Famous Logos With Hidden Meanings

Have you ever felt bombarded by

logos

left, right and center everywhere you look? Companies constantly fight for your attention and do so by creating interesting identifications that you immediately associate with their products at first glance. Most of these are just fun or colorful emblems, but when you look a little deeper, some of them reveal creatively

hidden

features that you've probably never noticed before, so grab your glasses because it's time to take a good look at the

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hidden

behind the

logos

you see every day. Domino's Domination. I bet just by looking at them. The iconic Domino's Pizza logo many of you started salivating at your screens, but when you think about it, what does a classic game of dominoes have to do with pizza?

Well, it turns out not. In the 1960s, Dominic's Pizza restaurant had to change its name. After a purchase by American businessman Tom Monaghan, but he was not allowed to use the existing name and at the time did not have the money to hire million-dollar marketing experts, so he began asking his employees for suggestions, That's when a pizza delivery guy launched the name dominoes and Monaghan liked it, it was similar to the previous name, it was easy to remember and Monigan had an excellent idea for the future logo. The square shape on both sides of a domino looked like pizza boxes and the three dots represented the first three Domino's restaurants to open.

The original plan was to add a new dot each time a new establishment opened, but business began to grow. so quickly that they soon left that idea behind and thank God they didn't pursue it any other way. that super simple logo would be made up of around 17200 separate dots today netflix is ​​on a roll netflix wasn't always the streaming powerhouse we know and thanks to the pandemic it relies on today, it started in 1997 as a dvd rental company Almost ten years before the first iPhone was invented, its logo was an old-school film reel separating the words net and flicks, making it quite clear that it was some kind of Internet-based movie ordering service, but as technology began to change, Netflix changed its focus.

From DVD delivery to online streaming, their logos began to change with the times and since streaming itself does not have a universally identifiable icon, Netflix simply let its name speak for itself, obviously this bold branding It worked as they are now the largest streaming service in the world. with over 203 million subscribers worldwide, but it's clear they haven't forgotten their origins thanks to something incredibly subtle they included in their 2014 logo updates, while being big enough to be identified by a single red letter There is more to this lyric than meets the eye. The eye, the two duller red lines crossed with one brighter red line, resembles a curl from an old film reel, much like the one that started their old purple and black logo.

I guess you could say that, despite all its success, Netflix is ​​keeping it real. Twitch glitch live streaming has become one of the most popular forms of online entertainment today, but the king of all these streaming services is the one and only Twitch. In January 2021, almost 2 billion hours of content were watched on its platform where streamers broadcast everything from video. games to real-time chats with its virtual audience, but as well-known as it is today, not many people know where that little purple mascot comes from or even what it is. To find out this, let's go back 10 years to when Twitch, then known as Twitch. tv was first launched back then, marketed as the world's largest competitive gaming network, found exclusively at the URL twitch.tv.

Its logo was gray with a rock bandish-type font designed to resonate with old-school gamers, but as esports and gaming became increasingly popular around the world, Twitch began to thrive in 2012. .It had a whopping 20 million visitors a month. It was so big that the television part of its name had become redundant, so they renamed the service simply to Twitch. They updated their logo to a custom font that was reminiscent of a retro gaming aesthetic, but they also added this icon that has its own name, it's called glitch and it's the company's shorthand way of saying twitch, the shape is an update of the old tv emblem that you can now watch incorporates the new age chat box icon queue chat boxes are features that allow the audience to interact directly with streamers, which is a big part of twitch's appeal.

The evolution of this emblem was a huge hit among the Twitch user base, to the point that fans even started receiving them. Then in 2014, Amazon bought Twitch for a staggering $970 million, but the iconic logos have only undergone a few minor tweaks to their colors and design. Clearly, Amazon knows that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The Smart Sony Vaio When you think of some of the products placed in the James Bond film franchise, most people remember the logos of fancy cars, expensive watches and premium vodka, obviously shaken, not stirred, although there is one in Casino Royale from 2006 that seems a little out of place.

