25 logo design trends for 2009
Each year trends come and go in many areas and logo design is no exception. Previously favored minimal logos are seemingly on the decline, while Web 2.0 and especially vivid colours are all the rage.
Logotypes and prominently typographic marks are being used to convey precise messages while graphical elements are becoming secondary. Even previously conservative brands are taking on bold new identities.
Assembled here are 75 logo designs from 25 trends of 2009. The trends will almost certainly fade, but will the logos themselves stand the test of time?
Candy stripes
Circulative
Concealed images
Dandelions
Doilys
Arabesque
Encrusted
Flip flop
Geometric
Gossamer
Modernism
Monologue
Mosaics
Origami
Photofill
Pictograms
Psychedelic colour
Puzzles
Recyclable
Sequential
Street art
Tactile
Texting
Typographic
Variable dots
Do you follow trends?
Have you recently designed or used any of these styles yourself? Or do you stringently avoid trends?
You can see more logo design trends from years gone by over at Logolounge and LogoOrange.
It is nice to see so many colorful logo designs, but I feel that most of these logo designs are not very flexible, many would not work well if printed in only one color or embossed. Also a lot of these would not be very readable when viewed quickly on a sign from a moving car.
But maybe more companies are just concerned about how their logo will look when viewed online and on a full color business card.
You’re absolutely right Joni, some of these would be totally lost if reproduced in anything but full colour.
The delectable chocolate logo design in the candy stripe section in particular is almost unreadable as it is, let alone in monochrome.
Some such as the concealed images logos modernism logos are still obviously widely adaptable, but many companies are definitely moving away from this style of logo design.
I don’t think these are 2009 trends specifically, unfortunately it seems they’re the same every year.
Some nice logo designs here, very fresh!
Mojo,
While you’ll no doubt see these all styles somewhere at any given time, particular trends do emerge and fade from year to year.
Logolounge catalogues thousands of logo designs a year going back as far as 2003. If you’re interested be sure to check them out.