Japanese Designer 3D-Prints Famous Logos Into Everyday Objects That Are Surprisingly Useful
We’ve seen logos deconstructed, redesigned, and reimagined a hundred ways. Turning them into objects you can actually hold is new.
This isn’t branding, it’s engineering. Japanese designer Taku Omura has built a quietly brilliant project that 3D-prints famous brand logos into everyday objects for the home and office. Each piece takes a mark you’d recognize in a heartbeat and gives it a second job, transforming pure branding into something with weight, function, and a place on your desk.
The best ones feel almost obvious. The Adidas stripes fan upward into a pen stand. Louis Vuitton’s LV monogram stretches into a card holder by elongating the ‘V’. The Air Jordan silhouette becomes a clothes hanger that would look right at home in a flagship store. It’s a masterclass in seeing branding not as a flat image but as a form waiting to be used.
The brands should be paying attention. What makes these 3D-printed logos so satisfying is how intuitive they feel once you see them. Most would make genuinely great promotional products, the kind of merch a brand could actually sell rather than give away. Omura has found the sweet spot where logo design meets industrial design, and the results are as clever as they are useful. Take a look below.
Adidas Pen Stand
Air Jordan Hanger
Louis Vuitton Card Holder
Honda Bottle Opener
McDonald’s Clip & Card Stand
Nike Paper Knife
Mitsubishi Fan
Adobe Acrobat Hanger
Bluetooth Ribbon Tie
Coca-Cola Bangle/Ring
PlayStation Bookend
Mizuno Knife
Toys “R” Us Bottle Cap Opener
Seino Comb
Twitter Fruit Peeler
Yahoo Tray
YouTube Candy
What’s clever here isn’t the 3D printing, it’s the eye for which logos already carry a usable shape inside them. The best branding was always part form, part function, and Omura just made that literal.
