History of Tech Company Logos
Neatorama has a look at the evolution of various tech company logos over the years, including Microsoft, Apple and Nokia. I’m shocked at the hyper-detailed awful logos Apple and some others started with, especially how different it is from Apple’s normal minimalism.
(via Scott Beale > Twitter)
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Microsoft’s logo really look stale all the time. You notice they don’t ever but that logo on practically ANY of their consumer products. At least not visibly.
But instead, you get separate sub-brand names and logos in Microsoft : like Windows, Xbox, Zune, Office, Windows Live, MSN, etc. Kind of silly. I love how Apple manages to keep it all consistent with the shiny Apple logo. Even though I don’t like Apple that much, at least they kept it simple with a nice-looking unique trademark you could always identify as Apple.
Do you think Microsoft could use a new logo?
Comment by Michael | February 7, 2008
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