PlayStation Logo (PS)
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The Play Station, often shortened as PS, is a popular series of video game consoles manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. Originally launched on December 3, 1994 in Japan, PlayStation has now become one of the largest and most successful brands worldwide in the gaming industry and consumer electronics.
DESIGN ELEMENTS OF PLAYSTATION LOGO
Shape and Colors of the PlayStation Logo:
When the PlayStation brand was being conceptualized in 1994, more than three dozen logo concepts were presented for final selection. The iconic PlayStation logo depicts an incorporated PS using four bright colors that symbolize joy, passion and excellence. It was created by Japanese designer Manabu Sakamoto who also designed a few other logos for Sony, including the famous VAIO logo.
The PlayStation logo is regarded as one of the most instantly recognizable and memorable logos in the gaming industry.
Font of the PlayStation Logo:
The PlayStation logo features a custom typeface also designed by Sakamoto specifically for the company.
LETTER MARK
Letter-marks are exclusively typographic. They use a symbol representing the company through the use of its initials or the brands first letter. Many companies choose to use this type of logo because their initials can better graphically illustrate the company better than the full name (name is too long), the name is hard to pronounce, or it’s just not distinct enough to carry its own weight. Some companies and organizations that use letter marks include Hewlett-Packard, Chanel and General Electric.
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Fire Fox logo
History of the Logo
The original logo was the Phoenix Icon for the Mozilla Phoenix Browser. Mozilla Phoenix Browser is a replacement browser for the bloated Mozilla Suite. Mozilla Suite is a market name for Mozilla and its code named Sea Monkey. Mozilla Suite was a cross-platform integrated Internet suite. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation, before their acquisition by AOL. In relation with that Mozilla browser was then rebirth to name Phoenix. Phoenix represents state of Burning.
Later sometime in 2003, the name Phoenix was changed into Fire-bird - fiery bird. Fire-bird logo was all the same as Phoenix. But there was an issue of copyright issues relating to the name. In 2004, Fire-bird was changed to Firefox.
According to Jon Hicks, Firefox is actually a CUTE Red Panda but it didn't bring to mind the right imagery of the browser.
The final design was sketched by the designer Stephen Descroches which Daniel Burka made the concept and rendered by Jon Hicks.
Inspiration of Firefox Logo
Firefox Logo was inspired by a Bible Story about Samson. When Samson had revenged against Philistines, Samson tied the foxes with flaming ropes to the cornfields of the Philistines. The cornfields were burnt. See the illustration below by the painting the scene in a storybook.
1. Fox with tail on fire ( actually it is Red Panda with the tail of fire )
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens, or shining-cat), is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
Firefox Elements and Meaning
The primary elements of the logo were:1. Fox with tail on fire ( actually it is Red Panda with the tail of fire )
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens, or shining-cat), is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
Meaning: Fox represents the viewing the internet.
2. Earth Globe ( actually it is Planet Mozilla)
Meaning: It represents world and internet
About Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is one most popular internet Browsers in the world. Mozilla Firefox is an Open Source and Free web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.
