The triple arrowed logo has become the ubiquitous symbol for recycling around the world, but did you know the design originally started as a money-making idea for a Chicago-based packaging company? Or that the logo was created as part of a design contest to mark the first official Earth Day? It’s probably one of the [...]

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How sports manufacturer Adidas got it’s start, early marketing innovations, the history of their famous logo, connections to the Nazis and how their rivalry with sports company Puma got started. There’s probably very few of us who haven’t worn something made by Adidas at some point or another. When I was a teenager, the ‘holy [...]

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Take our rock band logo design quiz and see how your knowledge stacks up. Answers, scoring & loads of trivia after the quiz.

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A stunningly simple text logo represents Brit alt band Muse. What’s the font? You’ll have to read to find out. We’ll also take a look at some odd similarities between the Muse debut EP cover and Terry Gilliam’s 1995 sci-fi flick, Twelve Monkeys. British band Muse got their start In 1994, when under the name [...]

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You may not be familiar with 70′s English super group Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) or H. R. Giger, the designer of their logo, but you’re probably aware of his illustration and set design work in the movies. Before the release of Brain Salad Surgery in 1973, British super group Emerson Lake and Palmer didn’t [...]

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