Brand: Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Formerly, Hindustan Lever Limited. — HLL)
Owned by: Unilever Plc.
Design: Wolff Olins and Newlyn.
Design brief: ‘Adding vitality to life. Following are the icons included in the logo: sun, hand, flower, bee, DNA, hair, palm tree, sauces or spreads, bowl, spoon, spice and flavours, fish, sparkle, bird, tea, lips, ice cream, recycle, particles, frozen, container, heart, clothes, wave and liquid.’
Logo release: February, 2007
Previous Logos:
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The leaf shaped HLL logo evokes nostalgia.
It appears that Unilever Plc. changed their logo in 2004. This logo change got reflected in India only in 2007.