Lippincott designs new eBay identity
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eBay’s in-house designers have worked with US based consultancy Lippincott on branding which positions the company as a ‘global online marketplace’ rather than an ‘auction-style listings’ site.
The new eBay identity
The new identity marks the first redesign in the company’s seventeen year history.
Lippincott senior partner Su Mathews says, ‘We wanted to reflect the right amount of change in eBay’s new logo. The design is inspired by today’s vibrant marketplace and sleeker experiences.
New eBay identity on ads
‘We leveraged the iconic colour arrangement and approachable form to reflect eBay’s heritage and evolved it with a brighter blue and darker yellow, and a streamlined arrangement to create more visual harmony.’
The new brand and refreshed website will reflect ‘a global online market place that offers a cleaner, more contemporary and consistent experience,’ according to eBay.
The new eBay identity
eBay says, ‘We retained core elements of our logo, including our iconic color palette. Our vibrant eBay colors and touching letters represent our connected and diverse eBay community.’
The brand has been positioned to reflect eBay’s evolution from selling second hand, vintage and specialist items to also selling new items.
The new eBay identity
‘eBay will become more personalised, tailored to the way you want to shop. We will be local and global,’ according to eBay which wants to ‘create better ways to buy and sell.’ To this end the new branding ‘reflects a dynamic future’ eBay says.
Readers' comments (20)
Benjamin J. | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 2:59 pm
How Much did ebay pay Lippincott to re-design their logo?
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Digiboy Design | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 4:01 pm
I personally think it's much better... from PLAY SCHOOL > to > DESIGN SCHOOL :)
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Nick Bowman | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 4:05 pm
I hear and understand what the man says, but really and truly what they've done is create a safer, more corporate and less interesting identity...which probably is a fair reflection of the business itself
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Tom Redfern | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 5:21 pm
A new brand identity for ebay was never going to be a branding revelation, but this really is an incredibly boring solution. Where is the message to convey how exciting using ebay could be? Where is the allusion to the company's dominance in digital shopping? Indeed, where are any of ebay's attributes within this piece of work?
In my opinion this is an opportunity lost for ebay to show itself as a company proud of what it does and one that is at the figurehead of a rapidly changing shopping environment.
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Anonymous | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 5:34 pm
I prefer the old identity. Its lost its individuality :(
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Caroline Robinson | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 5:44 pm
So everyone calls it eBay and the identity is ebay -that's annoying. Old logo had more energy...
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Mark Bain | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 6:24 pm
So easy to criticise,but anyone here read the design brief? If this new logo persuades millions of shoppers that it's safe to spend millions of dollars on ebay, then it's worth a cut of those millions. End of story.
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Jem Heather | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 7:26 pm
Typically American! - boring, corporate and safe!
I'd like to see the logos which got away.
I think the type looks awkward where it just kisses the next letter, if they were going to be touching surely they could do so in a more natural, fluid way?
If first year design students had presented this logo any lecturer or experienced designer would tell them to 'go away and come back with something more memorable/interesting/original...
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Anonymous | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 7:52 pm
Am I missing something? All that has been done is take away the very, very, very well known and instantly recognisable logo and replace it with 4 bog standard letters........ Perhaps I don't understand art?!
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mrchewie | Fri, 14 Sep 2012 8:59 pm
yes it may be neater, but the website itself needs streamlining. its a better user experience now than when i first used it a few years ago, but still feels like its a drawn out process, escialoy when you want to list loads of items. it becomes a chore.
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Anonymous | Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:29 pm
A good days work all in all... Univers 53 extended, 1/2 a point of outlining and a bit of judicious kerning.
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Anonymous | Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:29 pm
A good days work all in all... Univers 53 extended, 1/2 a point of outlining and a bit of judicious kerning.
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Stephen Dyson | Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:09 am
I think it's a much cleaner and more business like logo but it does lack any personality and energy.
Personally I would have brought in an uppercase B, just to give it a bit of energy. ( I mocked it up here: http://dribbble.com/shots/728582-eBay-With-uppercase-B
It will be interesting to see it in execution, the mock ups they used were shocking, some very crude photoshops, the one that baffles me isthe bags? Are they now going to a physical store.
Hopefully the new branding will bring a much cleaner website to.
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Stephen Dyson | Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:09 am
I think it's a much cleaner and more business like logo but it does lack any personality and energy.
Personally I would have brought in an uppercase B, just to give it a bit of energy. ( I mocked it up here: http://dribbble.com/shots/728582-eBay-With-uppercase-B
It will be interesting to see it in execution, the mock ups they used were shocking, some very crude photoshops, the one that baffles me isthe bags? Are they now going to a physical store.
Hopefully the new branding will bring a much cleaner website to.
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Jimthesquirrel | Fri, 21 Sep 2012 1:55 pm
It's a shame the new rebrand appears to have lost the very core attribute that made ebay so unique – pure variety!
In my opinion, a highly polished effort, beautifully executed but lacking all of the individual charm of the old identity.
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Sara | Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:05 am
Is it me, or when companies re-brand their logo these days, they tend to go for the lower-case geometric sans-serif typefaces? Have I not mention Waterstones (who went back to their original logo if I am not mistaken), even Microsoft "downed" it to 4 colour blocks. My university UAL did the same thing too - Helvetica lower caps.
Boring.
What happened to creativity! I know people want "the clean look" but it's all going to look the same...
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Octone | Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:57 pm
This is a non-logo.
Consensual, uncreative and "hollow inside. Anything but that "thing" would have been a better choice :)
ebay's CEO has probably made it himself using its text app during a plane trip.
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Dennis | Fri, 4 Jan 2013 7:02 pm
how much did Lippincott charge for this POS?? looks like when i open a file in InDesign and I'm missing fonts lol
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GeoffW | Tue, 12 Feb 2013 9:40 am
Let's get it out there: this logo which "reflects a dynamic future" is just four letters in a choice of font and colours. I just hope the Agency put forward and argued for some radical & creative designs before eBay (or is it ebay now?) turned them down for this conservative poop. Bet it had the creatives crying into their mocha lattes? Never mind, you got something agreed and the accountants will be pleased.
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Anonymous | Tue, 9 Apr 2013 5:46 pm
Read the comments on the ebay discussion forum, and you will see that buyers and sellers do not want the new layout and interface:
http://community.ebay.co.uk/topic/Search-Categories/Ebay-Layout-Changes/1700115530
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