She is supposedly based on a 16th century Norse woodcut of a twin-tailed mermaid, or Siren.
Also called a Melusine (sometimes, Melusina).
The original logo if in Greek mythology most likely applied to Baubo or Iambe, an Eleusinian demi-goddess who presided over ribald humour practised as part of the cult rites. She was an Eleusinian woman who made the grief-stricken Demeter laugh with her course jokes and exposed genitalia.
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The Artemis program logo features a stylized image of the Greek goddess Artemis, who represents the hunt, wilderness, and the moon. The logo is meant to symbolize NASA's return to the Moon and eventual human exploration of Mars, mirroring Artemis' qualities of strength, independence, and exploration.
The doctor logo is known as the Rod of Asclepius, which features a snake wrapped around a rod. It is a symbol of healing and medicine, dating back to ancient Greek mythology where Asclepius was the god of medicine and healing. The logo is commonly used to represent healthcare professions and organizations.
The blue cloud logo belongs to Skype
The company with that specific logo is named Danone, a food and dairy based company. The logo is a blue circle which features a young boy in said circle looking up at a star. It is their corporate logo and has been used since the mid 90's.
Do you mean the logo? Because the Starbucks logo was based on the charicter "Starbucks" from the book Mobie Dick. They recently changed the logo though.
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Starbucks has nearly 100 registered trademarks, but the most familiar is their mermaid logo.
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Starbucks use the mermaid as their logo - although Starbucks actually officially call it by it's proper name - a Siren, not a mermaid.
It is a siren.
There is a long, involved history of how the logo was developed. Be sure to read the story of how the Starbucks siren became less naughty, here: http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid The wikipedia article will tell you briefly about how the mermaid lost her tail and her navel and chest were "cleaned up" because of an embarrassed elementary school principal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks
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There is a long, involved history of how the logo was developed. Be sure to read the story of how the Starbucks siren became less naughty, here: http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid The wikipedia article will tell you briefly about how the mermaid lost her tail and her navel and chest were "cleaned up" because of an embarrassed elementary school principal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks
The logo on the coffee cup that Gibbs likes to drink does look very similar to the Starbucks logo although I don't think they ever truly say where he gets his coffee from. It is very common for companies such as Starbucks, Pepsi, Nike, etc. to advertise in tv shows and movies.
Starbucks has what is a debatable green letter t within it's logo. The logo itself is green and rests on a white background. Though the lettering for "Starbucks" it is actually white, it is a cutout from the green logo, and thus, when examined, can be taken as green.