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Founded in 2012 by Amazon’s former supply chain engineer Apoorva Mehta, Instacart is a grocery delivery company that operates in the United States and Canada. As the coronavirus pandemic with the lockdown and increased demand for food delivery urged it to reorganize itself, the company felt the need to bring some refreshments into its visual identity as well. This task was commissioned to the international design studio Wolff Olins. For Instacart, the studio created an encompassing branding system called “Shop+Savor ethos” – this name, according to Wolff Olins, has to express the idea of how the service powers customers’ shopping…

Having 22 Grand Slams on his account, Rafael Nadal is the most titled tennis player in history. In 2016, he launched a tennis academy under his own name, supported by Spanish telecommunications provider Movistar. The academy teaches young people to play tennis in the spirit of Nadal’s path to success. Now, Rafa himself and his institution with other related activities seem to become a real brand, maybe, following the way of René A good sign of Nadal’s brand-oriented direction is the new visual identity of the Rafa Nadal Academy, celebrating six years of its existence. Although the general design of…

Founded in 1971, the Bronx Museum of the Arts is a unique artistic space dedicated to contemporary art. Exhibiting a collection of more than 2,000 works, the museum calls its mission “connecting diverse audiences to the urban experience through special exhibitions and education programs. Aspiring to clearly articulate the ideas of capturing the modern culture as well as the spirit and tenacity of The Bronx, BxMA has unveiled a new visual identity created by the New York-based design studio Team. The Bronx itself gave inspiration for the museum’s updated look as this is NY’s only borough with “The” in its…

Established in 1843, Glenmorangie is a Having a long history, the Glenmorangie distillery is a subsidiary of the French group Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton since 2004. In recent years, the company has increased its appeal in the overseas luxury goods market, offering new brand whiskies like Nectar d’Or, The Quinta Ruban, and LaSanta. As for the redesign, the brand’s look was comprehensively revised. Apart from the general visual elements, it affected the packaging for Glenmorangie’s major products including the forms of bottles and labels. According to the distillery’s Global Head of Brand Louise Dennett, the remastered packaging conveys the taste…

The Back in 2020, the German car maker introduced a new corporate identity. Now, the Ingolstadt-based brand is adjusting its trademark to its new-gen vehicles, designing the four rings logo in a stricter style. While the Audi 3D chromed car logo will soon become history, the brand is transiting to a flat emblem. The rings are now executed in white, and each of them is framed in a thin black bordering. Additionally, a black version will be provided, with the inner edges of the rings colored in dark gray. In general, this logo has to have a stylish glossy look….

This summer, Aston Villa is currently owned by NSWE Group, a venture company of Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris and American tycoon Wes Edens. Early this month, the club welcomed Unai Emery as its new head coach. So it is aiming at achieving new heights in England’s Premiere League, and that has to be confirmed by the AV redesigned look. Essentially, Aston Villa’s rebranding is based on a survey from the club’s members and holders of season tickets. It gave some ideas for two design lines, developed by a professional designing team in cooperation with the so-called Fan Consultation Group, which…

Launched in 2014, Formula E is a motorsport championship for electric cars. Early this year, the competition announced that it would introduce new Gen3 cars for the 2022/23 season. These vehicles are expected to have a capacity of 350 kW (470 hp). The technical update will be accompanied by some other renovations like recharging pit stops and new tires from The Formula E new look is based on the “torque loop” representing the “excitement and energy” of the championship. The loop motif also supports new typography and the design for the news section of the brand. Formula E has kept…

The Italian sports car brand Lancia opened a new chapter in its history at the Lancia Design Day couple of days ago, when presenting an updated logo, a whole design language for its cars, as well as a concept called Pu+Ra Zero representing an integrated style of the brand’s future models. The “e-mobility era” emblem is mainly based on Lancia’s 1957 logo. It is said to rethink the seven previous versions, hence being named Progressive Classic. Pu+Ra, the name of Lancia’s design language, stands for “Pure and Radical”. It can be associated with the soft and sleek forms of the…