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  • Adidas

  • Apple

  • BMW

  • Coca- Cola

  • Toyota

  • We see these famous brands everywhere,

  • but never consider what their logos mean exactly.

  • But every line, curve and color has meaning behind it.

  • Most of them were

  • designed to indicate something much more than

  • simple beauty.

  • Curious to know?

  • Watch this 16 famous logos with a hidden meaning

  • you've never noticed.

  • Number sixteen - Hyundai.

  • Many people think that the logo

  • of the South Korean company Hyundai

  • is simply the first letter of its name.

  • In fact,

  • the letter 'H' symbolizes two people,

  • a client, and a representative of the company,

  • shaking hands!

  • That's very thoughtful!

  • Number fifteen - Adidas.

  • The name ''Adidas'' is derived from

  • that of its founder, Adolf Dassler.

  • The company's

  • logo has changed over time,

  • but it has always included three stripes.

  • The current logo is three stripes at an angle,

  • which together form a triangle.

  • This symbolizes a mountain,

  • which, in turn represents the challenges

  • that all sportsmen have to overcome day after day.

  • Number fourteen - Apple.

  • Rob Danoff, the designer who came up with

  • the world-famous Apple

  • company

  • logo explained his idea in one of his interviews.

  • He bought a bag of apples,

  • placed them in a bowl,

  • and spent time drawing them for a week,

  • trying to break the image down

  • into something simple.

  • Taking a bite out of an apple was part of the experiment.

  • Completely by coincedence,

  • he realized that 'bite' sounded exactly the same

  • as the computer term 'byte'

  • Isn't this guy top of his field?

  • Number thirteen - Vaio.

  • The first two letters of the Vaio logo symbolize

  • an analog wave.

  • The last two are similar to the numbers 1 and 0,

  • that is, symbols of a digital signal.

  • Number twelve - Amazon.

  • At first glance, Amazon's logo appears to be nothing special.

  • However, it was designed with the company's philosophy

  • in mind. The orange arrow is similar

  • to a smile, because the company wants its customers

  • to be satisfied.

  • The arrow is also stretched between the letters A and Z,

  • in a hint that the company sells absolutely every product

  • you can imagine.

  • Number eleven - Baskin Robbins.

  • The pink colored parts of the B R section

  • make up the number 31

  • which is how many ice cream flavors

  • Baskin Robbins used to famously sell.

  • Have you tried them all?

  • Number ten - Toyota.

  • Many people compare the logo of this Japenese car producer

  • to an image of a cowboy wearing a hat.

  • In fact, it represents a stylized image of a needle eye

  • with a thread passing through it.

  • This is a hint at the company's past.

  • They used to produce weaving machines.

  • However, the individual parts of the logo

  • also spell out the letters of the company's name.

  • Number nine - Continenetal.

  • Continental, a famous car tire producer,

  • has a logo in which the first two letters depict a car wheel.

  • Yeah, everything genial [sic] is simple.

  • Number eight - Formula 1.

  • If you look carefully at the white space

  • between the letter F and the red stripes,

  • you can see the number 1.

  • The red stripes are also meant to be a graphical representation

  • of the high speed of Formula 1 cars.

  • Number seven - Pinterest.

  • On Pinterest, people collect images they like from across

  • the internet

  • and pin them to their online boards.

  • That's why the image of a pin is hidden in the letter P.

  • Simple and clear.

  • Number six - Beats.

  • Beats, an audio equipment producer based in the USA,

  • uses a logo in which the letter B

  • looks like headphones on a person's head.

  • Less definitely means more!

  • Number five - Toblerone.

  • Toblerone, the famous chocolate company based in Bern, Switzerland,

  • has a silhouette of a bear in its logo.

  • That's because Bern is sometimes called the city of bears.

  • You can see alot of these animal figures throughout the town,

  • in fountains, at the clock tower and even on buildings.

  • Number four - BMW.

  • They say that the central part of the logo symbolizes the rotating

  • blades of an airplane which is linked to the company's early history

  • of aviation technology.

  • In fact, it is simply a part of the Bavarian flag,

  • the area of Germany where the company originated.

  • Number three - LG.

  • The logo of this South Korean electronics company

  • is a stylized image of a person's face

  • According to the company, this represents its aspiration

  • to have ordinary human relations with their customers.

  • Number two - Evernote.

  • We all know the elephants have impressive memories.

  • They can remember both faces and events.

  • That's why Evernote, a note-taking application,

  • uses this animal as part of the logo.

  • The corner of the elephant's ear is folded over in a similar way

  • how people fold the corner of a page to make notes.

  • Number one - Coca-Cola.

  • In the Coca-Cola logo, in the space between the letters O and L, you can clearly see

  • the Danish Flag.

  • It's purely a coincedence. Neverthesless, Coca-Cola has used

  • this as part of its marketing campaings in the Scandanavian country.

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