While reminiscing this year, we also dug into our archives of the past 12 months to find everything \u2013 from inspirations to design podcasts<\/a> and new palette logos<\/a> \u2013 we shared with you from time to time. Don\u2019t forget to check those out.<\/p>\n Many renowned brands are not going to look the same way they did at the year\u2019s start. The industry witnessed new logos, new fonts, and even new names (jaw dropped). Let\u2019s quickly jump to some of the biggest rebrands that occurred in 2018\u2026 before the year ends!<\/p>\n Previously based on a circular icon-based design, the well-known ride-hailing app has turned its icon-based logo<\/a> into wordmark <\/em>design, showing just the company name in white against black backdrop. Just two years back in 2016, Uber had its logo revamped and weathered a lot of criticism. This time travel app\u2019s logo<\/a> looks quite minimal and simple.<\/p>\n The design stars an uppercase \u201cU\u201d that gels seamlessly with the \u201cb\u201d on its right, whereas the letters \u201cb\u201d and \u201ce\u201d exhibit two strong round shapes in the middle. The word ends with \u201cr\u201d complimenting the shape of \u201cU\u201d. It may not be a very good logo, but considering the history of Uber\u2019s rebranding, this is by far the most decent one.<\/p>\n Two years of backbreaking efforts and restructuring struggles, Ogilvy revealed its new face to everyone. Removing the “& Mather\u201d from the design, the revised marketing logo<\/a> showcases a new font hued in a bright coral combined with a more elusive secondary palette exhibiting gray, pink, blue, and yellow. As stated by a press release, the alterations reflect company\u2019s motto of being modernized while keeping its strong heritage as the crux.<\/p>\n The typeface is custom-designed as Ogilvy Serif and Ogilvy Sans. Besides, Ogilvy\u2019s website is also revamped to demonstrate agency\u2019s breadth and depth of creative portfolio, proficiency, and principles it revolves around.<\/p>\n The 43-year-old logo of the American Express underwent a minimal tweak, and for a good reason. Since the blue boxed, wordmark logo was representing the brand since 1975, it was easy to recognize, and thus, it was safer to enhance the design subtly, rather than changing it completely.<\/p>\n The new look polished off the gradient from the design, whereas the font was designed to be more crisp, bold, and legible. The logo looks flawless on smartphones and app, boasting an off-center \u201cAmex\u201d on the small screens.<\/p>\n Lyft is also a notable mention in our list of 2018\u2019s rebrands. The brand now has a new look, although it is not as extensive as its competitor\u2019s. Keeping up with its signature crooked font, the brand exhibited a more colorful design accompanied with a secondary palette comprising of its usual black, pink, and white.<\/p>\n The rebrand has also introduced a new typeface, Lyft Pro, whereas the application logo<\/a> shows very subtle changes done to enhance its legibility and usability. Being the ice on this colorful cake, lively photography and iconography fairly complement the overall theme and branding.<\/p>\n Standing out of all the sans serif wordmark logos, mailchimp\u2019s typeface has always demonstrated a personal feel and originality. Ignoring the worldwide liking of its branding, the brand made a bold move and revised its logo, types, color, and sentence case. \u201cMailChimp\u201d turned into \u201cMailchimp\u201d. The revision was, as obvious, quite extensive; it dropped the script and embraced the renowned mascot, Freddie the chimp.<\/p>\n With a cheerful yellow as Mailchimp\u2019s main theme color and winking mascot, the brand continues to stay friendly and humorous in its own unique way. The typeface used is a tweaked up, 1920s, pre-digital font\u2014Cooper Black. The new email logo<\/a> has brought human-like touch to the brand.<\/p>\n Besides a homogenized <\/strong>san-serif, the famous luxury brand has many interesting things to talk about. Burberry collaborated with Peter Saville (the designer behind different remarkable rebrands) to come up with the new luxury logo<\/a>, removing the much-known Burberry Equestrian Knight Logo<\/a> entirely from the sight.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the brand also revealed its monogram, created by Riccardo Tisci (Italian designer). Tisci used the initials of Burberry\u2019s founder, i-e., Thomas Burberry and threaded it into an intricate, interlocking design.<\/p>\n Slenderizing the typeface to showcase a simpler and sleeker look, the Bank of America also refreshed its logo design. The font changed from a tightly-spaced, sentence-case form to an all-caps, more symmetrical block-like font. The new bank logo<\/a> features cleaner lines and fairly spaced letters decked up with darker blue color.