Year in review 2016

To round off another year, here's the year in review round-up for 2016. The summary includes more than 100 of the year's most interesting projects. As usual, the selection is a mix of high profile clients and distinctive designs.

Internet and technology

The app economy is maturing, which means we've seen many new technology companies shed their original start-up identities. These companies are shaping the world we live in which means their identities become the state-of-the-art in contemporary identity design.

Instagram Brand guidelines Brand New

Uber Uber (archive) Creative Review

Dell Created by: Brand Union Brand New

Kodak Created by: Work-Order Launched: October 2016 Creative Review Work-Order (archive)

Grubhub Created by: Wolff Olins Brand New Grubhub (archive)

Deliveroo Created by: DesignStudio Launched: September 2016 The Branding Source

Pandora Brand New

Zocdoc Created by: Wolff Olins Zocdoc (archive)

Snapdeal Created by: DesignStudio Revealed: September 12, 2016 Snapdeal (archive)

Treatwell Created by: DesignStudio The Branding Source

Jigsaw Created by: Spin The Branding Source

Meetup Created by: Sagmeister & Walsh Launched: September 28, 2016 Meetup (archive) Co.Design

Magisto Created by: Moving Brands The Branding Source

Media

DC Comics Created by: Pentagram Revealed: May 17, 2016 DC Comics (archive)

Tronc

Pearson Created by: Together Design Launched: January 4, 2016 Together Design The Branding Source

Corus Entertainment Created by: Troika Revealed: April 1, 2016 The Branding Source

Upworthy Created by: Pentagram Pentagram

Television

There's a definitive decrease in the amount of high-profile TV rebrands, but the flickering medium is still a huge factor in people's media consumption.

Freeform Launched: January 12, 2016 Loyalkaspar Brand New

Viceland Created by: Gretel Gretel Brand New

Imagen Television Created by: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv C&G&H (archive) Brand New

Channel 5 Created by: Gretel Launched: February 11, 2016 Creative Review Gretel

TVNZ StopPress NZ Herald

SVT Created by: Happy F&B Launched: November 25, 2016 The Branding Source

Las Estrellas Created by: In-house (consultant: Lee Hunt) Launched: August 22, 2016 The Branding Source Brief

laSexta Created by the in-house department and Gédéon The Branding Source

Starz Revealed: March 2016 Launched: April 5, 2016 The Branding Source

TV One Created by: Eyeball and ModOp Revealed: February 3, 2016 Launched: February 5, 2016 The Branding Source

C8 Revealed: June 27, 2016 Launched: September 2016 The Branding Source

BBC Three Launched: January 4, 2016 The Branding Source

Telecoms

Traditionally, the telecoms provide exiting new identity work that signals how personal their services are. This years, they have been more subdued with new logos generally being either restrained or evolutionary.

Oi Launched: March 2016 The Branding Source

TIM Created by: Interbrand Launched: January 13, 2016 The Branding Source

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Revealed: June 13, 2016 The Branding Source

Partner Created by: MetaDesign Launched: February 2016 The Branding Source

Com Hem Created by: Dallas Motion Agency The Branding Source

Multimedia Created by: White Cat Studio Revealed: April 20, 2016 The Branding Source

Eurona Created by: Small Small (archive) Brand New

Jawwy Created by: Lippincott Revealed: May 4, 2016 The Branding Source

Nowo Launched: September 13, 2016 The Branding Source

Industry

AEG Created by: Prophet Design Tagebuch Electrolux Rob Clarke - Dribbble

Alcoa Created by: Landor Associates Revealed: March 15, 2016 The Branding Source

Arconic Created by: Landor Associates Revealed: March 15, 2016 The Branding Source

British Steel Created by: Ruddocks Brand New

Saint-Gobain Created by: Terre de Sienne Revealed: June 2, 2016 The Branding Source

Adient Created by: Futurebrand The Branding Source

Energy

Enel Created by: Wolff Olins The Drum Brand guidelines (archive)

Innogy Revealed: July 29, 2016 The Branding Source

Tepco

Sports

Tokyo 2020 Created by: Asao Tokolo Launched: April 25, 2016 The Branding Source

Premier League Created by: DesignStudio and Robin Brand Consultants Revealed: February 9, 2016 Premier League (archiveDesignStudio Brand New

UEFA Euro 2020 Revealed: September 20, 2016 UEFA Guidelines

Australian Open Created by: Landor Associates Landor (archive)

