAY cooler that it is today..
    Palm should stop changing their logo because it is coolest riht now and they will probably screw it up if they change it..

    :) sierra

  166. kybrfffdffndrfffboomhorrrgghgghhddhgghhjj
    August 20th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    Nice Websyt,

    i neva knew bout any of these logos

    well done neatorama!

  167. Brad
    August 25th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    The Motorola logo is really modern, having been designed in 1955!

  168. Driver Man
    September 1st, 2008 at 5:18 am

    Wow! Good one there. Googled it and found this link. Thanks a Bunch to the author for such useful details…

  169. Burs Rehberi
    September 1st, 2008 at 5:43 am

    Great!! Thanks for sharing

  170. SEO Professional
    September 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am

    I think Google's logo always great and they updating always according to any big event. like on new year it's different than normal logo.

  171. Driver Download
    September 14th, 2008 at 9:06 am

    It seems to be really great.

  172. Hans
    September 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Good article about logo history!

    Thank you for your post.

  173. An Ex-Nortel Guy
    September 18th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    On Nortel:

    They went from "Northern Telecom" to "Nortel" initially, but were (as I heard the story) threatened with a lawsuit by a company called Ortel (a fiber optics company later acquired by Lucent--another subject for logo historians). So they added the "Networks" to the logo. This happened a few years before the Bay Networks (nee Synoptics) acquisition. Then sometime in the last few years, they went back to Nortel.

    Not part of the logo story, but in the mid-90's there was often confusion when reading tech headlines that referred to "NT"--Nortel's stock symbol but more widely known as Microsoft's then-latest OS.

  174. DEDUCCION Diseño
    September 20th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    EEEE en fin al dimencionar las marcas sibn duda la evolucion de lo simplsta y pregnante de las marcas

    Saludos desde CHILE America Latina

    Alejandro Ruiz Z.

  175. Mimor
    October 1st, 2008 at 12:56 am

    Wow,
    I see these logo's every day and I never even got to think about where they come from.
    I've had some fun reading this article, and linked it on my blog.

    It's strange that some logo's from those big company's have such a simple but yet funny history.
    Thanks for the enlightment!

  176. James Kurtz III
    October 8th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    nice collection!

  177. bzyan
    October 9th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Pô da hora este artigo ein?:!,é muito legal ver a adaptaçao das empresas ao tempo e como a mídia da uma significaçao nova ao que é visual ditando,assim,um padrao que torna uma marca única em cada espaço temporal e só é reconhecida nele.

  178. Danh ba web 2.0
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:33 am

    Thanks you very much! Nice to meet you

  179. tgjkhgfds
    October 21st, 2008 at 5:21 am

    hayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

  180. DataBank
    October 27th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    This is a great reference to see the evolution of these top logos. Well done on the collection.

  181. Amir
    October 29th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    ??? ?? ??????????? FeedBurner

  182. ??????
    October 31st, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    ? ??????????? ????))) ?????????? ????))

  183. Monavie
    November 7th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    The best logos need just small, incremental changes. Look at Nike, McDonalds and FedEx as examples.

  184. Demetri
    November 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    anyone know the history of the java programing logo?

  185. Jonathan Cowles
    December 3rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    To php captcha

    The Windows logo is an interesting story, too bad it's not mentioned here. I have seen it published that The I was the designer of the second windows logo the infamous digital flag. There was a previous version prior to 1990 by Art Director John Fortune but it was very different and involved a graduated fade from top to bottom inside a grid of 4 squares. This version always 'flooded' on press and a new design was commissioned in 1991 which is still the same one they use now withouot the black bars around the Green, Blue, Yellow and Red colors (PMS G 369, B 279, Y 123, R 172).

  186. Technetium
    December 7th, 2008 at 5:39 am

    Actually, in 1995, Northern Telecom simply became Nortel, celebrating 100 years in business. It didn't change to Northern Telecom until 1998, around the same time they acquired Bay Networks.

    I remember it, too. My dad was a mechanical engineer at one of the Santa Clara offices at the time.

