PUBLIC MARKS with tags blog & logo

Launched in 2004, SB Nation (short for Sports Blog Nation) is a massive network of more than 300 blogs run by paid sports writers-slash-fans. Combined, SB Nation pulls in 100 million pageviews a month through 20 million unique visitors, 80% of them dudes. While there is a mothership blog that covers sports in general, SB Nation’s real appeal are its local and team blogs, dedicated to the micro concerns of fans in different cities and for specific sports and teams, i.e., there is SB Nation Chicago for all of its citizens but there is also Bleed Cubbie Blue for the MLB’s Cubs, Windy City Gridiron for the NFL’s Bears, and Blog a Bull for the NBA’s Bulls. Over the years, each blog has been given free reign to design its own logo based on its own puny, insider-ey name — the result has been humorous yet mostly crummy, rectangular pieces of artwork. Earlier this month, in preparation for a relaunch of the look and functionality of its blogs, SB Nation introduced new logos for ALL blogs through a unified approach, designed by London-based Fraser Davidson. ALL of them, designed by Fraser Davidson. 300-plus.

logo design

Quand les compagnies changent de logos. Pour le meilleur et surtout pour le pire

You’ve seen these tech logos everywhere, but have you ever wondered how they came to be? Did you know that Apple’s original logo was Isaac Newton under an apple tree? Or that Nokia’s original logo was a fish?

There’ll be 10 heats, each from a different blog category , and the 10 winners will advance into the final.

Drafts from the design process

"Let’s take a look at the origin of tech companies’ logos and how they evolved over time" (hat tip : Simon Gobert)

Le PMU révèle sa nouvelle identité visuelle

nouveau logo de l’Eurovision !

"Babe, a 16 month calf was born with an interesting mark on her forehead. Babe has a white Virginia Tech logo on her head."

博客网全球征集新标志(logo)和吉祥物活动将于2007年11月30日17点截止作品征集。12月1日至7日进入初评阶段，12月10将在博客网公布入围作品……

Paul Rand – Corporate Identity Designs, Innovation and Excellence