“You can’t expect a man, who’s successful business-philosophy is, “Screw it, let’s do it” to really care much about this inconsistency in the visual identity of the Virgin brands. And after all, isn’t he himself the consistent identity of the Virgin brand?”

VIBE shows us just how many Virgin sub-brands there are, and how different the identities look.

Virgin logos

Virgin logos

I gotta admit, some of these look plain tacky, but it’s a good reminder that your logo is not your brand. It might be one small part of it, and an important visual part nonetheless, but there’s so much more to a company than brand identity.

The handwritten Virgin mark, white on red or vice versa, is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable logos in the world, but it’s Richard Branson who I see as the real force behind the empire.

Even more Virgin logos on VIBE.

Via Quipsologies.

Along similar lines: 10 handwritten logo designs.

Post pobrano z: Stretching the Virgin logo