Which designer created the stylized M by joining McDonald's two original arches?

Jim Schindler created the stylized M by joining McDonald's two original arches.

Schindler worked on the company's visual identity in 1962, adapting the separate arches from McDonald's restaurant architecture into a single graphic symbol. The result preserved the shape that customers already associated with the buildings while making it practical for signs, packaging, and printed advertising.

This redesign helped the arches evolve from an architectural feature into a corporate mark. The yellow M eventually became recognizable even when the McDonald's name was absent, making it one of the most powerful symbols in modern commercial branding.

Stanley Meston should not be confused with Schindler. Meston designed the original physical arches for the restaurants in the early 1950s. Schindler's contribution was the later graphic transformation that turned those arches into the familiar logo.