Artist Recreates Famous Logos Typical of the Middle Ages in the Grotesque Art Style

Ilya Denisov is the creator of this series of works called "Medieval Branding." He is a talented artist with a deep interest in history.

As a child, he drew everywhere—on notebooks, school desks, and even on his friends' hands. His parents recognized the inner artist in him and decided to send him to art school to pursue his passion as a profession. 

He is a dedicated graphic designer and illustrator of brands and logos. His only goal in life is to create projects that surpass his last one. 

He is highly creative, precise, and dedicated, and he loves to express himself as a graphic designer. He considers himself privileged to have experienced the beauty and power of the profession he chose for himself. 

Recently, he visited various medieval castles, and the atmosphere of the Middle Ages inspired him to create a series of artworks. Being primarily focused on designing logos and brands, he imagined what famous modern-day logos would look like if they had been created in the Middle Ages.

Thus, he decided to combine his passion for design with the medieval atmosphere and recreate some modern-day logos. Below are a few of the logos he has reimagined.

If you enjoy his artwork and creations, follow him and appreciate his creative endeavors!

1. Lacoste

Lacoste S.A. is a French firm established in 1933 by René Lacoste, a tennis player, and André Gillier, a businessman. It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyeglasses, leather goods, perfume, towels, and watches.

The company's green crocodile emblem is highly recognizable.

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2. Starbucks

Starbucks Corporation, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is an American global coffeehouse and roastery business. It is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world.

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3. Burger King

Burger King is a hamburger fast-food restaurant chain based in the United States. Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant business, was formed in 1953. After Insta-Burger King encountered financial difficulties in 1954, David Edgerton and James McLamore purchased the firm and rebranded it as "Burger King."

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4. Playboy

Hugh Hefner launched PLBY Group, Inc. as Playboy Enterprises, Inc., an American global media and leisure firm. The company's four core business lines are Sexual Wellness, Style & Apparel, Gaming and Lifestyle, and Beauty & Grooming.

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5. Puma

Puma SE, branded as Puma, is a German multinational firm based in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs and manufactures sports and casual footwear, clothing, and accessories. Puma is the world's third-largest sportswear producer.

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6. Firefox

The Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation, developed Mozilla Firefox, a free and open-source web browser. Firefox displays web pages using the Gecko rendering engine, adhering to current and future web standards.

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7. YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website based in San Bruno, California, created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Google purchased the site for $1.65 billion in November 2006, and it has since become one of Google's subsidiaries.

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8. Windows

Microsoft Windows, or simply Windows, is a collection of Microsoft's proprietary graphical operating system families created and marketed by the company. The origins of Windows can be traced back to 1981 when Microsoft began development on a tool known as "Interface Manager."

It was launched as "Windows" in November 1983, following the Apple Lisa but preceding the Macintosh; however, Windows 1.0 was not released until November 1985.

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9. Audi

Audi is a luxury vehicle manufacturer based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. As a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group's parent company, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide.

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10. Instagram

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger founded Instagram, a photo and video-sharing social networking service in the United States. Facebook Inc. acquired the service for $1 billion in cash and equity in April 2012.

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These logos created by this artist look tremendously impressive and appealing, as if we lived in the medieval age, but they are best appreciated in their original forms in the modern era. We can only wonder about the effort and hard work that went into creating such imaginative artwork.

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