This past month, pizzeria giant Pizza Hut rolled out a new logo for all their branding and identity purposes. They ditched the red, yellow, green, and black logo for a clean, one color(two colors if white is used) look. The shiny button effect on the hut is also replaced with simple flat colors, as is the trend today. All the …
Redskins Brand Has Yet Another Battle
This particular battle might lose the NFL franchise the war in keeping their brand. Last week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six federal trademark registrations of the franchise. The Patent and Trademark Office says any branding that uses a derogatory term or slur for a people group constitutes sufficient grounds for rejecting a trademark registration. The claim is …
Updated Buccaneers Branding and What Might Have Been
I am an NFL junkie. My offseason blues began on February 3rd this year. I almost never listen to sports radio these days because you can only talk so much about how KU is good and I am not a fan of baseball. I am willing to take scraps when it comes to NFL news. As a graphic designer and …
Fresno Bulldog is also Symbol of Violent Gang
Talk about a branding problem. Sadly this one has literally killed people. A violent California gang calling themselves the Bulldogs has adopted Fresno State branding for it’s visual affiliation and innocent people are being murdered because of it. The presence of this gang was recognized by prison officials as early as 1986, with it’s members donning Fresno State gear and …
If the Redskins Get Rebranded
In the last couple of weeks a controversy has reignited over the National Football League team the Washington Redskins. Should the organization whose name references a living ethnic group rebrand because of the potential for offense? I am not going to weigh in on this controversial issue right now. However, if the organization decides to rebrand the team, what should …
Branding Solutions to College Conference Shakeups
Things have been a little confusing for the last few years in college sports with the shakeup in the major conferences. The pac 10 acquired two more schools becoming a conference with twelve teams. They changed their name and logo accordingly, rolling out a new Pac 12 logo. The Big 10 conference gained two new schools as well, but changing …