The Sony Vaio laptop is used in many shots of Bond planning some serious espionage, hacking things, and responding to some very important emails, but its name and logo seem so cryptic that I think even Bond would have a hard time cracking this code, fortunately your designer. dey yukoto offered this information freely. Vaio originally meant integrated audio and video operation. Since vios were first created as desktop computers in 1996, it is a reference to their original design and the logo subtly and cleverly represents this, as well as the v and a part. of that badge is made up of an analog audio sine wave and the i and o represent the ones and zeros of the digital binary code of the video side by side, this reflects the incorporation of the two computing technologies within a single device and It still looks just as elegant today. as it did 25 years ago the logo that is not the old mechanized cement block phenomenal tour de france you don't have to be a cycling fan to know that the tour de france is the most prestigious cycling tournament in the world with races of 2000 miles to travel the idyllic French countryside in just 23 days is a challenge that attracts the best cyclists from all over the world, but they also come thanks to the impeccable marketing of the event.

The Tour de France logo used to be a very austere looking icon incorporating capital letters surrounded by the dials of a very official and competitive speedometer, wouldn't you say right? This all changed in 2003 to celebrate the race's centennial. The whimsical font and colorful circle gave the entire logo a more Gaelic feel, but a cleverly subtle detail was also incorporated. mix it up, take a good look at those two little dots, if you remove this part of the text, the letters are arched specifically towards that yellow circle to look like a cyclist selling for his life, anyone else feels like they've been blind all these years the Starbucks secret If you'd never seen the Starbucks logo before, what would you think was sold with that big green and white mermaid holding two fish tails?

You'd be forgiven for thinking they were selling seafood, after all, mermaid princesses and coffee aren't exactly the most classic combination. But there's a lot more to this coffee franchise's logo than meets the eye. When it was established in the 1970s, coffee shops at the time didn't serve the artisanal bean blends we're used to today. Fortunately, the Terry duo Heckler and Seattle-based Gordon Boker quickly spotted this gap in the market. They plan to establish a high-quality coffee beans and roasting equipment store, but first they needed a strong name. Both gentlemen who worked in advertising believed that words starting with st were powerful at first.

Their brainstorming brought them to the improbable name Starbo. They were close to deciding on him when by a stroke of luck they remembered that a character from one of the most

famous

books in the world, Moby Dick, was called Mr. Starbuck now that they had a name that was The only thing they needed was a logo. Following the theme of the seafaring adventure novel, they began to look for images of mermaids, eventually they were inspired by a two-tailed mermaid from the 15th century and with a little editing it became, over the years, the original face of the Starbucks brand.

And as the company's logo has been constantly modernized and simplified, in 2011 the beautiful green mermaid has become so iconic that Starbucks removed its brand name from the logo entirely, it may not seem like the most obvious logo choice at first. view, but seeing the success that Starbucks has had It clearly became a match made in heaven. Pizza Hut passed. Did you ever go to Pizza Hut as a kid or at least before the rise of the pizza delivery era? These restaurants served pizza, salads and desserts, all under one roof, but for many people. The pizza hut logo itself is kind of a mystery, I mean what exactly does a hat in a red circle have to do with pizza from Indiana to Kuala Lumpur?

This hat-shaped logo is faithfully placed next to the pizza hut name without any context, so where is it? Dating back to 1969, just over 10 years since Pizza Hunt opened its first store in Wichita, Kansas, this fast food chain was beginning to expand internationally, fearing that competitors could easily overtake them. The owners of Pizza Hut decided to add uniquely shaped bright red roofs to the top of each of their franchises. Not only did it help them stand out, but the red roof feature soon became Pizza Hut's calling card. The iconic Pizza Hut logo with red roofs still includes the classic red callback.

I guess it's a way to raise the ceiling. Star Trek. Oh I'm sorry. Space Force. In early 2020, President Trump did what he does best and took to Twitter to reveal the United States logo. The new military division of the Space Force at first glance seemed very official as it used the service-sealed design of the other five divisions of the United States Department of Defense, but it wasn't long before people pointed out that it looked similar. suspiciously like the starfleet logo from the

famous

science fiction series Star Trek and by people I mean nerds, including myself, I mean it was almost identical the arrowhead of the triangle the circle of the globe the small orbiting comet The center and even the stars were placed similarly so it was as if it had been designed in a mirror universe or a copycat universe at least.

However, analyst and former national security policy advisor John Noonan defended the design by comparing it to the existing US Air Force command logo, it turns out that the shape of the triangle in the middle is also known as a delta has been used in emblems of the armed forces since the 1940s, such as this one from the group of 36 operations of the United States Air Force, there is a hidden story behind the design, but as the world focused on the delta, not many noticed that the seal also included star clusters that are identical to those found in the NASA logo.

