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The "Swoosh" logo. The Swoosh is the logo of American sportswear designer and retailer Nike. Today, it has become one of the most recognizable brand logos in the world, and the most valuable, having a worth of $26 billion alone. [1] [2] Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). [3]
Davidson designed the Swoosh in 1971 while a graphic design student at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. She started as a journalism major but switched to design after taking a design course to "fill an empty elective." [3] She attained a bachelor's in graphic design in 1971. [4]
Swoosie Kurtz (/ ˈ s w uː s i / SWOO-see; born September 6, 1944) [1] is an American actress. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and two Tony Awards.. Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness.
Kalanick apparently went without a salary while at Red Swoosh for over three years. [10] By 2002, Red Swoosh was down to only two employees: Kalanick and former Scour engineer Evan Tsang. [28] The company continued to have difficulty securing funding, surviving via a series of last-minute deals with various investors. [27]
The Swoose is a Boeing B-17D-BO Flying Fortress, USAAF serial number 40-3097, that saw extensive use in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II and survived to become the oldest B-17 still intact.
The Red Swoosh peercasting tool is a browser extension that caches data, reflecting and sharing files delivered through the "Swoosh network" or Distributed Network. [citation needed] Red Swoosh utilizes a proprietary, peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol designed for bandwidth efficiency in the transfer of large media files. [citation ...
He decided to keep the overall same design and only make small changes. Changes made to the shoe included the internal construction, added traction patterns and a pivot point in the outsole for rotation, and textures in areas that wrinkled in the previous version. The shoe also had its own unique version of the Swoosh logo. [3]
1971 Graphic designer Carolyn Davidson created the famous Nike 'Swoosh' logo and sold it to the company for US$35.00. [3]Renamed from Blue Ribbon Sports, and debuted the waffle iron trainers invented by Bill Bowerman.