Hidden meanings in logos

[DC in Da House w/o a Doubt]

I always thought this looked like a face. Coincidence or not? Anyone know?

[north dakota]

The old Buffalo Sabres logo, the eye is a ying-yang. Why? I have no idea for sure but I always thought it was a nod to

the parent company HSBC (Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Company), which had owned what was once Marine Midland Bank and was the first name of the arena.

Personally I always thought the switch to the black and red was because of the HSBC tie-in and their corporate colors, just not as blatant as Orca Bay entertainment.

Most people think the red/black switch was because of the Regis family and Adelphia cable, but that happened long after the

team went to black/red and was mere coincidence.

this is an extreme close-up of the vector art:

I own one of those jerseys and I've never noticed the ying yang eye, but now I can clearly see it.

[Somppi]

Company called Egg-N-Spoon.

so simple, yet they accomplished what they were trying to do perfectly.

[steve61]

Not sure if it's already been posted but Lockheed's star logo contains an L and M.

[tBBP]

All the 7,356 times I done traveled up and down the New Jersey Turnpike, and I never noticed this before, but I caught it this time:

For those who don't know, the Elizabeth Center, in Elizabeth, NJ, is a nice-size shopping complex along the NJTP. If you haven't caught what's hidden in there, it's the exit at which this place can be found along the turnpike.

This is what you call super-clever here.

[Gothamite]

Forgot about that one - good catch.

Don't know anybody who still goes there since Ikea opened up a Brooklyn location.

[Nachos Rule Your Soul]

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/can-you-spot-the-hidden-images-in-these-famous-logos-2528093/

Look at what was on the front page of Yahoo! today.

[north dakota]

All the 7,356 times I done traveled up and down the New Jersey Turnpike, and I never noticed this before, but I caught it this time:

For those who don't know, the Elizabeth Center, in Elizabeth, NJ, is a nice-size shopping complex along the NJTP. If you haven't caught what's hidden in there, it's the exit at which this place can be found along the turnpike.

This is what you call super-clever here.

The Rexplex

[TBGKon]

I knew about the N and the arrow pointing northwest, but I just saw the W for the first time.

[rushtallica33]

The old Buffalo Sabres logo, the eye is a ying-yang. Why? I have no idea for sure but I always thought it was a nod to

the parent company HSBC (Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Company), which had owned what was once Marine Midland Bank and was the first name of the arena.

Personally I always thought the switch to the black and red was because of the HSBC tie-in and their corporate colors, just not as blatant as Orca Bay entertainment.

Most people think the red/black switch was because of the Regis family and Adelphia cable, but that happened long after the

team went to black/red and was mere coincidence.

this is an extreme close-up of the vector art:

Never noticed that about the eye. Damn it - now I won't be able to miss it.

I thought that the negative (black) space inside the (Diamondbacks') A was meant to represent a snake head while the cross bar was representative of a forked tongue.

That'd be pretty goofy - a negative space logo is ruined if you add another, contrasting design element on top of it.

for that logo i always saw that bull as a side profile designed as a c

[DeFrank]

A pretty neat one is for the cruise line Crystal Cruises. It contains a whale tail in the negative space (and I always liked to think an octapus in the crown )

[Timaa]

It's yin-yang, not ying-yang. That is all.

[powersurge]

All the 7,356 times I done traveled up and down the New Jersey Turnpike, and I never noticed this before, but I caught it this time:

For those who don't know, the Elizabeth Center, in Elizabeth, NJ, is a nice-size shopping complex along the NJTP. If you haven't caught what's hidden in there, it's the exit at which this place can be found along the turnpike.

This is what you call super-clever here.

thats bad ass. I could tell that there was something about that logo that hinted at something 'other' but I didn't know the meaning behind it. Very well done. thanks for sharing it!

[tBBP]

It's yin-yang, not ying-yang. That is all.

[piratesfan16]

I always thought the bottom of the Pirates 'P' resembled a keystone.

The Pittsburgh Penguins logo is of course a take off the golden triangle, a term for Pittsburgh geography.

Of course, the Steelers logo is a take off the U.S. Steel steelmark logo.

[wildwing64]

Speaking of triangles...

I had a peek at the talk page for the Ducks Wikipedia article. Someone on there mentioned an origin for the triangle (and technically, the sticks too), but with Wikipedia being Wikipedia, it could easily be a load of crap and thus it's not on the article itself:

Unknown to many the intersecting sticks and triangular background are actually a modified upside down version of the greek letters delta and upsilon placed over one another. This symbol is the same design worn by the members of Delta Upsilon which is the greek organization that Michael Eisner (the chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company from 1984 until 2005) belonged to. Delta Upsilons unofficial mascot was the ducks and thus the components and ideas of the Ducks old logo can be traced back to Eisners time in college

In short, it's supposedly an upside-down version of this:

And as much as I love the Ducks old logo, I'm not sure I'm buying this origin.

[tBBP]

Yeah, I call horses**t on that one.

[keynote]

Inc.com highlighted this logo for a small jewelry design business.

[CAB]

Inc.com highlighted this logo for a small jewelry design business.

At first I was like meh, just a bird. But then...

[ZapRowsdower8]

Inc.com highlighted this logo for a small jewelry design business.

That's pretty cool, but I can't help but think of the necklace as peacock poop.