This tongue-in-cheek look at famous logos suggests what they really stand for...
The fact that you instantly recognise the logo show just how powerful the original design is
When it comes to logo design, you know you've succeeded when your wordmark is instantly recognisable, even when it's recreated with totally different words.
Swedish designer Victor Hertz plays on this idea brilliantly in his series of 'Honest Logos', revealing - in his own words - "the actual content of the company, what they really should be called".
Naturally, our lawyers have advised us not to comment any further. So we'll leave you to make your own mind up about whether Hertz is being unduly cynical or astutely perceptive in these logo alter-egos...
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Tom May is an award-winning journalist specialising in art, design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50 Greatest Designers (Arcturus Publishing), was published this June. He's also author of Great TED Talks: Creativity (Pavilion Books). Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine.
