Nike Logo Design

This logo is one of the most recognized logos in the world. The swoosh of Nike. Many of you wouldn't know that Nike was the name of a Greek Goddess with the same name. She was known as the goddess of victory. The swoosh sign represents the feather of the victory that she bestowed upon the greek warriors and atheletes.

So Nike has it's roots in the greek mythology so you can understand that it must have been a very interesting project for any logo designer to come up with something amazingly creative for that.

The Nike "swoosh'" is a design created in 1971 by Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student at Portland State University. She met Phil Knight while he was teaching accounting classes and she started doing some freelance work for his company, Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). The Nike Swoosh logo represents the wing in the famous statue of the Greek Goddess of victory, Nike, who was the source of inspiration for many great and courageous warriors

This legendary icon symbolizes not only just the brand identity of Nike but it teaches us a few lessons in the brand identity. First of all Nike the brand name and the logo describe eachother. The logo has a feeling of the sportsmanship even though the common viewers do not know the mythology behind the logo. The heavy marketing budget allowed Nike to make the symbol synonymous with sports and victory.