Who designed the combined-arches McDonald's logo introduced in 1962?

Jim Schindler designed the combined-arches McDonald's logo introduced in 1962.

McDonald's restaurants already used large yellow arches as architectural features. Stanley Meston designed those arches for the company's early buildings, but the later corporate mark required a different treatment. Schindler combined the two arches into an M-shaped symbol for use as a logo.

The 1962 design helped turn a building feature into a unified brand identity. It gave McDonald's a simple mark that could appear on signs, packaging, advertisements, and other materials even when a full restaurant facade was not visible.

A common mix-up credits Meston with the entire logo. Meston is associated with the original architectural arches, while Schindler is credited with joining them into the recognizable 1962 emblem.