I mean, there are over 9,000 stars visible in the night sky. It was very difficult to look up for these designers. The expensive Pepsi, the Pepsi logo has become so iconic that during the 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Some people thought the red and blue flag of South Korea was a giant Pepsi logo. The carbonated cola drink was originally called Brad's Drink when it was first made in 1884, but was eventually renamed Pepsicola because it contained pepsin, a type of digestive. Enzymes and cola nuts, that's right, Pepsi used to be a type of nut drink. Every day you will learn something new to differentiate yourself from its long-term rival, Coca-Cola, and show support for the United States during World War II.

Pepsi came out with this incredibly patriotic logo. Its design featured the red, white and blue of the waving flag of the United States, all cleverly encapsulated in a bottle cap, as you can imagine, this made it a huge success in the American market, while those three colors The 11 different logo designs have not changed. changes to modernize and simplify its form, but surprisingly all that simplicity does notwas cheap in its 2008 update, they spent a staggering $1 million researching and designing the exact intersection of waves to incorporate a bunch of super scientific elements like wave angles. golden ratio the proportions of mona lisa's smile and perceived future trajectories the designers even discussed pepsi's relationship with the speed of light you just can't make this stuff up clearly a lot of work went into it but do you think this end result was it's really worth a million dollars let me know in the comments the humble hershey's kiss i have no doubt that hershey's kisses are the only kisses that many people received this valentine's day god knows i'm one of them thank you global pandemic but for those who I had never heard of these sweets.

They are one of the most popular candies available in the US and have been made for over 100 years. Their logo started with a classic, old font and was gradually modernized over the decades, but in 2003 their small logo update included a tactfully hidden image. You can see it? What would happen if I turned it like that? Can you see it now? Simply hidden between the k and the eye of the letters is a negative space that forms a perfect bell-shaped Hershey's kiss. I designed that font certainly earned a kiss or two when they came up with this idea, although it seems obvious now.

It took a lot of people years to notice this adorable little detail, and by a lot of people, I mean me, tell me I'm not alone in this, right? notice it also let me know in the comments the Disney hoax, we all know this classic curly signature that appears on the ID at the beginning of many of our favorite children's movies. It belongs to Walt Disney, the internationally renowned animator, voice actor and film producer. and his company simply called the Walt Disney Company are responsible for the pioneering steps taken by the animation and cartoon industry in the mid-20th century, even today, Disney's iconic signature curl at the beginning of a film gives him lets the audience know they're in for a family-friendly treat, but anyone who's a big Disney fan.

You might want to sit back and see what I'm about to reveal. Are you ready? That signature is false. A copy of his old passport reveals that Walt Disney's signature actually looked like this. The Disney company used a stylized version of Walt's signature designed by an animator. because Walt apparently didn't like the way his actual signature looked, it just wasn't magical enough and rumor has it he couldn't even reproduce it. Oh, that hit me right in the nostalgia. Denim dynasty jeans all look the same, but. There is one brand that really stands out from the crown thanks to a small red label.

You guessed it, I'm talking about Levi's, but the red tab isn't the only distinctive feature that some Levi jeans sport on the back pocket of their signature 501 jeans. There are two sewn-in arches that meet in the middle. This pattern is affectionately called batwing, but while it looks pretty perched on someone's butt, it also has a bit of history behind it, as it turns out. Levi Straussen company was established in 1873 after patenting. Featuring a pocket closure design, the company began branding its jeans with the iconic two-horse patch which, as you can see, included that first bat wing design.

Over the years, the company's success saw bat wings incorporated not only into jeans but also as a part of the logo, the company's rebranding in 1969 saw the bat wing included in the bottom of the brand's famous red emblem and, although the logo has been modified over the years, the bat wing remains the same. Personally, I find this incredible because for all these years I thought those two curves were meant to represent a jean-clad butt Tasty Toblerone Toblerone is a uniquely shaped Swiss chocolate bar composed of breakable chocolate triangles combined with delicious nougat nuggets The inspiration for its delicious design and its charming logo clearly comes from the famous Swiss mountain the Matterhorn, but there is a secret hidden in the shadow of this mountain, literally, get ready because once it is revealed you will never be able to unsee it.

There, hidden in all the negative space, is a bear standing on its hind legs, but what is it? the bear is all about chocolate, well it's actually a reference to the birthplace of this triangular delight, which is the town of Burns, Switzerland, the town has an angry looking black bear prowling around its coat of arms, although the Toblerone white bear does not look so scary. Not only that, but the name Toblerone itself, which is a combination of Tobler, the creator's last name, and Tyrone, the Italian nougat, contains all the letters of burn, how much sweeter could this marketing gift be?

