Duke Energy, which is counted among the largest electric power holding companies in the US, has introduced an all-new logo following its merger with Progress Energy Inc – another energy giant. The old Duke Energy logo depicted an acute, shrill red-colored “D”. The new design features significantly gentler blue and green colors, incorporating the star emblem of Progress while also taking in the swoosh from Duke’s D.

The new logo, scheduled to take effect in early 2013, portrays the company’s “commitment to sustainability, technology and energy efficiency” while “representing energy for the future”, according to Duke officials.

Logo Design Awards 2012 are finally here! Famous Logos is proud to present the awards, which have been judged by a panel of independent eminent experts from across the design industry, to this year’s recipients for their hard work, dedication and commitment to improving the standards and practice of graphic design.

The five significant factors that decide the criteria for the awards include creativity, richness of art, uniqueness, visibility and simplicity.

LOGO DESIGN BLOG OF THE YEAR

- Logos For Lunch
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LOGO DESIGN COMPANY OF THE YEAR

- The Logo Factory Design Portfolio
- Very patriotic. But still the damn boat logo
- Order The Logo Factory Design Studio

LOGO DESIGN OF THE YEAR

- Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Official Website
- Logo + Visual Identity by Turquoise Branding

GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ ARTIST OF THE YEAR

- Tim Bradstreet Official
- Tim Bradstreet Gallery

DESIGN AGENCY OF THE YEAR

- Lippincott Case Studies

SMART REDESIGN

- Marsh & McLennan Companies: A Case Study
- Marsh & McLennan Companies – Identityworks

DESIGN MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

- Protect a brand from prefix pretenders
- Hand-drawn web design
- September 2012 Issue #232

GRAPHIC DESIGN BLOG OF THE YEAR

- Type and Media 2012
- House Archive Boxes
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LOGO DESIGN GALLERY OF THE YEAR

- Logo Pond Gallery
- Logo Pond Community
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WORST LOGO DESIGN OF THE YEAR

- Microsoft reveals new logo after 25 years, proves that it’s (still) okay to be square
- Microsoft Logo History

CROWDSOURCING COMPANY OF THE YEAR

- Join 99Designs
- Launch a Project
- Interview with Mark Harbottle: Co-founder 99Designs

SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

- Most Popular Stories
- Join Design Bump
- Submit your story

BOOK OF THE YEAR

- Order your copy
- LogoLounge website
- LogoLounge Volume 7: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

EVENT OF THE YEAR

- The London Design Festival Official Website
- The London Design Festival on Facebook

THE INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

- Shepard Fairey updates classic Rolling Stones logo for the 50th anniversary
- The Rolling Stones’ 50th Anniversary Logo Unveiled

CONTROVERSY OF THE YEAR

- Award Stripped from 15-Year-Old Artist Over Allegations of Latino Gang Symbols
- Chicago City Sticker Controversy: Contest Winner Speaks Out About Design (VIDEO)

Perhaps one of the strictest laws in the world on cigarette advertising, Australia’s highest court declared on August 15 that tobacco companies in the country will not be able to display their logos on cigarette packs. According to the court’s order, instead of tobacco company emblems, graphic photographs of smoking’s health effects such as cancer-riddled mouths, sickly children and blinded eyeballs would be featured on a plain, olive-colored cigarette packet.

Too harsh of a decision? Let us know of your comments.

The seventh volume in the famous LogoLounge series discusses some of the finest corporate identity and branding work done (some “2,000 International Identities”) in the graphic design world in recent years.

Grab your copy on Amazon for US$31.50.

The new Everett Silvertips logo and jerseys, which will be used during the club’s 10th Anniversary season, consist of a frontal view of the classic Silvertip bear featured inside a background in the shape of a shield. The emblem of the junior ice WHL hockey team also contains the same mountains that have been used on the trim of Everett’s uniforms since 2003. Read more.

It has been noticed that the Microsoft logo on some of the company’s accessories, including the Wedge Touch Mouse and Wedge Mobile Keyboard, looks slightly different than the company’s regular emblem and has undergone slight modifications. The italic fonts and the cutout on the O are gone, while the modified logo features the Segoe UI font.

Do you like the new design? Let us know!

The Rolling Stones issues a slightly altered version of their legendary tongue-and-lips logo to commemorate their 50th anniversary, designed by famous graphic designer Shephard Fairey. It features the original logo surrounded by the wording “The Rolling Stones 50 Years”. The “Stones” has also been tweaked so that the first “S” actually is a number five and the “O” is a zero.

The original Rolling Stones logo was created by iconic graphic artist John Pasche in 1971, making its debut on The Stones’ Sticky Fingers album cover.

A Cincinnati-based graphic designer Adam Ladd puts the recognizability of famous logos to the test by asking his 5-year-old daughter Faith about what she sees in the logos of popular brands. Let’s see how it goes!

Jonathan Mak, a nineteen-year-old Hong Kong design student created an exclusive tribute logo for Steve Jobs that attracted much attention on the internet following the death of Apple Inc.’s co-founder. It was reported that the logo is not original, but a rip-off.

Mak confirmed that he was not the first to originate the now famous logo design that features Jobs’s silhouette into the bite of the Apple logo, but a U.K.-based designer, Raid71, came up with the original design in May 2011. The “unfortunately homegrown banana”, however, claimed that he was totally unaware of the design by Raid71 when he posted his tribute on the Internet, which was an instant hit and zoomed to the top of the cyberspace.

1955-2011: The man had genius, power, and magic in him.