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Launched in 1994, Eurostar is a pioneer brand involved in international high-speed railway transportation. Its network connects the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and more recently Germany. This year, the company is undergoing a rebranding after a merger with Thalys, a high-speed railway provider that connected Paris and Brussels. The prominent DesignStudio developed a new look for Eurostar, having made a great job, completely changing the visual identity of the company. The project was based on a new concept named Spark which comes to life under the motto “Spark new experiences” and puts forward a new symbol replacing the…

The British luxury house Initiated in September 2022, the creation process of the new look for the company this time is led by Daniel Lee. Burberry’s visual identity will again include classic lines and a serif font, adapted, however, to the digital environment, as well as elegant and modern features, more stylized and in a larger size. Another thing to specially mention is the color. Now, the Burberry logo is executed in deep blue, against the background of ivory white, which will also be featured in the black-and-white version. The return of the Equestrian Knight is one of the most…

In late 2011, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Jony Ive had worked at Apple for 27 years, creating, among other things, Bondi Blue, a shade of blue, that was used for the back of the legendary iMac introduced in 1998 — a turning point in Apple’s history. The forms of iPhone and MacBook Pro owe to Ive, too. In 2019, he left the company to start his own business with LoveForm, a team of creative people working in different directions. The coronation emblem designed by Ive and LoveForm will officially be presented during the festivities in May, including the coronation service…

The logo of The package design got simpler, showing off a minimalistic style. The same goes for the new 7Up logo which has graphically become flatter in a way, getting rid of some elements, like the green bordering of the 7. Remarkably simplified, the outline of the digit now has less crookedness, which was previously emphasized by the roundness of the corners. So it feels more solid and vigorous, with sharper corners and straighter lines. However, the roundness was changed to a different design solution – a shadowing that is in accordance with the brand’s new color palette and reinforces…

The Brazil brand comes back to the iconic design of 2005. The relaunch includes a campaign to reposition the brand and announce some plans in the new political cycle. Its main goal is to present Brazil as a multinational and multicultural country made up of different forms, ecosystems, rhythms, and colors. A country with clear prospects, which aspires to confirm its commitment to stable development. In this new stage, the Brazil brand is abandoning “nationalism” in terms of visual identity, which has been over the last four years under the rule of Jair Bolsonaro – a fact that may become…

Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming service, has launched a completely new visual identity by Emily Oberman and her Pentagram team. The rebranding, however, is not a big surprise as it is a result of a process which had been carried out since August 2022. Last year, Pentagram’s solution came from Amazon’s iconic smile-arrow and through the “dimple” sign. The formal distinction of the curved line thus becomes a “catalyst guiding the audience through the endless wave of their favorite content”, the Pentagram team explains. But the project goes beyond. This idea was embodied in the wave as one of the basic…

The announced redesign is the most dramatic renovation in Nokia’s history. The brand’s logo representing an all-caps wordmark has been used unchanged since 1978. As the MWC 2023, held in Barcelona, is the first event’s edition after the coronavirus break, the company has chosen it to present its new face. Backed by the new corporate strategy, the brand identity has to reflect what the Nokia brand is now – “a B2B technology leader pioneering the future where networks meet cloud”. Expressing the present day’s image of Nokia, as the company’s press release says, the visual identity also conveys the renewed…

Why touch the logo of an iconic brand like Netflix? Is it necessary? Actually, no. The goal of the Netflix project was to create a proper language. According to Koto, the streaming service wanted this language to be implemented into its experience with production and beyond. Starting from this point, the studio upgraded the previous design system with brand-new iconography, typography, and imagery. Koto departed from the unidimensional and oversaturated approach to the graphic language which is so typical for the technology and streaming world. This resulted in “a style appealing to movie lovers and essentially feels like Netflix”. And…