48 Famous Brands And Their Logos - Then And Now

The world is constantly changing. To keep with the changing needs and trends of the world, brands have to keep revamping themselves to stay ahead of the curve. Not just the way a company operates, but also how they portray themselves to their target audience. To make sure their multi-billion dollar company is always in vogue, they need to keep evolving in every aspect, including their logos. Take a look at these famous logos for example. See how they were in the beginning and how much they have changed now. Recognise any of these?

#1 Apple

From an apple falling from the tree to the bitten apple, it is today, the evolution of one of the world's biggest tech giant is worth knowing. First coined in the 1970s by Apple Computer Co co-founder, Ronald Wayne the apple's logo was a depiction of Isaac Newton discovering gravity.

The current monochrome logo was coined in 1998, on the arrival of Jobs, who sought constant change.

#2 Mozilla Firefox

From a tiny little company in 2004 to a powerhouse now, Mozilla Firefox grew like a chain reaction. The very first logo and the name of the organization was actually a phoenix, but they found out that there was already a company with a trademark on Phoenix.

They then found the famous logo in the year 2003 - a fiery fox encircling a stylized earth.

#3 Starbucks

With a natural theme running throughout from the beginning, even Starbucks' logo has undergone many changes. Although, the brand always had a nautical theme running.

In 2011 it introduced its current logo, which has stayed since then.

#4 Google

The first version of Google's logo was designed by its Co-Founder, Sergey Brin, with a free graphics program called GIMP, but now, after years and years of evolution, Google's final logo is a simplified and more aesthetic version of its initial logo.

The 2015 update of the Google logo is the biggest overhaul in Google's logo history.

#5 Amazon

It's funny to recall that Amazon, which is now world's biggest e-commerce portal was once named Cadabra. The initial prototype featured a giant A with a winding river cutting through its silhouette as opposed to today's Amazon with an arrow underneath.

#6 Lego

From 1932 to now, LEGO has always been something that we loved to play, but know that it wasn't its iconic red, white, yellow, and black since forever.

The brand took multiple chances before it finally settled in 1998 with the current logo.

#7 Walt Disney

The 30-year-old logo has had countless iterations over the years, nearly all of them were wonderful and whimsical for the viewers.

It is Pixar's 1995 classic Toy Story that changed everything for the brand and since then, every major Walt Disney Picture got its own custom logo

#8 Volkswagen

The current logo is so far the simplest resolution for the brand from its beginning. From its inception 80 years ago on 28th May 1937 under the name, ¡®Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH¡¯ to what we know today as Volkswagen, the brand has maintained a rich legacy.

Since then, the brand has survived world war II, moved into a diverse upscale sector and has become people's car.

#9 Nokia

#10 Nintendo

#11 Coca Cola

Served for the first time in 1886, the official logo of Coca-Cola was somewhat a slab serif and chunky sans serif. From then on, the journey of multiple logos began where the logo was drawn over and over for different applications.

Today¡¯s Coca-Cola logo is amazingly similar to what it was 124 years ago.

#12 Canon

#13 Ford

#14 MTV

#15 Kentucky Fried Chicken

#16 Playboy

#17 Snapchat

#18 Discovery Channel

#19 Twitter

#20 Shell

#21 Mcdonald's

#22 Burger King

#23 Ikea

#24 Adidas

#25 Mazda

#26 Ge Healthcare

#27 Visa

#28 Pepsi

Pepsico was first developed and produced in the early 1890s by Caleb Bradham and was labelled as ¡°Brad¡¯s drink¡±. It is then, in 1898 that the brand got its the first logo. Since then the brand underwent many logo changes until 1998 when it completed 100 years and unveiled its current logo.

#29 At&t

#30 Heineken

#31 Nissan

#32 Nestle

#33 Samsung

#34 Microsoft

#35 Adobe Systems

#36 Pampers

#37 Fedex

#38 Eskimo

#39 Audi

#40 British Airways

#41 Dell

#42 Lay's

#43 Kodak

#44 Rca

#45 Procter And Gamble

#46 IBM

#47 Walmart

#48 Xerox