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Due to limited availability, I can only consider individuals who live in the United Kingdom or United States. This is not my choice, just a logistical issue with the books distribution.
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Pentagram ‘Marks’ Book Giveaway
Paperback – Limited edition, only 1,000 copies for sale
400 illustrations
400 pages
177 x 128 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 611 1
£38.00
Published February 2009
How do I win
As this is a Limited Edition prize, I felt something more substantial was needed for you to walk away with this book.
But frankly, I can’t think of anything substantial. And I don’t much like the idea of having to get people to jump through hoops etc. So there are only a few small things you must do to be legible.
There are 4 small things you need to do.
- Sway me with why you feel you would like this book. Again, please don’t resort to actual begging or selling your soul type references, just a regular explanation of who your life could be enriched with the Pentagram ‘Marks’ book.
- Follow me on Twitter @imjustcreative
- Sign up to my RSS feed.
- Ensure you leave your Twitter Username in the comment so I can contact you.
Duplicate entries will be voided.
I will pick 5 entries that I feel are good solid reasons why Pentagram should be in your life, then I will use get out RandomCritter to randomly pluck one name from randomness. I will then contact the winner to arrange the details of how to get the book.
Geographical Restrictions
Sadly, this book is only available to through certain outlets.
Due to limited availability, I can only consider individuals who live in the United Kingdom or United States. This is not my choice, just a logistical issue with the books distribution.
Over the past four decades, Pentagram has designed marks for large corporations and small businesses, government agencies and non-profit institutions, clubs and societies, and even individuals, all of whom were seeking a representative symbol to appear on letterhead and books, buildings and websites, and everywhere else imaginable.
Isolating them in black and white helps us appreciate these marks as unique pictorial or abstract symbols. But a logo is rarely a solitary commission. Often produced in conjunction with a unified graphics, architecture or product design program, it is only part of the work Pentagram does. But regardless of the nature of the assignment, clients all share the same desire to be identified, and the belief that the right mark is a crucial starting point for a comprehensive visual identity.
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I’d love to get my hands on a copy of this new book from Pentagram as my brother just came back from doing a 3 month internship at Pentagram Berlin – and i’d now like to present him with the book as a fitting memory of his time there.
thanks, Mark
http://www.twitter.com/markjenkins
I’d love to get my hands on a copy of this new book from Pentagram as my brother just came back from doing a 3 month internship at Pentagram Berlin – and i’d now like to present him with the book as a fitting memory of his time there.
thanks, Mark
http://www.twitter.com/markjenkins
I’d love to win a copy of this book – as a disabled entrepreneur, I’m constantly working on new ideas and love learning how businesses and brands have developed over the years. Having a copy would give me an insight into classic logo design.
Twitter: @musosdan (www.twitter.com/musosdan)
I’d love to win a copy of this book – as a disabled entrepreneur, I’m constantly working on new ideas and love learning how businesses and brands have developed over the years. Having a copy would give me an insight into classic logo design.
Twitter: @musosdan (www.twitter.com/musosdan)
Why should this Penta-tome be in my life? I’m a graphic designer/branding nut stuck doing non-design work because of the economy. This means two things: 1) I love seeing awesome work that gives me inspiration for the projects I’ll never have. It creates a giant hopeless void in my design-soul. 2) Free things are suddenly more amazingly awesomer than before.
http://twitter.com/powersurf
Why should this Penta-tome be in my life? I’m a graphic designer/branding nut stuck doing non-design work because of the economy. This means two things: 1) I love seeing awesome work that gives me inspiration for the projects I’ll never have. It creates a giant hopeless void in my design-soul. 2) Free things are suddenly more amazingly awesomer than before.
http://twitter.com/powersurf
Great give away, I would love to win this prize as I was my background in logo design was learning on the street and not a uni education. As a result I am not aware of Pentagram untill now and feel like I need to catch up to be truely great.
Great give away, I would love to win this prize as I was my background in logo design was learning on the street and not a uni education. As a result I am not aware of Pentagram untill now and feel like I need to catch up to be truely great.
Just give it!
Just give it!
An old friend was made redundant a short time ago, after having a few supportive talks with him to pick himself up and take up freelancing and a few other opportunities, I think this could be the source book of inspiration to show him endless possibilities.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/r27
An old friend was made redundant a short time ago, after having a few supportive talks with him to pick himself up and take up freelancing and a few other opportunities, I think this could be the source book of inspiration to show him endless possibilities.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/r27
I would love the book to be a source of inspiration – I find I have 24/7 designer’s block and I think this would really help me improve – being only 16 my ambition is to try and join a company after College and a book like this would really help to sharpen my skills!
twitter – @Jack_Franklin
I would love the book to be a source of inspiration – I find I have 24/7 designer’s block and I think this would really help me improve – being only 16 my ambition is to try and join a company after College and a book like this would really help to sharpen my skills!
twitter – @Jack_Franklin
I would like this book because up until last year [within these months, actually] I had not heard of Pentagram. My webdesign teacher introduced it to me, and I can say the way I look at some things have changed. Although still a follower of the cut and paste, hands on technology, I am slowly getting used to the computers. I am also a writer, about to become an editor in a cooperation magazine, I collect design books and I am only 22. I know that having this in my bookcase will change many more things in my vision. Inspiration comes in many forms, and as a collector and a person who truly values print and publishing it would be an honor to be able to give a comforting home to this glorious wonder.