  187. alpera
    December 7th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    very nice. thanks for an effort

  188. inregistrare domenii
    December 9th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    very interesting post, especially to see old versions :) )

  189. bebo skinz
    December 19th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    cool article, like the firefox changes

  190. Stella
    December 23rd, 2008 at 2:29 am

    This is great! Interesting facts indeed- the evolution of consumerism! Logos, logos, logos... all this emphasis on differentiation, but in my opinion a classic logo would attract more attention in the midst of all the modern ones. How interesting wouldn't Apple's (first) logo seem if put together with IBM and Microsoft's blocky text? It'll come back. Just like the skinny jeans and platform-heels, and (screaming silently); the mullet.
    Anyways, I'm loving this. I've bookmarked it, so if ya ever find any more facts... don't hesitate to put it up :)

  191. ??????
    December 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    ??? ???, ?????? ????????.

  192. Zogh
    December 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Pidarasi vi vse.

  193. hobby
    December 31st, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    keep it simple, that's all about!
    your product,your logo,your cash flow...
    talking about Apple i would add here with: Keep It Thin!

  194. Santa Maria
    January 1st, 2009 at 8:36 am

    Hmmmm....
    Nice research done on the history of logos.
    I remember an old program called "LOGO" through which you can learn to create new logos using command line.

    The first apple logo looks nice.... a good idea of "newton sitting under an apple tree" as a logo.

  195. Logo Creation
    January 7th, 2009 at 1:11 am

    its nice to know that they have all te history of all Logo Creation like in conversionbay.

  196. Johnny
    January 14th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Very informative article!

  197. zouhair saab
    January 21st, 2009 at 10:51 am

    firefox logois meaningful&profound,nice to look at,simple,not scrachy to the eye yet great like its engine

  198. John the blogger
    January 29th, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Canon 1934 was really cool. Why dont they make logos like that any more?

  199. Muki Funpan
    February 2nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    cool article... The evolution of FF is nice.

  200. seo
    February 4th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Great!! Thanks for sharing

  201. bookmarkdigg
    February 7th, 2009 at 8:56 am

    very nice. thanks for an effort

  202. Logotipo
    February 10th, 2009 at 11:50 am

    Very interesting blog....nice text an good informations...

    Thanks
    Fred from Brazil

  203. just a thought
    February 27th, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    is this page the original or a near copy of

    http://www.instantshift.com/2009/01/29/20-corporate-brand-logo-evoluti on/

    ???

  204. Zanuha
    March 15th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    “The word “Nokia” in Finnish, by the way, means a dark, furry animal we now call the Pine Marten weasel.”

    Actually, it doesn’t. Nokia is a town in Finland.
    I should know, being a native finnish speaker.

    Good article though, would have been better without disinformation with no facts to back it up.''

    forgot your history classes? nokia used to mean a place where you can buy these weasel skins. and yes, i am finnish too.

  205. ray jacobs
    March 17th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    When I was asked to update the CBS Network logo in the 80's, I went through the very same due diligence. When I presented to CBS, I only updated the typeface. The eye remained the way it had been since William Goldman designed it. I worked with Lou Dorfsman for many years as an outside consultant. If you look in the index of his book, Dorfsman on CBS, I'm very proud to say you'll find my name there, along with my ex-partner, Stefan Gerber, and Bob Klein, a pioneer in broadcast advertising and promotion, who was my partner at Klein &. Stefan and I formed another pioneering entertainment agency, Jacobs & Gerber,Inc.

  206. perry
    March 20th, 2009 at 4:45 am

    Fast turnaround delivery with high quality products and only $3 for 1000 stitches

  207. jessica
    March 25th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    firefox logois meaningful&profound,nice to look at,simple, resimler not scrachy to the eye yet great like its engine

  208. Digital Graphics
    March 26th, 2009 at 1:03 am

    I’m new in the internet business field. I’m skilled in the graphics side, but I need info to learn about this business. I was going through your post and got a few pointers.

  209. Yacht rental
    March 28th, 2009 at 6:08 am

    my teacher did the same thing with me in third grade.
    It was a pretty neat experiment. Everything went as planned. Something I won’t forget.

  210. Alquiler de yates
    March 28th, 2009 at 6:10 am

    I’m skilled in the graphics side, but I need info to learn about this business. I was going through your post and got a few pointers.

  211. tumsrivichai
    April 1st, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    Great!! Thanks for sharing

  212. goletas
    April 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Your old logo was fine. Whoever told you you should change it probably has shares in whatever printing company you jobbed out the changeover to.

    Thanks,

  213. directorio
    April 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 am

    keep it simple, that’s all about!

