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Nice to know how changes make a company famous just by the catchy 'Logo' ..... [cool]

 

 

Yahoo news: What Top Companies' Logos Looked Like Before They Were Famous

 

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Nissan: first and last

 

Nissan's first logo was created in 1983 when Datsun adopted a new name. There have been few changes leading up to this most recent version, designed in 2002.

 

 

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Mazda: first and last

 

Mazda's simple logo first debuted in 1934. The company then played with using a more abstract design of the "M" from 1936 - 1975, and again in 1991. Today's version was first released in 1997.

 

 

 

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Apple: first and last

 

The logo was first designed in 1976 by Ronald Wayne. The border around the image reads: "Newton

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Here's some more ....

 

 

 

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AT&T: first and last

 

Bell Telephone Company designed the original logo in 1900. In 1964 the "AT&T" of Bell Telephone Company became the dominate element of the corporate identity. Eventually dropping the Bell all together in 1970, the latest AT&T logo was released in 2005.

 

 

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British Airways: first and last

 

The British Airways logo was designed by Negus & Negus in 1973, when British European Airways merged with BOAC. (Note the missing dot above the i.) BA unveiled the current logo in 1997 to promote a new image that is worldwide and less stuffy.

 

 

 

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Canon: first and last

 

The canon logo was originally designed in 1933. The simpler version of the company's identity was introduced in 1956.

 

 

 

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Discovery Channel: first and last

 

The first logo was designed in 1985, with multiple and various updates, leading to the latest version which was released in 2009.

 

 

 

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Eskimo: first and last

 

The original logo was released in the early 1960's with only four updates since. The most recent version was designed in 2003.

 

 

 

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Mozilla Firefox: first and last

 

The original, phoenix logo was designed in 2002. It was later changed to the firefox around 2004. Retaining the "fire" elements, the current logo was designed in 2009.

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General Electric: first and last

 

The simple script logo was first designed in 1892, with the circle around the initials added in 1900. Very few changes were made along the way. The blue tint was added in 2004.

 

 

 

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IBM: first and last

 

Since inception, IBM has gone through significant identity shifts. Not only updating the logo but also changing the name multiple times. This original logo was designed in 1889 and represents International Time Recording Company (ITRC). International Business Machines as we know it today was introduced in 1924, leading to the current logo

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Microsoft: first and last

 

Microsoft's first (incredibly ugly) logo was introduced in 1975. This latest version has been in place since 2011.

 

 

 

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Nintendo: first and last

 

Back in 1889, the Japanese playing card company used this original logo which is three separate words: nin, ten, do. In 1967, the company began developing small electronic toys and took on the identity of Nintendo. The most recent logo was introduced in 2006.

 

 

 

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RCA Records: first and last

 

The original logo

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Nintendo look like some chinese medical clinic signboard.

 

Is Eskimo, Wall ice cream? the logo look alike

 

In the Western countries, it is known as Eskimo, locally is known as Wall's ice-cream .. [:)]

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i realized the most significant car logo changed is Toyota. the change of logo has suddenly propel toyota sales.

 

before the change in the 80s, u don see as much toyota on the road

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I actually remember the old RCA logo (with Nipper the dog) as part of the His Master's Voice logo on an old gramaphone when I was a kid.

 

Yes, I'm THAT old. [laugh] Or maybe I just have a great memory. :D

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Have you guys tried playing the logo game on iphone?

 

 

my daughter is playing, keep asking me about the car logo, i also duno [laugh] [laugh]

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my daughter is playing, keep asking me about the car logo, i also duno [laugh] [laugh]

 

The game is biased towards Americans. What US Postal Service lah, Walmart lah.... We show them NTUC, SMRT and CPF, see they can guess or not. <_<

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