Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials

Myspace, the once mighty social network, has been, over the past several years, in a tailspin. It's user-base has dwindled as Facebook has steadily taken over the networking universe. There were many reasons for the decline, including unsightly and disorganized user pages and a total lack of features beyond a music player. Myspace tried several maneuvers in order to remain relevant,...

The decision to re-design a corporate logo is a major one, since great logos define and identify corporations, and often more effectively than the company name. Perhaps the most notorious logo change of 2010 belongs to the Gap. After revealing their new logo, the Gap was hit with a backlash of epic proportions, and instead of standing behind their "more contemporary, modern"...

There is a growing trend in many markets to use handwritten and script fonts, all in an effort to give designs a more personal touch. Handwritten font says something more personal, creating a warmer tone for your visitors. These kind of fonts are not the best choice for long text, but they are really good if you just want to add warmth to your messaging. Handwritten style script fonts are usually presented more openly, mimicking a number of different handwriting styles, from casual to precise.

The Big Ten Conference recently revealed a new logo to be used for all sports beginning with the 2011-12 academic year. It was was developed by Michael Bierut and Michael Gericke of the international design firm Pentagram.

“Its contemporary collegiate lettering includes an embedded numeral ’10′ in the word ‘BIG,’ which allows fans to see ‘BIG’ and ’10′ in a single word,” said Michael Gericke in a statement. “Memorable and distinctive, the new logo evolved from the previous logo’s use of negative space and is built on the conference’s iconic name, without reference to the number of member institutions.”

Within a day of it's unveiling, the new logo for the 2016 Brazil Olympic Games was under fire from critics, who said the logo was blatantly plagiarizing the logo of a US philanthropic organization.

According to Fred Gelli, creative director of Tatil agency, there are "similar elements" to a famous Henri Matisse painting, "The Dance," and a resemblance to the referenced logo of American non-profit, the Telluride Foundation.