Autumn Leafs

Original: Zoellner Arts Center/Lehigh University

Designers: Dixon & Parcels Associates, Inc.

Featured in a book by David E. Carter titled

The Big Book of Logos Page: 96. ISBN: 0-8230-0538-0

Also featured in a book by David E. Carter titled

The NEW Big Book of Logos

Page: 215. ISBN: 0-06-056755-4

Less original: Dar Investment Fund – Kuwait

Agency: Brand IMC – Kuwait

NB. Brand IMC is the in-house agency for Dar Investment.

A logo (Greek λογότυπος = logotypos) is a graphical element, (ideogram, symbol, emblem, icon, sign) that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition, inspiring trust, admiration, loyalty and an implied superiority.[1] The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. Logos are also used to identify organizations and other non-commercial entities.Wikipedia

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia

Balls of Steel

Original: Deco Blinds Trading

Less original: Dia Behbehani Trading & Contracting Kuwait

A logo (Greek λογότυπος = logotypos) is a graphical element, (ideogram, symbol, emblem, icon, sign) that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition, inspiring trust, admiration, loyalty and an implied superiority.[1] The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. Logos are also used to identify organizations and other non-commercial entities.Wikipedia

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN:0-304-35505-4

House on the Hill

Original: Columbia HouseFeatured in a book by Al Cooper titled World of Logotypes.  

Section C2.

ISBN 0-910158-20-7

Less original: Financing ServicesKuwait – 1996

Less Original: Knight Frank

I had previously contributed this entry to Awraq magazine which they kindly published in the December 2003 issue No. 0. Page: 10 and in the July 2004 issue No. 2. Page: 75.

I had also submitted the Columbia House logo example and Financing Services logo example to Arab Ad magazine for their copy cat section (along with other logos); which they kindly published in their January, 2004 issue, Vol.14, No.1 on page: 63.

It is encouraging to see that the organization with the less original logo has now totally changed its logo; but they kept the corporate colors.

A logo (Greek λογότυπος = logotypos) is a graphical element, (ideogram, symbol, emblem, icon, sign) that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition, inspiring trust, admiration, loyalty and an implied superiority.[1] The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. Logos are also used to identify organizations and other non-commercial entities. – Wikipedia.

A copycat is a person that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. – Wikipedia.

Plagiarism: The abuse of another’s original work by copying it and passing it off as one’s own. As defined in Alastair Campbell book titled The Designer’s Lexicon. Page: 293 ISBN: 0-304-35505-4.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of thievery” excerpt from a book by Capsule titled Design Matters. Page: 84. ISBN -13:978-1-59253-341-1.