Inspiration

I found this quite interesting.

Plagiarism has become a widespread problem. People often plagiarize stuff that is easily and readily available. Be it the education field or the corporate world, the curse of plagiarism is prevalent. The same nuisance is existent the logo design industry. You will witness hundreds of logo designs that either resemble other logos or are a downright copy. But I wonder the reason behind it…is it done intentionally or it’s a coincidence? Irrespective of how you come up with a logo design, you have to make sure it does not inadvertently fall into the parameters of logo theft.

The risks of plagiarism in logo designs:

Logo plagiarism is an ever increasing nuisance for logo designers, especially with the advent of the internet. With a simple click or just a little search on Google, anyone in the world can copy your corporate logos. In fact, Google itself has not been spared of this unethical practice. Google has recently warned a Chinese search engine to change its logo design as it is a clear copy of world famous Google logo.

Unusual point of view to the military theme

There are literally millions of logos in this world, which makes it even harder for companies to stand out from the rest. Some designers try to tackle this problem by using the negative space in their logos. They are able to link this negative space to the brand so it becomes an important aspect of the corporate identity. In this case, the negative space of the logo forms some kind of ‘hidden message’. In this article you’ll find 25 beautiful examples of the creative use of negative space in logo design.

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#4 gets my vote any day.

Amazing Mind-Bending Photos (17 pics)

although it really applies more to "presentations" than "powerpoint..."

Duarte does fantastic presentation stuff. Their book (slide:ology) is great. Even if you hate MS or PPT, this is worth watching.

One of my all time favourite illustrators, Norma Rockwell puts a lot of love and personality into his work. Here are some reference photos and for those of you who don't know who he is, here's a link

http://www.nrm.org/collections/collections-slideshow/