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Gaining its independence from Chevron in 2015, Australia’s Caltex had been using the US oil corporation’s brand name for more five years. As Chevron’s brand license terminated in late 2019, Coltex Australia is going to change its name to Ampol and adopt a new logo. The Australian oil company unveiled its new emblem on May 13th, a day before the annual meeting that has to approve the rebranding. As Coltex’s interim CEO Matthew Halliday said, the renovation of the company’s look takes place at an appropriate time as it only emphasizes the recent growth of the firm as a leading…

In 2009, Mojang Specifications rushed into the gaming market with Minecraft, a sandbox video game which broke all sales records and was considered as “the video game of all times”. One year ago, Minecraft celebrated its tenth anniversary by releasing the Exhibition in Seattle edition, free anniversary map and other special features. This year, to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the game, the developing company has rebranded itself as Mojang Sudios and rolled out a new logo. According to Thomas Wiborgh, Mojang’s creative department chief, the rebranding marks the studio’s evolution from a small enterprise in Stockholm to a “multi-location…

On April 22nd, the National Women’s Hockey League announced that an extension team from Canada would start playing in the 2020-21 season. Almost one month later, it has been officially presented as the Toronto Six. Besides the name, the team has unveiled its colors and logo. To choose the name for the team, an online vote was organized. Fans suggested such names as the Lady Leafs, Lakers, Polar Bears, Furies and others. However, the vote was won by “Toronto Six”. Apart from referring to the number of players on ice, it also may have connection with six cities which formed…

Founded in 1937, the Siskins, based in Waterloo, Ontario, are considered as one of oldest junior hockey teams in Canada. With winning the 2019 Sutherland Cup, the team seem to come back to the top positions of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Recently, the Waterloo Siskins have rebranded themselves as the Kitchener-Waterloo Siskins. Waterloo, the team’s home town, is adjacent to the city of Kitchener, and both of them are often referred as “KW” or “Twin Cities”. Until recently, Kitchener had its own junior hockey team called the Dutchmen that, however, eventually moved to the neighboring town of Ayr…

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Popeyes shows its ambitious plans to expand the business worldwide. The chain calls its expansion and renovation program “The Modern Popeyes Renaissance”, and as a part of it, the company has recently presented its new look including packaging, restaurant design and logo. The refreshed Popeyes image has been forged by Jones Knowles Ritchie, an international design agency that worked with such famous brands as Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts and Budweiser. The designers created a new color scheme for the Popeyes stores that from now will show off brighter colors and hand-drawn iconography outside and visually more…

Founded in 1984, the Swedish brand Dustin started as small company selling hardware devices over mail order. Over time, through a number of acquisitions, it turned into an international firm with subsidiaries in Norway, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands. As of today, Dustin, with a stuff of over 1,800 workers, offers its products to businesses and ordinary customers. To emphasize its growth, the brand has recently updated its identity. Dustin’s new look was forged by the Stockholm-based international agency Kruppa Hosk. The design project under the motto “We keep things moving” aimed to create a brand identity that would reflect…

Maybe, not so many people heard about National Instruments, but, every day, we meet such names as 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G. All of these mobile technologies were created with use of the means developed by NI. Incidentally, the abbreviation “NI” became widely used among the engineering society and turned into a kind of a brand. That’s why the company made a decision to officially rebrand itself as NI. It is worth to mention that the rebranding was preceded by a wide-scale reorganization of the company. National Instruments were divided into several units, and new divisions for machine learning, data…

We’ve already got used to the fact that companies make their logos simpler and flatter. One more example of this trend has recently been presented by Google. Releasing a new version of its Photos app, the web giant has also shown a refreshed icon for it. Those Android and iOS users, who have updated The Google Photos pinwheel has received a roundier design. Keeping their colors – red, blue, green and yellow – but in lighter shades, its blades have become half-circular, and as they don’t have the two-tone shades, which were in the previous emblem, the new logo looks…