  214. rids
    April 28th, 2009 at 12:06 am

    very informative information but y dont you also list about more companies like Sony ericcson and many more????

  215. ??????????????
    May 5th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Thanks for sharing... D;

  216. tungblog
    May 5th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    I love nokia logo

  217. Loretta
    May 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    Great information. Thanks for the post. That was a spectacular article, need more great work like this out there.

  218. music
    May 21st, 2009 at 9:27 am

    nice text and good information

    Thanks

  219. Sergey
    May 24th, 2009 at 5:29 am

    Look here, greatest archive of trademark evolution! http://bigadvenc.ru/evolution

  220. Events
    June 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Very interesting blog, nice text an good informations…

  221. dumas
    June 11th, 2009 at 1:18 am

    Sir... can i take your this articel and i put in my blog. tks for ur permission...

  222. brandthropologist
    June 11th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    New term to describe this process: "Brandthropology." There's a game about brand's evolution at http://www.brandthropology.com/domestic/game

  223. Social Bookmark
    June 24th, 2009 at 8:46 am

    Very informative information, Thanks for sharing.

  224. Recipe
    June 28th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Very interesting blog….nice text an good informations…

    Thanks

  225. Seospell
    July 16th, 2009 at 9:54 am

    best text and nice information

  226. Logo
    July 17th, 2009 at 2:54 am

    Extremely educational article!

    Google logo is chief & good to give the impression of being at, simple and easy to search.

    Google is one of the best search engine as well as best search engine logo, Nice. It is American Public Corporation and providing some free service like free advertising, free Internet search, free e-mail, free online mapping, free office productivity, free social networking, and free video sharing and around 19,700 employees working right now. Click here http://www.companylogos.ws/googlelogo.html

    We are glad to see this post, great services by Google and best logo as well in search engine world.

  227. seks izle
    July 22nd, 2009 at 11:10 am

    my teacher did the same thing with me in third grade.
    It was a pretty neat experiment. Everything went as planned. Something I won’t forget.

  228. Optimum
    July 24th, 2009 at 6:12 am

    Very very nice and important tools for translation.
    many thanks to the creator of this site.
    By Optimum.

  229. Krün
    July 24th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    great information, nokias first logo was very funny..

  230. prathai
    July 30th, 2009 at 2:10 am

    Very interesting! Thanks for doing all the research for this.

  231. brandfantom
    August 1st, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    Microsoft shoud have stay with there original 1975 logo. That typeface is so uniqe and strong. I just think there new logo just shows why they'll aventuly be taken over by Mac or Googles.

  232. Yacht
    August 7th, 2009 at 7:25 am

    Thanks and nice and important tools for translation, for me. marc

  233. CantonaX
    August 9th, 2009 at 2:33 am

    This is such a useful post.Thank you very much for the information.

  234. Navegante
    August 12th, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Why this happen? why the companies change there logos?

  235. Tennins
    August 14th, 2009 at 1:35 am

    Wonderful ! ! Thanks for doing all the research for this.

  236. addkosana
    August 16th, 2009 at 1:52 am

    very nice. thanks for an effort

  237. Real Estate
    August 18th, 2009 at 9:51 am

    wow! its nice to know that they have all te history of all Logo Creation like in conversionbay. thanks

  238. BalonStar
    August 19th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Of course the change logo has a lot to do with their business. Making themselves like new.

  239. Bill
    August 19th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Interesting Posts, I like the ecolution...keep updating this topic, I would love to see more.. thanks

  240. Mark Ballantyne
    August 24th, 2009 at 1:52 am

    Great article - I love historical pieces on logo design and their evolution.

  241. kidlazy
    August 26th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    That was an interested read!!Cant believe Nokia Having making phones for so long

  242. kidlazy
    August 26th, 2009 at 10:47 am

    Interesting read "meant to say"

  243. 46 Inch HDTV
    August 26th, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    wow! That's very interesting to know the history. The first logo of nokia is so funny.

  244. Thai Social Bookmark
    August 26th, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    Great information. Thanks for the post. I think the Nokia original logo is the worst.

  245. Social Bookmark
    August 26th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    Wow,

    Good about logo history!

    thank you for your post.

  246. thaidigg
    August 27th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    The first apple logo looks nice...;)

    I think Google’s logo always great and they updating always according to any big event. like on new year it’s different than normal logo.

