50 Excellent Circular Logos

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May 19, 2009

A graphic symbol is often used as part of logo design in order to convey a particular idea or concept in an effective and eye catching way.

The shapes of these graphic symbols vary a lot, but one of the most commonly used shapes is the circle.

Circular logos have been some of the most popular trends in logo design. A circle is timeless, simple and memorable.

In this article we’ll take a look at 50 excellent circular logos. These logos make use of the circle in many creative ways, sometimes containing typefaces, symbols and images as seen in the examples below.

eNASA

NASA





Indra

Indra





Lucky Strike

lucky-strike





Virgin Express

virgin-express





Volkswagen

volkswagen





BMW

bmw





WordPress

wordpress





Target

target





Korean Air

korean-air





Holden

Holden





Accelrys

Accelrys





Tide

tide





Bayer

bayer





London Underground

london-underground





Lucent

Lucent





Vodafone

vodafone





Yamaha

yamaha





Spar

spar





Sony Ericsson

sony-ericson





AT&T

at&t





Air Canada

Air Canada





Obama '08

obama-08





Bacardi

bacardi





Filmax

filmax





ABC

abc





Timberland

timberland





CBS

cbs





Alfa Romeo

alfa-romeo





Der-Grune-Punkt

Der-Grune-Punkt





Schindler

schindler's





Radio Shack

radioshack





Palm

palm





Vattenfall

Vattenfall





Motorola

motorola





Firefox

firefox





PBS

pbs





Danone

danone





General Electric

general-electric





Tupperware

tupperware





Texaco

texaco





ESA

eac





Starbucks

starbucks





Oxfam

oxfam





LG

lg





Mercedes Benz

mercedes





Rexel

rexel





Safari

safari





Nissan

nissan





Pepsi

pepsi-new





Caltex

caltex





Compiled exclusively for WDD by Edward Calugtong, a graphic and web designer from the Philippines. He also writes design related articles on his blog.


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