meaning behind symbols....
You never knew the meaning behind these symbols!
1- the heart symbol(❤)
1. When swans approach each other in the middle of a lake, like we see in movies and give a peck, their shapes merge into a shape similar to the heart symbol. In many of the world's cultures, these birds represent love, loyalty, and devotion. It is a renowned fact that swan pairs stay together for life.
2. Another hypothesis says that the symbol depicts the shape of the female pelvis. They even say that the heart symbol originally represented the feminine form.
3. I hope you might have seen the Greeks usually including ivy leaves in drawings, especially the one that portrayed Dionysus - the god of winemaking and patron of passion. There is also a theory stating that the symbol of a heart represents the shape of an ivy leaf.
2- THE BLUETOOTH SYMBOL
How many of you remember the King Harald Blåtand, a historical figure who was famous for uniting Danish tribes into a single kingdom? He was often called "Bluetooth" since he was a known lover of blueberries, and one of his teeth had a permanent blue tint.
The Bluetooth symbol representing this technology is a combination of two Scandinavian runes: "Hagall" (or "Hagalaz") which is the analog of the Latin "H," and "Bjarkan" - a rune that equals the Latin letter "B." Like we all know, the Bluetooth service lets two devices connect and share.
3-THE MEDICAL SYMBOL
This symbol definitely has a lot of theories attached. The symbol basically has a staff and two snakes. Legends say that the Greek god Hermes aka Mercury possessed a magic staff. And the Caduceus had the power to stop any disputes between enemies, but it had nothing to do with medicine.
4-THE POWER SYMBOL
Yes, the same symbol that can be found on all devices. It goes back to the binary age in 1940 where engineers used a binary system for representing switches, where one meant on, and 0 meant off.
As the decades, it has transformed into a sign that means a circle (zero) and a vertical line (one).
5-THE OK GESTURE
Yes, we know we have all used this quite a lot of times. But here's the sneak. There are a lot of theories related:
1. This again goes back in the time of U.S. President, Martin Van Buren and his birthplace "Old Kinderhook, NY." It was during his election campaign when he adopted an alias that sounded like the first letters of his hometown's name O.K. and the posters portrayed a person showing the "OK" gesture.
2. Another hypothesis goes back to the 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson when he used this expression when finalizing his decisions.
3. Anther theory tells that it is nothing but a mudra. This is according to Buddhism and Hinduism.
6-Hyundai
Many are inclined to think that the logo of the South Korean conglomerate Hyundai is simply the first letter of its name. But in actual fact, the letter ’Н’ symbolizes two people (a client and a representative of the company) shaking hands.
7-Adidas
The name Adidas is derived from that of its founder, Adolf Dassler. The company’s logo has changed over time, but it’s always included three stripes. The current configuration is three stripes at an angle which together form a triangle. This symbolises a mountain, which in turn represents the challenges which all sportsmen have to overcome.
8-Sony Vaio
The first two letters of the logo of Sony Vaio make up a wave symbolising an analogue symbol, whereas the last two are similar to the numbers 1 and 0 — that is, symbols of a digital signal.
9-Baskin Robbins
The pink-coloured parts of the "BR" section of the logo make up the number 31, which is how many different flavours of ice cream Baskin Robbins used to famously sell.
10-Apple
Rob Yanov, the designer who came up with the world-famous Apple company logo, has explained how he came up with the idea: ’I bought a whole bag of apples, placed them in a bowl, and spent time drawing them for a week, trying to break the image down into something simple. Taking a bite out of an apple was part of the experiment, and completely by coincidence I realised that ’bite’ sounded exactly the same as the computer term ’byte’.
11-Amazon
At first glance, Amazon’s logo appears to be nothing special. But it was designed with the philosophy of the company in mind. The orange arrow is similar to a smile, and the company wants its customers to be satisfied. The arrow is also stretched between the letters ’A’ and ’Z’, in a hint that the company sells absolutely every product imaginable (’from A to Z’).
12-Continental
Continental, a famous producer of car tyres, has a logo in which the first two letters depict the wheel of an automobile wheel.
Toyota
Many people have compared the logo of the Japanese car-producer Toyota to the image of a cowboy wearing a stereotypical hat. But in actual fact it represents a stylised image of the eye of a needle with a thread passed through it. This is a hint at the company’s past, which used to produce weaving machines. However, the individual parts of the logo also spell out the letters of the company’s name.
13-Beats
Beats, a producer of audio equipment based in the USA, uses a logo in which the letter ’B’ looks like a person wearing headphones.
14-Pinterest
The logo of the popular internet site Pinterest, which people use to collect images they like from across net and ’pin’ them to their online notice board, has the image of a pin hidden in the letter P.
15-Formula 1
If you look carefully at the white space between the letter ’F’ and the red stripes in the Formula 1 logo, you can see the number 1. The red stripes of the logo are also meant to be a graphical representation of the speed achieved by Formula 1 cars.
16-BMW
It is often believed that the central part of the logo of BMW symbolises the rotating blades of an airplane in line with the company’s early history of aviation technology, it is in fact simply a part of the Bavarian flag, the area of Germany where the company originated.
17-Evernote
Elephants are known for having impressive memories, including their ability to remember both faces and events. It’s for this reason that Evernote, a note-taking application, uses the animal as part of its logo. The corner of the elephant’s ear, moreover, is folded over — in the same way that people often fold the corner of a page in a book to make note of what point they’d read up to.
18-Coca-Cola
In the world-famous logo of the Coca-Cola Company, in the space between the letters ’O’ and ’L’, one can clearly see the Danish flag. Purely a coincidence, the company has nevertheless used this as part of it’s marketing campaigns in the Scandinavian country.
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