Posts tagged Logos
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Designer Christian Annyas has assembled a gallery of “100 logos from American and Canadian railroad companies,” dating from 1845 to 2000. They show a microcosm of a century and a half’s worth of evolution in design sensibility, but they also show just how lovely and evocative many of the logos of these forgotten railroads once were.
Railroad company logo design evolution
As new generations discover the band and its still relevant critiques, the symbol has been emblazoned on school bags and clothing and tattooed on bodies. Many “homages” have been made over the years, some the enjoyable work of genuine fans, others just blatant, barely altered rip-offs.
Consider the current case of London fashion house Hardware. Taking the original symbol, wrapping it with a chain and adding their name, they then copyrighted the symbol to use on clothing they say is “chic, glam and borderline trashy”. They may have crossed that border with their “Whorewear” line.
You can now see an exhibit of original designs for what became the Crass Symbol, plus early variations and contemporary “re-mixes”, at the zine store and gallery Goteblüd in San Francisco.
Free the Crass Symbol!!! By the designer of the Crass Symbol, Dave King - Boing Boing
“I don’t love it,” Phil Knight famously responded when it was first presented to him, “but maybe it will grow on me.” It not only grew on Knight, it grew all over the culture — like kudzu with a profit motive. And this, in fact, is the more compelling reason for this particular logo’s “enduring power”: repetition. You can say all you like about the graphic properties of this commercial symbol or any other, but logos are a distinct category of visual, partly because of their specific relationship with repetition.
I think I forgot to link to this here earlier. My most recent post on Design Observer: Rob Walker: Swoosh. Repeat. : Observers Room: Design Observer
Jon Erik Johansen (by Pretty/Ugly Design)
Digging lots of the work in this set by Pretty/Ugly Design. Above, the logo “for a machinist, woodworker, and artist.”
CNN reports that a couple from Long Island, N.Y. is seeking to trademark “Occupy Wall Street” to sell T-shirts, bags and other items featuring the phrase. Forget the obvious irony in the effort to make money off a leaderless movement that rails against greed. Can the trademark-seeking couple pull it off?
Q&A: How Can Someone Trademark ‘Occupy Wall Street’? - TIME NewsFeed
I’m most interested in the photo that went with the story, or rather the screen-printed (upcycled!) jacket — I gather there are printers on-site doing this for free. It’s not clear to me who created that particular logo/design this fellow is sporting. If you know: consumed@robwalker.net.
Carni K sent in an interesting story about Kellogg’s, the cereal company. Kellogg’s is suing the Maya Archaeology Institute (MAI), a non-profit Guatemalan organization aimed at protecting the local history, culture, and natural environment. Why? It uses a toucan in its logo.
Capitalism, Animals, and the Ownership of Icons » Sociological Images
Luis Gispert traveled around the country to find label-lovers who’ve customized their lives, wardrobes, homes, and cars with luxury logos—from Louis Vuitton (above) to Gucci, Versace, and Burberry, there’s a motif for everyone aspiration.
via Yes Logo: Luis Gispert’s Portraits of Brand and Logo Obsession - Mindblowing - Racked National
Digging the reinterpretation of the Uncon logo by Yellow Owl Workshop (for this Unconsumption project) that I requested a digital copy showing it close up.
Fabulous Food
For his “Fabulous Foods” series photographer Linus Morales recreated luxury logos using common everyday foods…more here
Here’s a book I wish the publicist would send me!
This book features over 1300 symbols, organized into groups and sub-groups according to their visual characteristics. Each category includes a short introduction, with expanded captions providing information on who the symbol was designed for, who designed it, when, and where appropriate, what the symbol stands for. These sections are interspersed with short case studies on both classic examples of symbols still in use, and exceptional examples of recently designed symbols.
From graphic designer Graham Smith comes Brands Reversioning, a project in which brand logos adopt the visual style of another brand.
Ecko offers 20% off for life to anyone who tattoos its brand logo (the rhino or the shears) and presents the appropriately inked body part at the store. There’s fine print: “Tattoo must be permanent and provided by a professional third-party tattoo artist operating in accordance with applicable laws. Multiple tattoos does not entitle the consumer to more than one 20% discount. Not valid on bulk buys.”
Advertising Lab: Tattoo an Ecko Logo and Get 20% Off For Life
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