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Oregon DucksDesigned in close association with Nike, whose founder, Phil Knight, is an alumnus, the single letter monogram of the Oregon Ducks is a beautiful specimen, sleek and strong with a typeface to match, representing typographically the qualities of a top flight athletic team.
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Oregon Ducks, Donald DuckFollowing a handshake deal between Walt Disney and the university's athletic director, Leo Harris in the 1940s, the University of Oregon adopted the iconic Donald Duck as its official mascot, tying its image indelibly to the House of Mickey in a novel move which has withstood the test of time.
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Cricket AustraliaThe mark representing the governing body of cricket in Australia is elegant and succulently evocative in representing the feel and tone of the country's iconic summertime love affair with the game.
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Mongrel BootsUsing a quirky, stylized symbol to represent the rugged, irreverent nature of the company's identity, Mongrel Boots' mark is quintessentially Australian logo. |
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Flying Fish Brewing CompanyFlying Fish Brewing Company cleverly adds two propellered wings to a fish skeleton to create a quirky visual metaphor representing the small New Jersey based brewery. |
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La Salle University ExplorersMistakenly having thought to be named after French explorer Sieur de La Salle by a sportswriter, La Salle University which was actually named after Catholic saint, St. John-Baptiste de la Salle, ended up adopting the anomalous mascot following a student vote. |
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Pepperdine University Waves, 1998-2003Pepperdine University's athletic team was formerly represented by the greek mythological god, Triton, as a personification of its waves mascot, a creative choice, but also a slightly ironic one considering the university's Christian roots.
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Sydney RoostersAustralia's Sydney Roosters Football Club turns what is an awkward animal and quirky mascot into a strong, proud figurehead whose adoption was rumored to have been inspired by the French national team's mascot, "le coq". |
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St Peters College PeacocksRepresented by a wonderful metaphorical juxtaposition of a beautiful aggressive peacock, the mascot of St. Peter's College was chosen for a number reasons, among being the fact that the land on which the campus exists was once owned by a man named Michael Pauw, whose last name means "peacock" in Dutch. |
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New Hampshire PrimariesPlaying off the state's hosting of the famous presidential primary election every four years which signals the start of the next election cycle, the New Hampshire Primaries cleverly adopted both an elephant and donkey as mascots representing the Republican and Democratic parties respectively.
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Hartford WhalersThe logo of the Hartford Whalers is an abstract monogram whose 'W' combines with its whale tale to create an 'H' in the negative space to create one of the classics of the sporting world.
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Starshine AcademyThe Starshine Academy is represented by a vividly creative visual metaphor depicting its mission to sow seeds of hope by sowing the "world's best [community] schools where they've never been grown before" in an effort to transform the lives of children throughout the world. |
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Whistle OutCellphone plan comparison shopping website, Whistle Out, is represented by a happy, friendly word mark punctuated by musical notes emblematic of its purpose to give a friendly, helpful "shout out" to cellphone shoppers. |
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University Of MissouriSymmetrical and compact, the monogram of the University of Missouri is quite simply very pleasing to the eye with the arms of the M mirroring the arms of the U in a fashion not unlike Lego pieces. While the mark looks great on merchandise, the one downside of this lockup is that in naturally reading from top to bottom, the tendency would be to assume that it's referring to something like Missouri University.
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WonkaThe logo of confectionary company, Wonka is a beautifully, carefully and elegantly constructed mark evoking the child-like wonder of its legendary cinematic namesake in order to tantalize not just the taste buds, but the imagination. |
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