20 Very Clever Logo Designs

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2009 by Web Design in Inspiration

I thought that some logo design inspiration was in order, as we haven’t posted anything along the logo lines in a while. I have made a compilation of 20 extremely clever logos. The trick is to look into the logos and see what they are based on, then try and work out what the hidden message is. An example would be the Amazon logo. Many people think the arrow underneath it is a smiley face, when infact it is pointing from the a to the z.

Giraffe The g is in a shape of a giraffe		BarCode Features a bar glass with bar code lines

GetWired Coffee cup made of wires		The Dog House A house thats turned to look like a dogs head

Pencil Pencil between the i and the l		Amazon The arrow can mean smile or a-z of everything

Horror Films The film reel has 3 holes that look like a face		LogoMotive Looks like the front of a steam engine

Eight The word “eight” made from 8’s		More4 More with different length lines making a 4

Turtle Island A turtle made from small islands		Families A family is made up of the 2 i’s and 1 l.

Tape The a and p look like the inside holes of a tape		Ed’s Electric A plug joining which has an E in the middle

Wine Searcher A pair of glasses made from 2 wine bottles		Food Writers A spoon as the inside pen nib

Look The word look which looks like someone looking		Version2 The 2 is pushed within the word

Umbrella Prints A U and P making an umbrella		Eighteen The number 18 within the word eighteen

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50 Responses to “20 Very Clever Logo Designs”

Reghardt Grobbelaar

06. Aug, 2009

Thanks for including my pencil logo

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- Prashant
  
  15. Jan, 2010
  
  Nice list man.
  
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Louis

06. Aug, 2009

Great logo roundup, thanks.

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Cat McQuillan

06. Aug, 2009

Nice collection! Keep up the great posts

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Sedasa

06. Aug, 2009

Very nice!

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RayZorback

06. Aug, 2009

very cool. makes me want to doodle some logo ideas for my business… suddenly, mine isn’t cool enough. lol

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Giovanni Atalmi

06. Aug, 2009

I like the fact that you explained each logo… “The word look which looks like someone looking” classic!

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Brian Heys

06. Aug, 2009

Some absolute beauties I haven’t seen before. I love Giraffe, get wired, pencil, Horror Films, and Wine Searcher.

Bookmarked for inspiration.

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Abounding Media

06. Aug, 2009

There are some very creative designs here. I had to look at the Ed’s Electric logo a couple of times before the E jumped out. Took me a moment on umbrella prints too. Great work.

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Tammy

06. Aug, 2009

You are very creative!

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Mersi

06. Aug, 2009

Nice. I have seen and previosly admired most of these.
Although, have to say that I am not too keen on the green for the more4 logo, kind of diminishes its relevance to the present as it looks outdated.

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- Astral
  
  07. Aug, 2009
  
  Totaly and utterly agree with you Mersi, it actually really bugs me (the colour that is) … Why the heck that well outdated 1968 green?
  
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- Andy
  
  07. Aug, 2009
  
  Yeh i see what you mean
  
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Website Design Sydney

07. Aug, 2009

Really very nice creativity..

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Martin

07. Aug, 2009

Really cool logos. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing…

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Christian Reber

07. Aug, 2009

I absolutely love the getwired logo!

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Ajay

07. Aug, 2009

Very nice collection

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Paul van Schanke

07. Aug, 2009

Brilliant designs.. very clever, yeah and i agree on the green on the more4 logo looking outdated… loved the food writing logo..

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Keith

07. Aug, 2009

I thought this was pretty cool: http://www.baseballsoftballuk.com/images/logo_190×88.gif

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- Andy
  
  07. Aug, 2009
  
  Ooh, looks nice
  
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L

07. Aug, 2009

For whatever reason, none of the logos load on IE8

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- Andy
  
  07. Aug, 2009
  
  Its an IE8 bug. I would strongly suggest using Firefox or Opera.
  
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Imran Hafeez Panhwar

07. Aug, 2009

Thumbs Up !
Great Work Dude.

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Fernando de Alcântara Cadalso

07. Aug, 2009

Excelent collection !!!

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Oliver

07. Aug, 2009

A great collection of logo designs here. All of them are good apart from the more4 logo which is definitely outdated. Thanks for sharing these.

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Stylight

07. Aug, 2009

The ‘Families’ is cool design.

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Andrew Newhouse

07. Aug, 2009

Thanks for including my ‘Umbrella Prints’ logo! Great collection, too!

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Claude Handy

07. Aug, 2009

amazing !
very good for my inspiration.

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Cody

07. Aug, 2009

The “Eight” logo is clever with all the different versions of the number 8.

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shareunlimited.net

07. Aug, 2009

Great “BarCode” design, very creative!

Greetings,

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Fergal, Business Advice Forum

07. Aug, 2009

Excellent logos, I especially liked Version2. I read it as just that, at first glance, without even noticing that the 2 was in the middle.

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manuel

08. Aug, 2009

great logos, thx

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Janet

08. Aug, 2009

Any suggestions on a new style logo for my brand,
What’s Your Problem?

Janet Arneau

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Aadil Pitafi

09. Aug, 2009

Nice research! Those logos are very impressive and I can feel that the logo creators certainly would have spent a lot of time designing those.

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WarrenEsdaile

10. Aug, 2009

Good work Andy!

Nice designs…I haven’t got the talent, but I can see the effort and thought that’s gone into these.

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Fabian

10. Aug, 2009

Great collection! I love clever designs.

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Kelowna web design

10. Aug, 2009

Good design, just never gets boring to look at. Very creative collection. Thx

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Sean Hurley

11. Aug, 2009

Great logo’s! Would love to see more

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neen

12. Aug, 2009

agree with above !! love these egs.

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Jimmy Liew

12. Aug, 2009

Agreed. It is absolutely creative. What I can say is “simple & nice”

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Dan Sensecall

12. Aug, 2009

Woah… thanks for featuring my get wired logo!
Much appreciated!

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Brochure Design Melbourne

26. Aug, 2009

Very clever indeed. Thanks for sharing.

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affordable logo design

14. Sep, 2009

Nice and informative collection of logos are simply great keep it up

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Carl Smart

14. Sep, 2009

Love these logos…the Food Writers is ace.

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mukash

24. Sep, 2009

keep up the good work

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Shane

05. Oct, 2009

Some really clever and inspirational designs.
Thanks.

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Larissa

30. Oct, 2009

These are great. Another fabulous collection of great logos is: http://ljdesignstudio.com/logo-inspiration

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designium

30. Oct, 2009

i made also few months ago one list with 30 clever logo design you got here some that i picked also and other that didnt see it…

ty for share.

http://designi1.com/?p=505&lang=en

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Rezywezy

13. Nov, 2009

Bravo! All are clean, simple and witty!! *clap-clap-clap!*

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Facebook Developer

22. Jan, 2010

Great logo design. Must appreaciated and designers have to follow these logo’s for their websites. Really inspirational logos

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