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History of Logo designs

Article by Nid Mark - October 03, 2008

href="http://www.logosmartz.com">Logo design when done carefully become synonymous with your company or product name in the same way a national flag expresses the identity of a country. A logo can help identify a company instantly and is a strong branding tool. Most of the people may not be aware of the history of logos from a craftsmen signature to business identity image.

History of logos can be traced from pre-industrial society when people used to do direct trade with craftsperson, grocer and farmers etc. At that time pottery, furniture, stonework etc used to carry the stamp of the craft person. Stamp was more like signature of the person even bread carried the graphic stamp. As industrial revolution arrived direct contact of purchaser and manufacturer ended and things started being produced, packed and purchased in bulk. Thus use of business logos become must for differentiating products and companies. It was the time when legal aspects of logo design also came into play with trademark and copyright laws.

Though logos were used form a long time it was in early 1940s when logo design became a symbol of brand reformation and corporate identity. This was the time when logos of company like Apple, Nike, and Adidas etc became popular and were known globally. Today logo is the main identifying symbol of a company's brand and products and no company can think of promoting its products services without company logos. Luckily logo design software available online to help you create your own logos. You can search and use such logo maker tools to get the brand image you want. To know more about logo design you may visit www.logosmartz.com

About the author
Nid is a web designer who has more than 5 years experience in Logo designs for designing brochures, flyers, business stationary, websites, etc. He also writes copy for brochures and flyers apart from web sites. This article is about significance of a logo in business promotion and branding. It also discusses instant logo designing software Logosmartz.



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