Earlier this year Transasia Airways announced the launch of
Taiwan's first low-cost airline, V Air, which is due to start flying across cities in North Asia in 2015. And today it's unveiled the new carrier's logo design via its Facebook page.
Drawing on the Asian love of 'kawaii' - a style combining cartoony cuteness with wide-eyed childlike innocence - the design also follows the current logo trend for negative space. The 'V' of the name is subtly conveyed in the space between the bear's head and body, as well as being reflected in the 'V signs' being made by the bear's digits.
An animated promo for the company, set to suitably cheesy music, gives a brief glimpse into the thinking behind the logo and its constituent elements:
What do you think of V Air's logo? Let us know in the comments!
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Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects.
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