Simplicity is a deal breaker with many logos. I mean, just think of Nike's trademark in contrast to this unfortunate Doughboy insignia. Fortunately for Beats Electronics, the simplicity of both their name and logo has helped make them a super-successful brand created by music industry legends Dr. Dre and lowercase-b Jimmy Iveen. on a red circular background has become synonymous with its premium audio products, but despite its simplicity, there is great genius in its design because if you take a step back, it also looks like someone wearing headphones from the side for a company which sells premium headphones and audio equipment primarily for musicians who are incredibly smart, and given that Apple bought Beats in 2014 to the tune of three billion dollars, it's pretty clear that, ironically, they can't win the battle of the apps when they musically appeared on the app store.

In 2014, teenagers around the world hit the download button and began recording themselves lip-syncing to their favorite songs. It was a certified success, but less than two years later, a lip-syncing competitor entered the app scene by the name of dot me its name. It didn't really tell users what it was and its logo was a gloomy-looking pink musical note. Needless to say, he posed no threat to the music reign until December 2016, when a.may suddenly changed his name to dooyan and his logos. transformed into something you could recognize, that's right, in fact, a.m had been the first evolution of ticking.

The new and now iconic logo was designed to emulate the feeling of being among a large crowd looking towards a bright stage and the colorful overlays emerged as you ran. The design through an electronic wave effect that gave it a 3D appearance that stood out from other applications with this new look, Dooyan quickly began to prosper and within a year had more than 100 million users, while Dooyan focused on the market Chinese, its parent company developed Bit Dance. and launched its twin tick tock to the international market under the same brand, then in 2017, bit dance musically bought it for $800 million and merged it with tick tock to create an unstoppable lip sync app, but looking back, something feels very wrong now.

The infamous logo sure is based on a.mee's original music note, but compared to Musically's logo, those white, curved lines don't have a very similar feel, not only that, but if you compare it to the logo from Beats mentioned above and you turn it around. Don't they look suspiciously similar? Could it be that the shape of the tick-tock logo relied on successful brands to gain a foothold in the music market while this is all pure speculation? I want to hear what you think is just artistic license at work or have you taken tick tock tick these designs for yourself, let me know in the comments.

The Toyota enigma. Toyota Motor Corporation's three interlocking ovals are one of the most recognizable automotive-related logos in the world, but as simple as it may seem, there's a lot at play. Inside you can see that the company itself was founded by Kichiro Toyota in 1937 as a spin-off of his father's Toyota company. You heard it's true, Toyota, not Toyota. Kichiro adjusted the company name to Toyota because it sounded better and could be written in Japanese. In eight strokes of a pen, eight is considered a lucky number in Asian culture as it is associated with prosperity and wealth and clearly for Toyota the eight really was their lucky number, the company took the world by surprise and in 1989, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, it introduced its new oval logo, it symbolizes the overlapping trust of the customer and the company and the horizontal design ensured that it could be recognized even when looking back in a rearview mirror, which is Pretty clever, but there's something even more impressive hidden inside all those ovals.

When you split them up, each overlay cleverly spells out each letter of the Toyota name, not only that, but at a glance it also looks like it contains that all-important number eight. That's a stroke of hidden genius and luck at Hyundai, just like its Toyota counterparts. The Hyundai motor company is also one of the most famous names in the automotive market, although it didn't always have that iconic italicized h as its logo. The South Korean company was formed in 1967 and decided to enter the market with this as its official emblem. For the 1960s, this was a fairly modern monogram that was clearly geared toward English-speaking markets, especially when compared to Toyota, although the black color scheme and non-aerodynamic shape didn't exactly scream cars as much as it screamed auto shops. campaign in 1978, this was changed. to an equally blocky HD symbol so as not to be confused with rival Honda motor company, then in 1990, just a year after Toyota introduced its innovative logo design, Hyundai came out with its own updated and modernized emblem, but the italicized h was not just a simple but futuristic letter, it was also designed as a stylized image according to Hyundai, the iconic h represents a customer and a salesperson shaking hands, a gesture that sees them exchanging trust and satisfaction after seeing I think the satisfaction is all mine, which of these hidden designs will you never be able to stop seeing again and do you know any other logos with hidden

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Let me know in the comments below and who knows, they might appear in another video. Thanks for seeing you.