Logophile Compendium

on Tuesday, 21 February, 2006 in Projects

My next web installment is now online, and again – thanks to Flickr.
The new research I have started is an implementation of an idea that I had for quite some time.

Since I started doing Corporate Connection in 2003 I had this idea in my head: How can I search for certain logos and symbols based on thier shapes or colours? How can I know which are the logos that have an orange circle and a blue line? Or a wing?

I wanted to find these possible connections between
similar symbols, and now, with flickr, I can do it. By using their tagging option I can add all the information I want to a certain logo and make it searchable through their engine. Its easy and I couldn’t do it better myself, so I am doing it with them…

I’m collecting the logos and uploading them to a new Flickr account, which I opened especially for this purpose. In addition, I attached to the logos the information that Wikipedia has to offer when available.

I’m still uploading the logos of the most common brands, which will take some time. This is going to be an ongoing research and constantly expanding database. I plan to include the logos of the obscure and unknow brands as well.

I’m sure the results are going to be interesting. I hope you’ll enjoy them as well.

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  • Dina

    This a very fascinating and promissing project and not only due to its visual attractivity and interest.
    Learning the symbolic and visual features of each logo can teach us a great deal about human perceptions and understanding in general.
    This is great that you are taking this difficult task upon yourself. I think that it will provide a great learning opportunity and that many people will benefit from your work.

  • Dina

    This a very fascinating and promissing project and not only due to its visual attractivity and interest.Learning the symbolic and visual features of each logo can teach us a great deal about human perceptions and understanding in general.This is great that you are taking this difficult task upon yourself. I think that it will provide a great learning opportunity and that many people will benefit from your work.

  • Zohar Manor-Abel

    Thanks for the feedback and I hope This will help me as well as others.

    I know it is a big project – but hey – someone should do it. Someone should have done it ages ago, but nobody did, and I couldn’ wait any longer – so here it is.

  • Zohar Manor-Abel

    Thanks for the feedback and I hope This will help me as well as others.I know it is a big project – but hey – someone should do it. Someone should have done it ages ago, but nobody did, and I couldn’ wait any longer – so here it is.

  • Dina

    You should keep it in my for your PhD dissertation…

  • Dina

    You should keep it in my for your PhD dissertation…

  • Zohar Manor-Abel

    I will keep it in my mind – don’t steal it!!!!

  • Zohar Manor-Abel

    I will keep it in my mind – don’t steal it!!!!

  • Dina

    This is not nice…In a good will I come…
    Besides, I already have my subject. I will read your dissertation with a great interest and would be more than happy to help if you’ll need me :)

  • Dina

    This is not nice…In a good will I come… Besides, I already have my subject. I will read your dissertation with a great interest and would be more than happy to help if you’ll need me :)

  • Zohar Manor-Abel

    Meditate on this I will.

    Maybe a good outcome will come from the whole process of working on this together.

  • Zohar Manor-Abel

    Meditate on this I will.Maybe a good outcome will come from the whole process of working on this together.

  • tel-avivit

    Great work.
    well doen.

  • tel-avivit

    Great work.well doen.

  • tel-avivit

    why they are – TAGS and not LOGOS?
    file Tags: Words only.
    congragulation on the desition to do it!

  • tel-avivit

    why they are – TAGS and not LOGOS?file Tags: Words only.congragulation on the desition to do it!

  • Fred

    See the Vienna Classification on the WIPO site and my post on the subject.

  • Fred

    See the Vienna Classification on the WIPO site and my post on the subject.

  • Denis Radenkovic

    On Logolounge you can do a search through thousands of logos based on keywords. I did one search for “orange + round”, and there was over 2000 results.
    The only disadvantage is that you have to be a member, which is not free.

  • Denis Radenkovic

    On Logolounge you can do a search through thousands of logos based on keywords. I did one search for “orange + round”, and there was over 2000 results. The only disadvantage is that you have to be a member, which is not free.