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Release time:2015-09-15 source: Views:From Nike’s "swoosh" symbol to Starbucks’ twin-tailed mermaid or siren, the world’s largest companies take great care of their logos.
For most people the logos of such firms immediately connect our minds to the business in question,
without the need to see its name.
Think of the golden arches of a popular fast-food chain, or the apple with a bite taken out of it representing a certain computer company.
This type of instant recognition is the holy grail for a business.
Which is why the world’s multinational companies can spend millions on their logos - like UK oil group BP, which back in 2000 spent ?136m introducing its current sunflower design.
Other firms of a similar size, whose logo is simply their name written out in a stylised way, can spend hundreds of thousands on a new font, or a different colour.
But how easy is it for a business to pick a good logo, and how important is it at the end of the day?
Slow romance
If you are presented with a design for your company logo that is immediately likeable and resonates with your values, you might be wise to take a long hard look at it, bin it, and start again.
"This is the clearest choice that has been put before the British people for a generation," Miliband said, "between a Tory government that works only for the privileged few or a Labor government that will put working families first."
Sagi Haviv says that many of the world’s most successful logos were not liked on first viewing.
That’s the opinion of Sagi Haviv, partner at New York graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismer & Haviv (CGH).
"It’s never love at first sight," he says. "A good logo, a good trademark, gains meaning and power over time."
CGH has been responsible for some of the most recognisable US business logos of the past 50 years, such as Chase Bank, National Geographic, Mobile, NBC and HarperCollins.