The Royal Dutch Shell, more commonly known as Shell, is a worldwide group of energy and petrochemical companies which helps meet the need of the world's growing demand for energy in environmentally, economically and socially responsible ways. Shell is engaged in the principal activities of the oil and natural gas industry. The Shell brand name has enjoyed a 100 year history in this part of the world to date. It is committed to dedicate all its energies, resources and time to bring about higher value and satisfaction to its customers, employees and shareholders.
Shell is a leading Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas corporation founded in February 1907 following the successful merger of two rival firms, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the …show more content…
It has undergone several modifications throughout the years. The “Pecten” emblem has a 100-year history of representing the Shell brand and promoting their corporate heritage and goals.
Though Shell is today known as an oil and gas company, it was originally – back in the 1891 – a trading company that specialized in bringing old oriental sea shells to western nations. Nine years later, Marcus Samuel, founder of the company, decided he needed a logo.
Like many first drafts, the 1900 logo was fairly poor. It was a dull, poor quality, black and white version of a mussel shell. Of course, the mussel shell is not an attractive shape, and the angle at which it was pictured was not tremendous. Three-dimensional logos – as even designers today acknowledge – are a hit and miss idea which takes exceptional skill to pull off. So in 1904 the mussel shell at a 60 degree angle gave way to a more aesthetically pleasing scallop shell, shot from above. Still, however, the limited color palette and the harsh black background made it seem …show more content…
This design lasted more than two decades.
1930 was the next redesign, with an art deco style shell which is brilliantly symmetrical and much cleaner to the eye. It almost looks like a crown – something the company were keen to emphasize.
1948 saw the first dash of color – but in design terms it was a step backwards. Rather than the clean lines of the 1930 design, Shell took the blurry realism of its 1909 logo, and slightly modified it to make it taller and prouder, and hand-coloring it.
Red and yellow were chosen as the primary colors because Shell’s home was initially in California, and the company were keen to stress their links with Spain to the Hispanic population. 1955 was a much cleaner iteration of the logo, with the ‘Shell’ text matching the rest of the color scheme. By 1961 a red background had been added, which took away from the starkness of the logo.
1971 was a wholesale redesign, cutting out the clutter. The man to thank for that is Raymond Loewy. Since then there has been minor tinkering – mostly with levels and richness and depth of color, but also with the addition of text – but Loewy’s logo is largely the same in 2011 as it was in
Shell is a leading Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas corporation founded in February 1907 following the successful merger of two rival firms, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the …show more content…
It has undergone several modifications throughout the years. The “Pecten” emblem has a 100-year history of representing the Shell brand and promoting their corporate heritage and goals.
Though Shell is today known as an oil and gas company, it was originally – back in the 1891 – a trading company that specialized in bringing old oriental sea shells to western nations. Nine years later, Marcus Samuel, founder of the company, decided he needed a logo.
Like many first drafts, the 1900 logo was fairly poor. It was a dull, poor quality, black and white version of a mussel shell. Of course, the mussel shell is not an attractive shape, and the angle at which it was pictured was not tremendous. Three-dimensional logos – as even designers today acknowledge – are a hit and miss idea which takes exceptional skill to pull off. So in 1904 the mussel shell at a 60 degree angle gave way to a more aesthetically pleasing scallop shell, shot from above. Still, however, the limited color palette and the harsh black background made it seem …show more content…
This design lasted more than two decades.
1930 was the next redesign, with an art deco style shell which is brilliantly symmetrical and much cleaner to the eye. It almost looks like a crown – something the company were keen to emphasize.
1948 saw the first dash of color – but in design terms it was a step backwards. Rather than the clean lines of the 1930 design, Shell took the blurry realism of its 1909 logo, and slightly modified it to make it taller and prouder, and hand-coloring it.
Red and yellow were chosen as the primary colors because Shell’s home was initially in California, and the company were keen to stress their links with Spain to the Hispanic population. 1955 was a much cleaner iteration of the logo, with the ‘Shell’ text matching the rest of the color scheme. By 1961 a red background had been added, which took away from the starkness of the logo.
1971 was a wholesale redesign, cutting out the clutter. The man to thank for that is Raymond Loewy. Since then there has been minor tinkering – mostly with levels and richness and depth of color, but also with the addition of text – but Loewy’s logo is largely the same in 2011 as it was in