Comments on: Logos That Look Alike http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590 Birdsall Interactive's take on social media & design Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Logo Designs that Look Alike | Jonath Lee - Multimedia Designer Blog http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-1199 Logo Designs that Look Alike | Jonath Lee - Multimedia Designer Blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:27:26 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-1199 [...] Birdsall Social Media [...] [...] Birdsall Social Media [...]

]]> By: Stefan Graf :: Die letzte Woche auf Twitter - KW 18 + 19 +20 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-223 Stefan Graf :: Die letzte Woche auf Twitter - KW 18 + 19 +20 Wed, 27 May 2009 14:16:40 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-223 [...] Gut gemachte, unheimlich schicke und schamlos geklaute Logos [...] [...] Gut gemachte, unheimlich schicke und schamlos geklaute Logos [...]

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]]> By: Mark Shainblum http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-105 Mark Shainblum Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:03:06 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-105 Sorry, I duplicated myself above. THIS is the original Montreal logo from the 80's. Just the wordmark part changed, really. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/132190561_98fce0facb.jpg?v=0 Sorry, I duplicated myself above.

THIS is the original Montreal logo from the 80′s. Just the wordmark part changed, really.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/132190561_98fce0facb.jpg?v=0

]]> By: Mark Shainblum http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-104 Mark Shainblum Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:59:53 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-104 I forgot one very important set of lookalike logos. They caused a small political scandal in Montreal in the late 80's. If I remember right, the City of Montreal paid over half-a-million bucks to design a new corporate-style municipal logo. It wasn't well-loved even from the start, a reception which got much colder when people began to notice its suspicious similarity to the logo of Lassonde Industries, a major Canadian fruit-juice producer. Surprise! The same design firm did both logos. Original 80's version of Montreal logo: http://www.cemr.ca/images/logo_ville_mtl.gif Slight re-design from early 2000's http://www.cemr.ca/images/logo_ville_mtl.gif Lassonde Industries Inc. logo http://www.humeng.ca/newsletter/images/lassonde_logo.jpg I forgot one very important set of lookalike logos. They caused a small political scandal in Montreal in the late 80′s.

If I remember right, the City of Montreal paid over half-a-million bucks to design a new corporate-style municipal logo. It wasn’t well-loved even from the start, a reception which got much colder when people began to notice its suspicious similarity to the logo of Lassonde Industries, a major Canadian fruit-juice producer. Surprise! The same design firm did both logos.

Original 80′s version of Montreal logo:
http://www.cemr.ca/images/logo_ville_mtl.gif

Slight re-design from early 2000′s
http://www.cemr.ca/images/logo_ville_mtl.gif

Lassonde Industries Inc. logo
http://www.humeng.ca/newsletter/images/lassonde_logo.jpg

]]> By: Mark Shainblum http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-102 Mark Shainblum Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:21:39 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-102 Great finds! I always wondered what was niggling my brain about the Columbia and Sun logos. Here are some additional suggestions: CNN and CN (Canadian National Railways). CN predated CNN by almost 20 years. CNN logo: http://hairbroadway.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/cnn-logo2.jpg CN logo: http://www.business.ualberta.ca/wcer/CN%20logo.bmp Amtrak's old logo and the post-apartheid South African flag Amtrak: http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/www/transit/Amtrak_Logo.gif SA Flag: http://www.nationalflaggen.de/shop/catalog/images/suedafrika.gif The Canadian cookie company Biscuits Leclerc also once had a logo almost identical to the Belfast and Food & Drink Devon logos above, but they changed it a couple of years ago, and there are no examples of the old one online. Great finds! I always wondered what was niggling my brain about the Columbia and Sun logos.

Here are some additional suggestions:

CNN and CN (Canadian National Railways). CN predated CNN by almost 20 years.

CNN logo: http://hairbroadway.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/cnn-logo2.jpg

CN logo:
http://www.business.ualberta.ca/wcer/CN%20logo.bmp

Amtrak’s old logo and the post-apartheid South African flag

Amtrak:
http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/www/transit/Amtrak_Logo.gif

SA Flag:
http://www.nationalflaggen.de/shop/catalog/images/suedafrika.gif

The Canadian cookie company Biscuits Leclerc also once had a logo almost identical to the Belfast and Food & Drink Devon logos above, but they changed it a couple of years ago, and there are no examples of the old one online.

]]> By: Separated at Birth | Trademark Law and Domain Name http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-97 Separated at Birth | Trademark Law and Domain Name Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:33:24 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-97 [...] Social Media: Logos That Look Alike HT [...] [...] Social Media: Logos That Look Alike HT [...]

]]> By: Jessica Mahoney http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-67 Jessica Mahoney Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:42:16 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-67 Every time I see twin logos it amazes me at how often it happens and sometimes it's even blatant. Every time I see twin logos it amazes me at how often it happens and sometimes it’s even blatant.

]]> By: Monica http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590&cpage=1#comment-66 Monica Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:46:10 +0000 http://www.birdsallsocialmedia.com/?p=590#comment-66 It is hard to believe that, in some of these cases, someone specifically asked for a logo that is similar to their twin. In other cases, it seems that great minds think alike (or that there is nothing new under the sun). It is hard to believe that, in some of these cases, someone specifically asked for a logo that is similar to their twin. In other cases, it seems that great minds think alike (or that there is nothing new under the sun).

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