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Same Logo?

By: Andrew Davies

Jan 16, 2008

But which came first?

On vacation in Vegas this Christmas I spotted this sign (a) at a CVS near our hotel which bears a striking resemblance to the Battery Plus logo (b). Both of them are national brands so the questions I have are…

Is this just a case of great minds think alike?
Could this be a simple cautionary tale of the dangers of using stock vector art?
Which came first?

Andrew Davies

Drew's degrees in Illustration, 2D animation and Broadcast Design, and his volleyball skillz mean he can get your design done and play well with others at the same time. He’s the Creative Director at Paragon and will call you out if you start hanging out with shady-looking fonts and messing around with whacked-out color palettes.

Comments

3 thoughts on “Same Logo?”

murmini says:

January 16, 2008 at 11:43 am

Also the same as the logo for One Laptop Per Child – just rotated through 45 degrees.
Andrew Davies says:

January 17, 2008 at 10:38 pm

Yeah, the happy X dude must be a popular icon.
Louai Alasfahani says:

March 16, 2008 at 2:39 pm

the professional designers first task before commencing work is to research.

so great minds thinking alike is an unacceptable excuse in my book.