Black Anniversary Logos
Matchbox 70th Anniversary Logo
This simple logo from Matchbox starts with the classic logo at the top and a block number 70 below that. With a theme around cars, the clever design concept of using the number zero as a wheel and a few streaks coming off the right side to convey motion created a strong mark that was easy to tie back to the original shape. The square-ish shape also made it easy to use on social media.
More Details +Utah Jazz 50th Anniversary Logo
The team has embraced a number of colors over the years, but the black background of this logo and yellow mark in the center were a nice tie to one of their more popular and recent combinations. With a large number 50 in the center and the note mark laid above, this created a clean, but recognizable brand they could use in a variety of situations. In this case, wrapping the name of the team and the year it was established (along with their stadium sponsor) for a nice lockup for use online and in print.
More Details +Snowbasin 75th Anniversary Logo
Featuring a large number 75 in the brand's usual blue, this logo adds a few simple elements in and around these digits. First, the brand's traditional mark peeks up from behind the 75. Next, a black ribbon holding the years of operation weave in and out of the main number mark. Finally, the traditional work mark for the resort sits at the bottom to make a fun, but recognizable design.
More Details +Zions Bank 150th Anniversary Logo
The traditional brand for this bank features the dark, serifed typeface you see at the top, so this logo build on that professional look. instead of placing a vertical line with the anniversary mark to the left or right, this logo places a horizontal line below the existing logo and then adds a simple number mark a similar font and color as the original logo. Given how wide their existing mark is, this was a great move to provide a little bit of balance and avoid further stretching the logo horizontally.
More Details +Stone Brewing 25th Anniversary Logo
Similar to earlier anniversary logos for Stone Mountain Brewing, this logo starts with the brand's traditional mark set in the bottom center and then adds layers of graphics behind. In this case, a large, 3D number 25 held in a circle with the name of the brewery and illustrations to create texture within this monochromatic design.
More Details +Cleveland Browns 75th Anniversary Logo
While the Cleveland Brown's "brown" is closer to an orange, they build on this traditional brand color with a circle in this palette as well as a helmet in the center. Around the outside sit the name of the club and words denoting the reason for the celebration with two bars coming in from either side containing the years of the team's existence.
More Details +Nike 50th Anniversary Logo
Nike has one of the most powerful brands in the world. Even more, it's incredibly recognizable on a few levels. Take the number 50 in this design, for example. Even if it were just that text, there's a good chance millions of people would still recognize it. With the swoosh below this logo is as powerful as it is simple.
More Details +United Nations 70th Anniversary Logo
The United Nations logo is one of the most recognizable in the world, so placing this near the visual center of their design was a great move. By placing the number zero around that mark and the number zero ahead of it using a similar style to the logo, they create a strong lockup that's clean and on brand. A tagline to the right rounds out this design and adds a little bit of visual balance.
More Details +Star Wars 40th Anniversary Logo
Using the classic image from the cover of the original movie, this logo places this iconic imagery in the center of a zero for the number 40. Below that, the traditional logo is stacked to create a foundation for this logo. Around the logo is a square, black shape to create the dark, space theme of the movie series.
More Details +Hankook 80th Anniversary Logo
This logo starts with a large number 80 made using three concentric circles for each loop of the number but then places all three into another circle that hides some of the edges. The loose ends of the circles are then connected to make a classy mark that still makes it easy to see the original number. An anniversary tag line sits just to the right. While not recognizable on it's own, this mark is a great asset for Hankook's marketing materials.
More Details +Folsom Field 100th Anniversary Logo
It's a big year for Colorado football for many reasons, but one of them is the anniversary celebration for their famous Folsom Field. This mark combines their mountain skyline, yard lines from the field, and a beautifully line-art illustration of the stadium's exterior to set the stage for this anniversary logo. Behind the mark sits a large, block number 100 rising up from behind the mountains.
More Details +Northern Illinois University 125th Anniversary Logo
With the popular vertical-line style as the foudnation, this university placed their traditional logo on the right side of the line and a stylized number to higlight the anniversary they're celebrating on the lft. By using the same typefaces alongside the original logo, this mark makes no mistake about which brand is celebrating and creates a clean, well-designed package that can be used easily in marketing collateral.
More Details +Bridgestone 90th Anniversary Logo
Starting with the original logo along the bottom, this logo uses a clever number mark made to look like tire burn-out marks representing the main product the company sells. Rather than just leave the mark as is, they also added the words "and beyond" to reprsent that this is a milestone on their journey rather than the end.
More Details +Paramount Pictures 90th Anniversary Logo
The original logo left a gap where the mountain sits and this anniversary variation kept it simple and simply moved that mark up slightly to create space for a large number 90 and the word anniversary offset below and to the right of the logo. This makes the new logo extremely easy to tie back to the original mark, especially with the traditional, all-black lockup.