  247. dofollow
    August 27th, 2009 at 3:40 am

    Nice Website,

    I hv never knew about any of these logos

    Well done!!

  248. YorTz
    August 27th, 2009 at 4:17 am

    Great article. Unfortunately it’s all ruined by your use of the horrendous phrase “graphics designer”.

  249. Felixx
    August 28th, 2009 at 12:32 am

    Really great and nice find! The old Firefox logo is like a fire duck, not a fire bird. LoL

  250. tutors-db
    August 28th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I’ve never heard about this.
    That's wonderful

    Thank you.

    http://www.cututors.com

  251. promoteweb
    August 28th, 2009 at 10:00 am

    very nice. thanks for an effort

  252. hotelsza
    August 28th, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    Great article,nice tech logos.
    I like original Apple logo.

  253. spadoz
    August 28th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    Cool! I'm finding IBM logos.

    Thanks a lots

  254. pigdoll
    August 30th, 2009 at 4:55 am

    it's cool !!

  255. tig
    August 30th, 2009 at 5:52 am

    Nice !! Website.

    Thanks..

  256. Jenny Lee
    August 30th, 2009 at 7:24 am

    The company's logo is always part of the branding of the company.

    With these examples, it reflects the growth and changes that the company goes through over time. Perfect example is IBM. And Canon, who would ever thought their name used to Kwanon?

  257. diseño web mallorca
    August 30th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Good retro post. But the best diference is the quality of images.

  258. Eventos
    August 31st, 2009 at 4:30 am

    Good about logo history!

  259. clamp
    September 5th, 2009 at 10:27 am

    Great post, BTW, Technology is the most innovation

  260. HDTV Buyer's guide
    September 5th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    Thanks for this post.
    Great information.

  261. raidai
    September 10th, 2009 at 7:59 am

    Very interesting! Thanks for doing all the research for this.

  262. digital camera
    September 11th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    Great article it’s cool !!

  263. makemoney
    September 12th, 2009 at 7:58 am

    I’ve never heard about this.

    Thank you for you story.

  264. counterservice
    September 12th, 2009 at 8:00 am

    Thanks a lots.

  265. ?????????????
    September 17th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    Cool post,

    especially the bits about Mozilla and Microsoft.

    :)

  266. HBD
    September 20th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Great post your research is very interesting!

  267. hothit
    September 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 am

    For the first impression of the customer, i think, they will be remember the logo. Some time the logo will reate with the horoscope.

  268. BookmarkTH
    September 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Cool Great!

    Thanks a lots.

    :)

  269. Raj Abhyanker
    September 30th, 2009 at 4:35 am

    Seeing old logos of companies here is interesting, but not really fully complete. I am
    leading a new venture that I think readers of Neatorama might be interested in. The
    site launched recently on Monday September 14, 2009, and has been
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    and more than 3000 blogs in the past two weeks.

    Trademarkia (www.trademarkia.com) has built the first and largest library of 5.7 million
    logos, names, and slogans anywhere on the Internet by leveraging public information. There are a lot more old logos to see on Trademarkia.

  270. Anime
    October 6th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    it'good post
    I like it

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    October 8th, 2009 at 12:44 am

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    October 9th, 2009 at 9:05 am

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  273. agel
    October 9th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Cool Great!

    Thanks a lots.

  274. ndesigns
    October 15th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    Great post your research is very interesting! thanks for sharing.

  275. swantonsuccess
    October 18th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    Great post your research is very interesting!

  276. ????????????
    October 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Cool Great!

    Thanks for share.

  277. Opel
    October 20th, 2009 at 3:13 am

    It'Cool.
    Thank.

  278. Crystal
    October 20th, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    Wow that was an awesome post! I love how the Google logo really hasn't changed all that much but looks so good now!
    However, I think the Palm Pilot people just have kept to the second logo!

  279. Paul with portable water purifier
    October 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am

    cool post.. thank you for sharing it.. now i know the logo evolution of the greatest companies in the planet..

  280. Paul with portable water purifier
    October 21st, 2009 at 9:55 am

    those logos shows how much they have grown.. simply cool..

  281. ??????? ???????
    October 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 am

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  282. ????????
    October 28th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    I just hear about this.

    Thank you for you good story.

  283. witt
    October 28th, 2009 at 10:05 am

    thank you for you good post.


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