<\/p>\n For the first time in 20 years, the terrestrial channel has experienced rebranding. Designed by the in-house design team of BBC (BBC Creative), BBC Two got a series of colorful televisual alternatives to a restyled television and radio production service logo<\/a>.<\/p>\n Each identifier is produced by a different animator and demonstrates a distinctive visual representation of \u201ctwo\u201d (2). The masterminds behind the animated indents include Kenneth Robin, The Mill, Mainframe, FutureDeluxe, David McLeod, Conlan Normington, Helmut Breineder, Kijek\/Adamski, and Ari Weinkle.<\/p>\n Conforming the notion, less is more<\/em>, the animal welfare charity simplified its name to just \u201cBattersea\u201d\u2014 dropping it gratuitous \u201cDogs & Cats Home\u201d. The new identity showcases playful, watercolor icons representing different breeds of the canines and felines.<\/p>\n The series of hand-drawn icons are water-colored into the brand\u2019s official blue color. The brand, furthermore, introduced its tagline, \u201cHere for every dog and cat\u201d. The tagline is presented in the Franklin Gothic typeface to reflect the \u201cauthority\u201d factor of the charity.<\/p>\n Being a far-famed weight loss program since 1963, the company felt the need for something more than weight and calories to magnetize the elusive audience. Therefore, Weight Watchers underwent rebranding and boiled down its name to WW in order to shift their focal point from mere calorie counting and weight loss to healthy living. The brand further brings in a new tagline, \u201cwellness that works\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n The rebrand attracts mixed emotion. The advocates regarded this rebrand as a holistic conception of health and wellness, whereas many critics claimed that playing with acronyms has not suited the brand and it\u2019s probably going to be the same old Weight Watchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Moving towards digitization, the UK parliament embraced a new identity and logo design. Designed by studio SomeOne, the government logo<\/a> showcased a name change to UK Parliament from Houses of Parliament. The main idea behind rebrand was to enhance its applications on digital platforms.<\/p>\n The logo comprises of a cleaner version of crowned portcullis present in the previous logo, along with its new name inscribed in the sans-serif font, \u2018National\u2019. <\/em>Dark purple, mint green and white tints constitute the primary color palette to keep the logo simple and distinctive. Whereas \u2018Register\u2019<\/em>, the secondary typeface gives a more traditional vibe.<\/p>\n Maintaining the portfolio of making the finest donuts since 1950, the transition of the brand from Dunkin Donuts to Dunkin\u2019 freaked many people out. The coffee-shop logo<\/a> features same old rounded typeface contrasted in orange and pink hues with a more minimalistic approach.<\/p>\n According to a press release by Dunkin\u2019s, the objective behind eliminating the \u201cDonuts\u201d to increase their footfall in the daytime too. Many Twitteratis don\u2019t see the name change move making any difference to the brand; they have posted some uproarious reactions on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n For past few years, the coffee shop chain has been expanding its menu and beverage options, and is said to decrease the donut variety from 30 to 18 (that justifies the dropping off of \u201cDonuts\u201d from its name) by the end of 2018. However, the donuts are going to stay the menu staple.<\/p>\n Goodbye C\u00e9line, Bonjour Celine. The French luxury goods brand debuted its new logo. Based on the brand\u2019s original logo (that dates back to 1960s), Slimane got rid of the accented \u201ce\u201d in Celine and decreased the space between the letters in Typeface, making them look more balanced.<\/p>\n This is the second time that Hedi Slimane, who previously led Yves Saint Laurent, tweaked a legacy logo of a renowned brand. The reactions are mixed across the internet.<\/p>\n The Mexican chain, Wahaca defined its mission statement and refined its image from startup to a chain with a rebrand. The taco logo<\/a> exhibits line-art showcasing a hand clutching the taco defiantly. The typeface runs in small, all caps, bold Sans-Serif curled upwards to form a semi-circle.<\/p>\n Besides representing the brand\u2019s growth, the personalized font (Wahaca Bold), reduced color palette, and an urbane tone add an upbeat and simple feel to the design.<\/p>\n After being bankrupt in 2017, Toys \u2018R\u2019 Us has made a comeback with a new branding as Geoffrey’s Toy Box. The new look used the backward \u201cR\u201d to bring the most nostalgic affinity. The \u201cR\u201d that looks like a fluffy plush animal, turns into a pinewood block in the next second, and brings playfulness to the design.<\/p>\n It is a great attempt, but brands do not run on branding alone. Whether the new brand can capitalize on rebranding to amplify its sales or not, it has set a great inspiration as to how a retro brand can modernize its offerings without sacrificing its beloved features.