From the course: Logo Design: Symbolism in Nature
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Flowers: Deeper meanings
From the course: Logo Design: Symbolism in Nature
Flowers: Deeper meanings
- Unless as a designer, you're attempting to show a generic, "this could be any flower." You'll find that centuries of meaning are strongly associated with most varieties of blooms. The rose is a perfect example of this, with its Valentine, birthday, wedding anniversary, and fill-in-the-blank holiday association with love. For earlier societies, the rose is strongly tied to beauty, fertility and purity. It is assumed that since the rose represents life's pleasures, that its thorns represent life's pain. And, the color comes into play here as well. Since the red rose is to love what the white rose is to martyrdom. Tulips, we once considered to be quite exotic, as they were first introduced to Europe in the 1500s. As much as we tie the maple leaf to Canada, I think we have permanently tied this flower to Holland. A symbol of wealth and beauty in western cultures, in Middle Eastern beliefs, the tulip was the primary flower in the garden of paradise. Red and yellow tulips were considered…
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