Amazon.com Logo - Design and History
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Amazon.com is a pioneer in the online retailing business. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and began as an online book store. However today Amazon sells anything and everything under the sun including CDS, DVD, Baby Products, Furniture, electronics, clothes etc. You could say that they sell everything from "A to Z". |
The Amazon logo represents the very same message that they sell everything from A to Z and the arrow below the logo represents the smile that customers would experience by shopping on the Amazon.com website.
Seattle Space Needle Logo - Design and History
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The Space Needle is Seattle is a landmark is Seattle. The Space Needle is a tower that measures about 605 ft from its base to the tip. The Space Needle was built in 1962. I was intrigued by the logo of the Space Needle on a recent trip to Seattle. |
| The logo consists of an S at the top which represents Seattle. The top part of the S is smaller that the bottom part of the S to represent the shape of the tower itself. The top of the S also has a pointed needle. Two strokes of the brush are present at the bottom of the S to represent the tower. The text "space needle" is written in lower case on either side of the logo. I felt this is a very creative logo. |
Detroit Pistons Logo - Design and History
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The Detroit Pistons are one of the hottest teams in the NBA and probably the most consistent Eastern Conference team in the last 5 years. The Pistons have a long history in the NBA and have a blue collar work ethic much like the city itself. The Pistons logo has gone through a few changes over its life. The current logo consists of a red basketball in the background with the text "Detroit Pistons" on it. The ball and the text ahave a blue outline as well. |
San Antonio Spurs Logo - Design and History
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With the NBA playoffs for 2007 reaching its final stages, I thought I would research the logo of the San Antonio Spurs, one of the last 4 team still remaining in the playoffs. The Spurs are one of the hottest team in the NBA this decade having won 3 championships with their big stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. |
The current logo of the Spurs is the word SpUrs with the letter U drawn as a silver spur. It is also said that the outline of the logo is said to represent the AT&T center where the Spurs moved to in 2002-2003. The logo was unveiled at the same time as the move to their new home.
Lamborghini Logo - Design and History
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Lamborghini is an Italian manufacturer of high performance sports cars based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. Lamborghini is now a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Audi AG, which is in turn a subsidiary of Volkswagen. Lamborghini is the main counterpart to Ferrari in the italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman Ferruccio Lamborghini, who owned a successful tractor factory. |
The Lamborghini Charging Bull Logo stands for the founder's, Ferruccio Lamborghini, zodiacal sign (Taurus). Most of the company's cars have been named after famous fighting bulls (oddly most have been spanish bulls not italian).
Interestingly it is said that the choice of an animal and the colors used on the logo (gold on a black background, and a charging bull) are suspiciously similar to the Ferrari logo (a black horse on a yellow background). It is believed that this was no accident on the part of Lamborghini, who had a long standing (and not always friendly) rivalry with Ferrari.
Jaguar Logo - Design and History
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Jaguar Cars Limited is a British based luxury car manufacturer, originally with headquarters in Browns Lane, Coventry, England but now at Whitley, Coventry. It was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922,by two motorcycle enthusiasts, William Lyons and William Walmsley, and changed its name to Jaguar in 1945. The company has been owned by Ford since 1989. |
The Jaguar logo is a Jaguar leaping across the company name. The leaping Jaguart is possibly built to represent the speed, power and quickness of the car. The Jaguar emblem is also placed on the front of the car.