Illuminate - Carolyn Davidson was born in 1943. Started as a journalism student and then switched to graphic design student at Portland State University in Oregon. Best known as the creator for
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Jon Erlichman on Twitter: "Carolyn Davidson created the Nike swoosh in 1971. The design student worked on it for about 17 hours and was paid $35. (In 1983, she received 500 shares
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DawnGraphics - Graphic designer Carolyn Davidson designed the Nike Swoosh in 1971, when she was a student at Portland State University. Nike's founders didn't love the logo at first, but the simple
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Vox on Twitter: "The creator of the iconic Nike swoosh: A design student named Carolyn Davidson, who was paid $35 for her work. Since then the logo has gone on to mean
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! on Twitter: "Nike paid designer Carolyn Davidson just $35 for their now iconic swoop logo! http://t.co/SxejHzFpou" / Twitter
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