More Details +Anaheim Ducks 30th Anniversary Logo
With a stylized triangle (point down) as the base, this logo starts with a three dimensional, block number 30 in the center as the visual foundation. Next, two hockey sticks weave in and out of the number 30, cross in the center, and extend just beyond the triable to make the shape a bit more dynamic. Finally, a small curved area is extended above the top of the triangle to hold the team's original logo.
More Details +Miami Heat 35th Anniversary Logo
With their 35th anniversary in store, the Miami head started with block, jersey-style number 35 as the shape, this logo extends the traditional logo's famous rim shape to surround the entire number 35 and placing the other element element of the original logo, a flaming basketball, in the center to make a recognizable logo with a clear sports vibe.
More Details +United Reformed Church 50th Anniversary Logo
By placing a large, block number 50 to the side of the traditional logo, the church was able to simply invert the color of their mark and place it inside the zero to create a simple but effective mark that kept the familiarity of the original logo while celebrating their milestone with a unique separate brand.
More Details +Callie (My Daughter) 10th Anniversary Logo
When you're the father of a girl turning 10 and you happen to be just starting a side project of gathering anniversary logos, what do you think comes to mind when working on a birthday poster for the aforementioned 10 year old? You guessed it, all the block numbers and ribbons and years of operation you've been looking at in recent weeks. And, as you might have guessed, that's exactly the direction this poster took.
More Details +Atari 50th Anniversary Logo
As one of the truly classic brands of early gaming and technology, Atari combined their classic word mark with the three diverging lines in this lockup that's designed for a dark, black background. A line-art version of the number 50 holds the mark in the 0 with a clean gold color providing both contrast with the white but easy readability on the black.
More Details +Lego Star Wars 20th Anniversary Logo
Lego Star Wars created an anniversary logo that featured mini figure versions of popular characters with a round, badge-style design. A reflective silver color and a bit of addition for light sabers to extend above the circle and a box to hold the dates below create a great design that unique and features both a recognizable number and characters.
More Details +Steamboat 60th Anniversary Logo
Steamboat used a really sharp bit of line art for their 60th anniversary. With the resort name arched across teh top, the number 60 set in the middle, and the word "years" set just below with a partial center ring to hold it all together, the resort's famous flag mark sits as an achor at the bottom to create mark that was easy to use and adapt to many situations during their anniversary season.
More Details +Loveland Ski Area 75th Anniversary Logo
Loveland changed very little with their traditional logo when they celebrated their anniversary. By adding the number 75 and the word "years" to dark space on either side of their center mark, the resort was able to have something unique to use for their anniversary but also something that was seamless to swap in and out with their existing logo.
More Details +Lakeshore Chinooks 10th Anniversary Logo
This logo combines a few clever elements within this baseball team's brand. First, it sets the base of the logo with a homeplate hape. Second, a fish jumping in reference to the Chinook Salmon featured in their original logo. Third, a blue lake at the bottom that wraps the homeplate shape as a border and extends to a ribbon holding the years this team has existed to create a clean, meaningful design.
More Details +Kelly Canyon 60th Anniversary Logo
Kelly Canyon gave their designed lots of creative freedom and focused on a mark that was fun and recognizable rather than one that has strong, visual ties back to their original brand. The clean line-art design that they came up with works great in many situations - web, print, etc. - and creates a separate brand for their annversary.
More Details +Jackson Hole 50th Anniversary Logo
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort combined a shape found in one of their original logos with the layered red, white, and black colors found in their current logo to create a lockup that nearly merges the past with the present. They then the number 50 in the center of the large, black portion at the bottom of this mark to wrap up this strong, meaningful mark.
More Details +Elite 11 25th Anniversary Logo
The nationals premier elite quarterback competition, Elite 11 drew inspiration from the strong, bold themes associated with sports logos and the large, blocky numbers that sit behind many major bowl game logos, to create a mark that places their original logo in the center and uses the strong, dark colors of that brand to build a great looking anniversary logo.
More Details +Blacktail Mountain 25th Anniversary Logo
Blacktail Mountain went away from their primary logo with this mark and used a retro, line-art style number with a classic circular bar of text around and deer graphic to tie it all together and back to the core brand. It's a nice, clear, simple design and the retro feel of the number gives it a unique feel that's easy to recognize and remember.
More Details +Big White 60th Anniversary Logo
With a throwback to one of Big White Mountain Resort's original logos, this adaptation brings in a modern, sticker-style badge and extra line of text to hold the anniversary label, with a three-color design that's also a little bit retro. A simple combination of past and present, this is a great use of original logos with modern design needs.
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