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A current trend in logo design is to use fold effects that give a three dimensional appearance. Some of these logos resemble origami or folded paper. In this post we’ll feature more than 30 logos for your design inspiration.

I have noticed a recent rise in the number of logos designed in a retro style. Be it colors or design elements that remind you of an era past, retro logos are very charming and induce a sense of nostalgia. Swirly fonts and muted colors are a dead giveaway of a retro style. Then there are actual objects used that you don’t see much anymore like the volkswagon vans and milk bottles. I have rounded up 40 groovilicious, really beautiful retro logos that are truly inspiring, some in their simplicity and some in their complex nature. Retro or not, all of these have a very retro vibe about them. What do you perceive as retro? What are your favorite retro logos?

What’s this first thing you notice about your car? Is it the leather interior? Or maybe it’s the shiny alloy wheels? One design aspect which is overlooked completely is the logotype. Each car model is unique and the lettering used to market the product to the consumer reflects this, displaying the personality of the car. Whilst some manufacturers employ a custom designed font for each new model, others prefer to keep them in line with the whole product range, in effect creating a bespoke font family. Next time your sat in traffic take a look to see if you can notice any of the following 85 Automotive Logotypes that we have featured below:

“I did the bloody thing in 1975 and I thought it would last a couple of months as a promotion and disappear.”
Milton Glaser

In this short video Milton Glaser answers the following questions: Are you ever annoyed by the prevalence of the “I Love New York” logo? Are you upset you don’t have the trademark to the image?

Business cards are one of the elements of corporate design that should be pushed beyond just graphics, and converge with several processes to become what they should be: a memorable, collectible and impressive piece to be carried away everywhere. The following are perfect examples, and have overcome the graphic-only component of the piece by using different materials and techniques. A recognizable pattern in all these designs is the use of die-cuts.

Logos can be an opening door to many clients if your logo is successful. By successful I mean that a person can glance at it and find the meaning of what the company is trying to be viewed as. There are three basic types of logos:

1. Iconic (Could be an regular or abstract shape)
2. Logo Type (only includes typography)
3. Combination Mark (includes a shape and typography)
That being said, I’ll show you a more specific type of logo that applies one of the principles of design,White space.White space can create clever-looking logos by using the negative space that surrounds the elements. In other words, white space can be the opposite space of the elements that creates the logo.

Trade marks and symbols by Stefan Kanchev — a wonderful design collection from the late Bulgarian graphic artist. Stefan is the author of more than 1000 trade marks and symbols, and in the first world exhibition of trade marks in New York he presented 23 works out of the 250 logos by authors from all over the world.

A few months ago I did a roundup of organic, eco logos. Since then a lot more logos have cropped up that follow the ecological theme. These logos are identities of organizations that are striving to reduce man’s carbon imprint, events and units that support a cause greater than everyday materialism. These logos have a message. These logos have heart. While most of them are green, some are nice brown variations often using a splash of red and orange and blue. I present to you a roundup of 40 more green organic eco logos.