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Today was a hard day to Google.

What if the countries were shrunk down to the size of computer icons? Then small European country Republic of Moldova could be the tine one (16×16 pixels) . Romania would be standart Windows application icon (32×32 pixels). France would be Windows XP application icon (48×48 pixels). And Australia would be the biggest one, it would be Windows Vista large application icon (256×256 pixels)

The site FilmUp.com has published some promo-posters for an upcoming police-superhero film The Spirit, directed by Frank Miller the author of SinCity and 300.

Obama’s identity became very popular. Its style is very vivid and memorable. Obama now is a president of USA. He win elections. So his identity now has very positive connotations. It is a culture sign or symbol now. Like Guevara monochromic image, for example (of course, Che-image is more powerful symbol).

Here some examples of using that kind of symbol:

Sorcobama

Stevobama

First-aid kits in game Far Cry 2 use a caduceus symbol instead of the red cross. The Red Cross is a registered mark of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The symbol is protected by an international law. So game designers have no right to use it in games. They can use other medicine symbols: the caduceus, the rod of Asclepius, the Star of life etc. Or design their own icons, like it was in Tomb Raider Anniversary. Designers used an arabic asterisk instead of cross:

New Depeche Mode identity

Depeche Mode band creates new logo for every album they publish. Here the example:

The current Microsoft logo often called “pacman logo”. Because of original letter “o” with a slit in it . The logo was designed by Scott Baker in 1987.