consistency” is less effective in today’s frenzied, attention-deficit-friendly society, where the average Western consumer is said to be exposed to more than 3,000 corporate symbols a day: that’s everything from a logo on a passing truck to branded labels in the fridge. “A stable image becomes invisible,” Mau said. “Unless an image is evolving and refreshing it becomes static, which is death to an image.

The new corporate logo: Dynamic and changeable are all the rage - International Herald Tribune