Mastercard
just changed its
logo for the
first time in 20 years
Mastercard's familiar orange and red circles
just got a facelift.
The credit card company rolled out a minimalist new
logo on Thursday — its
first adjustment in two decades.
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Instead of interlocking in the middle as they previously did, the two circles **w blend into one a**ther in a design that looks exactly like a Venn diagram.
In addition to the simplified icon, the white drop-shadowed typeface that used to splay out across it has been lowercased and dropped below.
Image: pentagram / mastercard
The change, which was orchestrated by branding agency Pentagram, fits with what seems to be the vogue in corporate
logo design right **w — simple one-dimensional shapes and serif-free basic fonts that translate better in digital formats
Verizon,
Ihop and
Google have all moved in the same direction in the past year.
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