The well-known Mary Poppins song that promises, “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…” illustrates how a spoon means something like sugar, pudding, ice cream, or dessert is on the way. Pleasantries and good things like food and cooking go along with a spoon. It’s obvious that a spoon would be included with a fork and knife to create a logo for a restaurant, but there are many other applications for using a spoon in a company logo.
A spoon can be used in a logo for a pharmaceutical company that promises patient satisfaction minded processing of drugs and medications. The picture of a spoon being aimed toward a child’s mouth with a red liquid on it says, ‘this medicine doesn’t taste bad.’ Medicine shops and pharmacies can also use a spoon in their logo to instill confidence that a customer’s prescriptions will be handled with care. A pediatrician’s office may incorporate a spoon with bright red or purple in its hollow to illustrate they cater to young children and will provide caring services. A spoon brings back memories of a mom feeding warm soup to a young child. All these visuals can be achieved with a simple spoon.
Spoons are used in logos for ice cream shops, frozen yogurt restaurants, establishments that sell slushy drinks, and who offer desserts often eaten with a spoon. A company that sells kitchen utensils, gadgets, small appliances, dishware, and utensils may use a spoon in the logo to represent the products they carry. Many coffee cafes and coffee brewers include a spoon with their coffee cup in a logo to appeal to those who are looking for a good cup of coffee or tea. All these businesses can make good use of the many facets represented by a spoon.
One popular hobby that has thrilled collectors for years is finding and completing a set of spoons from each state of the United States and other countries or regions. Collectable spoons are adorned with either precious stones or other embellishments and engraved with the information from that state or country. An antique shop or collectables dealer can incorporate a collectable spoon into their log to indicate they have a ready supply of various spoons from around the world.
One other application where a spoon would be used in a logo is the age-old tradition of ‘musical spoons.” Performers of this Slavic and Irish music normally hold three or four wooden spoons in their hands and hit the spoons against each other to perform music. American Folk musicians use metal tablespoons to make music by situating two spoons back-to-back in one hand and hitting them against each other. Actual musical spoon instruments are two spoons joined at the end with either wood or plastic. These instruments can be very elaborate and are still a popular type of music.
Some instrument and music businesses sell musical spoons and there are still people who make them by hand. Although little known, this form of folk music provides a long-standing need for musical spoons and companies who make them. A logo that includes a spoon may not always mean there’s something to eat on it’s way.
