Today I Found Out

$35 for a Logo- The Story of the Nike Swoosh (2015x36)

Fecha de emisión: Jun 17, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →“” logo, was originally only paid $35 for it. The woman is Carolyn Davidson. At the time she created the now world famous logo, Davidson was a student at Portland State University where one of the co-founders of Nike, Phil Knight, was teaching as an assistant professor in accounting. On the side, Knight ran a business called Blue Ribbon Sports, the precursor to Nike. (Blue Ribbon Sports primarily was a distributor of Onitsuka Tiger shoes from Japan.) Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/the-creator-of-the-nike-swoosh-logo-was-originally-paid-only-35-for-the-design/ Resources/Further Reading: http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-775801p1.html?cr=00&pl=edit-00 http://www.shutterstock.com/?cr=00&pl=edit-00 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoosh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Knight http://nikeinc.com/pages/history-heritage http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am483_97/projects/hincker/nikhist.html http://www.salon.com/2011/08/10/nike_swoosh_imprint/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004273/Woman-designed-Nike-swoosh-explains-story-inception-40-years-ago.html http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/nikes_swoosh_brand_logo_hits_4.html Image Credit (thank you) \http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Logotipo_Nike.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Portland_state_university_EB.jpg http://stanforddaily.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/LG8N0729.jpg http://jocksandstilettojill.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/phil-Knight.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/ASICS.Onitsuka_Tiger.Mexico_66.White.Blue.Red.JPG http://net-worth.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/o-PHIL-KNIGHT-facebook.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/An_Adidas_shoe.jpg http://di-side.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/logo-nike-history2.jpg http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GD9F3Wlho9s/ma