Let’s take a tiny step back and spill some beans on the Starbucks saga before diving into the juicy part. So, nestled in every cup is a siren, a figure straight out of the sea tales and myths. It is reminiscent of the enchanting characters from the likes of Herman Melville’s epic, Moby Dick. And guess what? The Starbucks moniker itself is a nod to this literary classic.

Now, onto the evolution of this mesmerizing logo. From its humble beginnings, the Starbucks emblem has undergone quite the transformation. Picture this: it started with a brown hue back in the day, only to dive into the iconic green sea in 1987. Fast forward to 1992, as Starbucks stepped onto the public stage, the logo got a chic, modern facelift. But hold your horses. The real game-changer came in 2011. This was when “Starbucks Coffee” bid adieu to the logo, shining the spotlight solely on our siren’s face, now more symmetrical, more…mysterious.

But here’s where it gets interesting. Take a closer look next time you’re sipping your latte. There’s a subtle quirk in the siren’s features that might just escape your first glance. It’s all in the asymmetry, my friends. While her face presents a picture of symmetry, a closer inspection reveals a slight tilt. The right side of her face is subtly more shadowed than the left. Notice how her nose takes a tiny dip more on the right? Or how her right eye seems to play hide and seek, cloaked in the shadow cast by the bridge of her nose? That’s because the Starbucks team thought to put some of that humanity back in, because it was too perfect. They wanted it to be closer to people’s hearts, more human-like.