The well-known, if not famous, Harley-Davidson logo is on the left below, but what is on the right?
Might Harley-Davidson also be in the business of renting storage garage units for motorcycles among other outdoor toys? I doubt it.
It looks like Harley-Davidson is involved in the rental of motorcycles, but that’s all
Louis Armstrong first performed “Mack the Knife” in 1956, a year later McDonald’s introduced the Big Mac, and then, Bobby Darin’s version of “Mack the Knife” became a chart-topper in 1959.
So, these events were all before my time, but I’m left wondering if there was any connection between them, back in the day,
A recent road trip in Texas flagged this roadside sign, depicting a likely famous non-verbal logo, standing all alone:
So, I dug up this little gem from our archives to refresh my memory on what I had said about it before: Which Non-Verbal Logo Doesn’t Belong?
Admittedly, I was skeptical about Starbucks’ move to
Passing by a roadside billboard recently (below is a miniature version I found in the Minneapolis skyway system), my first thought was, wow, McDonald’s is getting into the juicy lucy business:
Until more focus revealed that State Farm Insurance is the one behind the ad. Look familiar?
No doubt burgers and car insurance are
—Laura Toledo, Account & Marketing Manager at Tenrec
I grew up in a very small town (graduated with less than 40 kids). Our class’s makeup consisted of maybe 15 girls and all the rest boys. We had a love-hate relationship (mostly hate). When the girls decided we wanted something, the boys would always out-vote us
These McDonald’s billboard signs are all over the place at the moment.
For more examples check out I Saw An EyeSore Billboard.
Maybe I think too much about the words “hail to the beef,” but it strikes me as an obvious play on the phrase “hail to the king” or perhaps “
How many think of Home Depot when the generic and industry category words “Home Improvement” appear in the color orange? I do, that’s why I snapped this photo of signage on a local strip mall the other day.
Apparently, there used to be a business in Champlin, Minnesota called “Wholesale Home Improvement Center” — nice
—Brent Carlson-Lee, Founder & Owner of Eli’s Donut Burgers
I have to admit Beef Products Inc.’s “lean, finely textured beef” sounds pretty good. But call it “pink slime” (its recently popularized nickname) and I find it much less appetizing. In their defense, pink slime is 100% beef…except for the ammonia. And beef without ammonia is
–Susan Perera, Attorney
Last year I had a running discussion on color trademarks. I blogged about the issues surrounding the protection of a color as a non-traditional trademark, the impact of industries clustering around a particular color, and the concern that functionality may impede protection of a color trademark. Need a refresher? Check here,
–Susan Perera, Attorney
I recently read Nora Reed’s blog post, Locate your Brand on the Color Spectrum, on Logoblog. Nora identified a trend, which you may have noticed from time to time, that some industries tend to congregate in a specific color scheme.
For example, fast food logos tend to be in the red/yellow