<\/p>\n Previously known as IHOP, the brand has changed its name to introduce its new hamburgers. People mock the IHOP\u2019s branding and typography choices, but they still tried the new line of hamburgers and actually liked it.<\/p>\n The rebrand is temporary and looks more of an online troll aimed at grabbing attention towards the new additions on its menu. It was wise and it worked!<\/p>\n The fitness class subscription service unveiled its new look on its 5th year anniversary. Started in 2013, the brand has got a new typeface, logo, and brand. The objective of their modification was to highlight upcoming phase of ClassPass in which the brand will be expanding its cutover base and reach untouched markets.<\/p>\n The fitness logo<\/a> comprises of a new bespoke, rounded and sporty font called Circuit <\/em>and a logo based on the initials (C and P) blended together. The brand\u2019s new branding is clean and minimalistic.<\/p>\n The finalist for Pulitzer Prize, BuzzFeed launched the official, formal-looking website<\/a> for Buzzfeed News along with a new logo design. The new logo design reflects the casualness, much credit of which goes to edgy, serious-ish, thick serif typeface.<\/p>\n The website design looks similar to that of a traditional news website and shows a tagline \u201cReporting to you\u201d accompanied by a black and white arrow, which distinguishes it from the BuzzFeed look and feel.<\/p>\n As the year sums up, we are delighted to share this collection of some inspiring rebrands that every professional, especially in the design industry, must know. Businesses are growing, their branding will too, but it is important to do it well. Branding, if done right, can add stars to your business, but when it goes wrong it will blow up in your face. That was all for now!<\/p>\n Out with the old, in with the new: may all businesses and brands have success the whole year through.<\/p>\n Happy New Year!<\/p>\n Create Floral Design Logos<\/a> With 2018 reaching its denouement, we felt it necessary to turn back and have a flashback of the year\u2019s most note-worthy rebranding projects. 2018\u2014in a nutshell\u2014was amazing and full of rebrands. For non-designers, rebranding would be just having a new … Continue reading 1. Uber<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n2. Ogilvy<\/h2>\n
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3. American Express<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n4. Lyft<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n5. Mailchimp<\/h2>\n
![\"Mailchimp](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mailchimp.jpg\" "\\"Mailchimp")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso read: 25 Creative Fonts By Designers For Designers<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n6. Burberry<\/h2>\n
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\nImage Source: UnderConsideration.com<\/p>\n7. Bank Of America<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n8. BBC Two<\/h2>\n
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9. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home<\/h2>\n
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\nImage Source: UnderConsideration.com<\/p>\n![\"Battersea](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Battersea-Posters.jpg\" "\\"Battersea")
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\nImage Source: UnderConsideration.com<\/p>\n10. Weight Watchers<\/h2>\n
![\"Weight](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Weight-Watchers.jpg\" "\\"Weight")
<\/a><\/p>\n11.\tHouses Of Parliament<\/h2>\n
![\"Houses](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Houses-Of-Parliament.jpg\" "\\"Houses")
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<\/a><\/p>\n12.\tDunkin Donuts Aka Dunkin\u2019<\/h2>\n
![\"Dunkin](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dunkin-Donuts.jpg\" "\\"Dunkin")
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13. Celine<\/h2>\n
![\"Celine](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Celine.jpg\" "\\"Celine")
<\/a><\/p>\n14.\tWahaca<\/h2>\n
![\"Wahaca](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Wahaca.jpg\" "\\"Wahaca")
<\/a><\/p>\n15.\tToys ‘R’ Us<\/h2>\n
![\"Toys](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TRU.gif\" "\\"Toys")
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\nImage Source: Amazonaws.com<\/p>\n16.\tIHOb<\/h2>\n
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17.\tClassPass<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n18.\tBuzzFeed News<\/h2>\n
![\"BuzzFeed](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BuzzFeed-News.jpg\" "\\"BuzzFeed")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"BuzzFeed](\"https:\/\/www.designmantic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/BuzzFeed-News-Site.jpg\" "\\"BuzzFeed")
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