Bundesliga Created by: Mutabor Revealed: December 12, 2016 Bundesliga

British Fencing Created by: We Launch Brand New British Fencing (archive)

Finance

Mastercard Created by: Michael Bierut, Pentagram Revealed: July 14, 2016 Creative Review Brand New

MetLife Created by: Prophet Revealed: October 20, 2016 Press release (archive) Brand New

Dale Carnegie Created by: Carbone Smolan Agency Revealed: December 7, 2016 Brand site PRNewswire Brand New

NatWest Created by: Futurebrand Design Week

Chubb Launched: January 14, 2016 The Branding Source

Nordea Created by: Bold Revealed: May 9, 2016 The Branding Source

Principal Created by: Lippincott Launched: March 9, 2016 The Branding Source

Transport

Qantas Created by: Houston Group Revealed: October 27, 2016 Houston Group (archive) Qantas (archive) Brand New

Rossiya Airlines Created by: Otvetdesign The Branding Source

Alaska Airlines Created by: Hornall Anderson Brand New

Paris Aéroport Created by: Babel Brand New Babel

Restaurants

Subway Revealed: August 5, 2016 The Branding Source

Taco Bell Created by: Lippincott / In-house Revealed: November 14, 2016 The Branding Source

Retail

Co-op UK Created by: North Revealed: May 21, 2016 Co-op Logo Design Love Design Week

Ahold Delhaize Created by: Futurebrand Revealed: July 25, 2016 Press release (archive) Futurebrand (archive)

Food and drink

Fanta Brand New

Nesquik Created by: Futurebrand

ConAgra Brands Launched: November 10, 2016 The Branding Source

Tiny Toast Created by: Ultra Creative Revealed: June 6, 2016 The Branding Source

Dreyer's Created by: Sterling Brands Brand New

Progresso Created by: Hornall Anderson The Dieline Brand New

Itaipava Created by: Futurebrand Brand New Futurebrand

Market Pantry Created by: Pearlfisher Target Pearlfisher (archive) David Hartman The Dieline

Silver Spoon Created by: Brandopus The Drum

Kingsmill Created by: Brandopus Design Week

Governments and places

Government of Korea Revealed: March 2016

Paris Created by: Graphéine Graphéine (archive) Brand New

Brand Bhutan Created by: Futurebrand Revealed: February 3, 2016 Brand New Design Tagebuch

Luxembourg Revealed: October 10, 2016 Guidelines (archive) Press release (French) Design Tagebuch

South Pacific Islands Created by: Futurebrand Revealed: October 2016 The Branding Source

Rhode Island Created by: Milton Glaser Brand New

Jersey Created by: Futurebrand Design Week Jersey "look book"

Culture

New York Philharmonic Created by: MetaDesign Revealed: February 3, 2016 Brand New MetaDesign (archive)

Royal Exchange Theatre Created by: Cheetham Bell Design Week

Museums

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Created by: Wolff Olins Revealed: February 2016 Launched: March 1, 2016 Brand New

Tate Created by: North CI-portal Creative Review

Helsinki City Museum Created by: Werklig Revealed: February 2, 2016 The Branding Source

NEMO Science Museum Created by: Studio Dumbar Revealed: April 18, 2016 Launched: April 21, 2016 Press release (archive) Brand New

Non-profit

Heart & Stroke Foundation Created by: Paula Scher, Pentagram Launched: November 15, 2016 Brand New Pentagram

Race Against Dementia Created by: Brand Union Brand Union Design Week

Action Against Hunger Created by: Johnson Banks Revealed: October 19, 2016 Action Against Hunger (archive) Design Week

Others

Nederlandse Loterij Created by: Millford Launched: July 2016 The Branding Source

Mövenpick Created by: Bulletproof Revealed: December 15, 2016

Xinova Created by: Futurebrand Launched: September 28, 2016 Xinova

Sigfox Created by: Interbrand Identity Designed Sigfox

Progress Created by: Moving Brands Brand New

Forcepoint Created by: Landor Associates Launched: January 14, 2016 The Branding Source

Amplifon Created by: Landor Associates Revealed: June 7, 2016 The Branding Source

University of Suffolk Created by: Only Studio Design Week

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Created by: Mucho Brand New

Hochschule Trier Revealed: November 4, 2016 Hochschule Trier (archive) Design Tagebuch

MTAA Super Created by: Hulsbosch The Branding Source

Bright Starts Created by: Duffy The Branding Source