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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 09:37 PM Aug 2014

Interactive re: World Trade Center new logo

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-15/the-world-trade-centers-new-logo-has-at-least-six-meanings?google_editors_picks=true

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The World Trade Center has a new logo, designed by branding agency Landor Associates. The symbol’s five austere black bars have to encompass a lot of meaning, including a few dualities: past and future, presence and absence, sacred memories and profane retail outlets.

That’s a lot for any emblem to convey, especially one so ostensibly simple. Below, we unpack all the embedded symbolism, from the trident (the three-pronged beams at the Twin Towers’ base) to the pools of water at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, where the towers stood.

Scroll over the descriptions on the left to highlight the corresponding elements of the design:
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