Favourite South African logos: Part 3

This post is the third installment in a series, featuring my favourite South African logos. See Part 1 and Part 2. Here are the next 3:

Metro FM

Metro FM is the largest National Urban Commercial station in South Africa with around six million adult listeners tuning in from all across the … view full post

Favourite South African logos: Part 2

This post continues where Part 1 left off, a little later than I was planning, but better late than never! Here are the next 3:

Sasol
I fell in love with the Sasol logo the moment I first saw it, which if I remember correctly was in an animated format online. It’s almost hypnotic, I can stare at it … view full post

Favourite South African logos: Part 1

This post has been a while coming. I was initially planning to feature about 10 of my favourite South African logos in a single post, but while compiling the list I decided to rather split the post and dedicate more time to each logo.

I’ve mostly sourced information online, which I’ve found difficult for some, so if you have anything to … view full post

WantItAll’s customer reviews and the Amazon/SAPO saga

I was browsing muti’s hot page earlier and clicked on a post entitled “Evolver – What’s the story ?” which landed me at WantItAll.co.za – “South Africa’s Online Shopping Solution“.

[Side-note: visiting their site without “www”, ie. their name, takes you to a blank page with a lame “We have moved Click Here To Visit Us” message. … view full post

Gandini Juggling

From one exceptionally bad ad to a couple of great ones.

This one features Owen Reynolds and Sean Gandini of Gandini Juggling – the world’s leading group of juggling specialists.

It was developed by MetropolitanRepublic and The Jupiter Drawing Room for MTN Business, … view full post

Pick n Pay revisited

After clicking through to Brand New this morning I found that they’d covered last month’s Pick n Pay rebrand. Christian Palino writes: ‘Inspired by ick n ay’. Read through all of the 33 comments for some very insightful opinions by impartial industry experts.

PnP’s transformation last month generated huge interest and sparked widespread debate across the design and … view full post

Pick ‘n Pay rebrand

Another rebrand was launched to the press this morning, and this time it’s the turn of one of South Africa’s oldest, most recognizable and best loved brands: Pick ‘n Pay.

I picked this up via BizCommunity who were the first to break the story as it was happening! Via … view full post

Desktop background downloads

I find it interesting how desktop background downloads are still used as a method of marketing offline or seen as providing customers with a “free bonus”. Most of the time the wallpapers are so ugly and unoriginal (typically a bloated 3D logo with drop shadow on an overly-gradiented background, surrounded by whatever Photoshop effect is available) and lack creativity to … view full post

The 2010 FIFA World Cup logo

UPDATE [26/04]: I stumbled on this PDF document (via ASA) – 2010 FIFA Public Guidelines for the World Cup – designed to offer guidance and information regarding the usage of Official Marks, in the form of a list of do’s and don’ts…

Interesting to see that they’ve used the logo that I … view full post

Ananzi and Mango Airlines

Search Engine portal Ananzi are making a noise on BizCommunity that since the official launch of Mango Airlines on the 1st of November, the word “mango” has become one of their top searched keywords.

Via Mango: Ananzi searches more than just fruit:

Online marketing

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