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Established in 1835, Havas can be considered the oldest news agency in the world. Evolved into a multinational enterprise, the French company now specializes more in public relations and advertising technology. Havas operates in more than 100 countries, with a staff of 22,000. The brand has recently refreshed its logo to show what Havas is today. Fulfilled in cooperation with the international agency Conran Design Group, the redesign is the first update of Havas’ visual identity in 20 years. According to the company, the new look is intended to tell that Havas is “a creative and integrated power pack that…

One of the oldest art schools in the United States, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), is going to launch its own museum. The MassArt Art Museum, or MAAM, is planned to be opened in February 2020 on the territory of the college campus. Projected as a “kunsthalle”, a museum without a permanent collection, MAAM, according to Lisa Tung, MassArt’s executive director, will be a unique gallery for the contemporary art in Boston, a place where visitors will be able to see the works of modern artists. Forming MAAM’s identity, the administration of MassArt started collaborating with the…

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle, a railway service shuttling between Coquelles, France, and Cheriton, UK, through the Channel Tunnel, has rebranded itself to simply LeShuttle, assisted by Landor & Fitch. The design studio created the line’s new visual identity, including a “progressive” logo and an “innovative” color palette, which conveys a more sustainable way of traveling on the route. The initial goal of the rebranding was to differentiate the service and the tunnel as an infrastructure. Sometimes, Eurotunnel Le Shuttle was also confused with   According to Sykes, the brand’s signature is “built with fixed anchor points”, and this structure allows to…

The iconic Warner Bros. shield is changing again. This time, the redesign anticipates the revision for the whole WB brand family. The new version of the While the previous design was developed by Pentagram just three years ago, the current rebranding has been carried out by the design agency Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. The logo update won’t seem so surprising though if we remember that the movie giant is celebrating its centenary this year. Back in 2019, the total debt of AT&T, Warner Media’s owner, was enormous. The company was revising its business portfolio, with the emerging HBO and…

The face/smile design is quite popular in branding. Amazon, Elevating the South Korean company to a next level, the new visual identity of LG Electronics is designed to be suited for both physical and digital carriers. According to a press release, the rebranding’s goal is to put LG closer to the new generation and confirm it as an iconic brand. The company also aims “to rethink its visual strategy to tell its values to all customers regardless of their location on the planet”. The most surprising thing in the visual identity is the animated version of the LG logo for…

The Australian brand Black Star Pastry is a good example of how a local pastry becomes a worldwide food icon. Amid a craze for its cakes, which New York Times called “the world’s most instagramable”, the company felt the need to adjust its strategy to its rapid growth. Such swift changes are not uncommon in today’s social media era, but a business has to build its brand strategy thoroughly in order not to be trapped by immediate success. So, approaching the issue seriously, the Australian bakery applied to the Melbourne-based Ongarato Studio and Japanese illustrator Noritake to create a “graphic…

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…

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…