Can you guess these brands from their old logo?

You may think you know it all when it comes to about logo design, but how far back does your knowhow stretch? Many of today's most famous logos began life looking very different – and we've got six great examples. 

While all of our best logos of all time are instantly recognisable, many of their original versions are anything but. Below, you'll see just a close-up detail of each original logo – can you identify the brand from it? 

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Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects.