Nearly a year in the making, Mayor Shammas Malik’s office on Tuesday released 16 potential replacements for the current City of Akron logo.
The city’s logo redesign process was announced by Malik last December with the intention of unveiling the replacement of the current “rubberworker” logo at the Akron Bicentennial closing ceremony on Dec. 6. The soon-to-be defunct rubberworker logo was created in 2023. The city’s official seal will stay the same.
In April, the City of Akron and the Akron Bicentennial Committee announced a request for proposals from design firms, named a design subcommittee and released a survey intended to gather input from residents. The initial 16 potential replacements unveiled this week represent four versions of four different logos…