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Is your long-term memory superior to your short-term memory? And if so, can it recognize these logos of companies that have since undergone massive rebranding efforts or have retired?
An interesting blast to the past in the form of a quiz by Matt Stopera, deputy editorial director of
BuzzFeed, highlights the defunct emblems that once made up the lives of millennials during the 1990s and 2000s. As a reminder, that era was 20 to 30 years ago.
Below is a preview of some of those nostalgic logos. To give the quiz a go and get the answers,
head here.
And in related news, the
90s and 2000s are the greatest sources of design trend inspiration right now.
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