twitter- @laturka
I would like this book because up until last year [within these months, actually] I had not heard of Pentagram. My webdesign teacher introduced it to me, and I can say the way I look at some things have changed. Although still a follower of the cut and paste, hands on technology, I am slowly getting used to the computers. I am also a writer, about to become an editor in a cooperation magazine, I collect design books and I am only 22. I know that having this in my bookcase will change many more things in my vision. Inspiration comes in many forms, and as a collector and a person who truly values print and publishing it would be an honor to be able to give a comforting home to this glorious wonder.
twitter- @laturka
The person in my life that book would make a “sort of difference.” Would be myself, as an upcoming designer searching for some sort of inspiration can be helpful when creating new ideas or designs. Having a book with over 400 great illustrations helps out. And have a book is never a bad idea, could come up with something, when not around a computer.
The person in my life that book would make a “sort of difference.” Would be myself, as an upcoming designer searching for some sort of inspiration can be helpful when creating new ideas or designs. Having a book with over 400 great illustrations helps out. And have a book is never a bad idea, could come up with something, when not around a computer.
I would pass this book on to my designer friend who has done countless hours of work for me at a discount. She deserves this!
@sowens
I would pass this book on to my designer friend who has done countless hours of work for me at a discount. She deserves this!
@sowens
This seems a like pretty cool book. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks.
This seems a like pretty cool book. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks.
For your consideration: I am in a creative slump, and I need some inspiration. My full-time corporate job as a designer sucks away most of my day, leaving little time to unleash my creative desires when I get home. I’ve been so desperate that I’ve been designing fake album covers for the Facebook game, just so I can do something that fulfills my creative ambitions… not to mention the opportunity to work with other fonts besides Helvetica Neue. (Not that HN is a bad typeface, but when the corporate style guide mandates its use 40+ hours a week, you want to say, “Helvetica, I think we need some time apart.”)
It is publications like these that keep me inspired, even if I am mired in the mundane known as corporate design. The book looks amazing. Thanks.
@s2design
For your consideration: I am in a creative slump, and I need some inspiration. My full-time corporate job as a designer sucks away most of my day, leaving little time to unleash my creative desires when I get home. I’ve been so desperate that I’ve been designing fake album covers for the Facebook game, just so I can do something that fulfills my creative ambitions… not to mention the opportunity to work with other fonts besides Helvetica Neue. (Not that HN is a bad typeface, but when the corporate style guide mandates its use 40+ hours a week, you want to say, “Helvetica, I think we need some time apart.”)
It is publications like these that keep me inspired, even if I am mired in the mundane known as corporate design. The book looks amazing. Thanks.
@s2design
I’m not the sort to turn to typical materials for inspiration – I like to distance myself from design when I want to enrich my own. That said, the reason I’d like this book is not so that I can be inspired, but because I simply love to study.
I’m meticulous at analysing good design – a book like this would soon be full of post it’s, tracing paper and annotations (though NEVER on the book itself). It’s downright nerdy but I love adding my own theoretical frameworks. And it’ll look damn nice next to my books on semiotics.
I’d embellish with a sob story, but er, I don’t have one. I guess it’s worth noting that my cat is obese. In a way that’s sad. And hilarious.
We’re already following each other on Twitter – @lilula – which should make that part a little easier!
I’m not the sort to turn to typical materials for inspiration – I like to distance myself from design when I want to enrich my own. That said, the reason I’d like this book is not so that I can be inspired, but because I simply love to study.
I’m meticulous at analysing good design – a book like this would soon be full of post it’s, tracing paper and annotations (though NEVER on the book itself). It’s downright nerdy but I love adding my own theoretical frameworks. And it’ll look damn nice next to my books on semiotics.
I’d embellish with a sob story, but er, I don’t have one. I guess it’s worth noting that my cat is obese. In a way that’s sad. And hilarious.
We’re already following each other on Twitter – @lilula – which should make that part a little easier!
I’m a young branding and graphic designer, still relatively new to the professional realm, and I am constantly looking for sources to increase my knowledge of the history of branding. It’s not necessarily about trying to borrow from what others have done so much as it is to analyze the approach and see what was done right. I will forever be a student of the subject no matter how long I will have ultimately been active in the field, and I would love to get my hands on any resources I can.
Plus, I’ve recently had to turn to freelance for my career for reasons beyond my control, so resources like this are all the more important for me. Not to mention I can’t afford them myself :D
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ev_rowe
I’m a young branding and graphic designer, still relatively new to the professional realm, and I am constantly looking for sources to increase my knowledge of the history of branding. It’s not necessarily about trying to borrow from what others have done so much as it is to analyze the approach and see what was done right. I will forever be a student of the subject no matter how long I will have ultimately been active in the field, and I would love to get my hands on any resources I can.
Plus, I’ve recently had to turn to freelance for my career for reasons beyond my control, so resources like this are all the more important for me. Not to mention I can’t afford them myself :D
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ev_rowe
I’m a freelancer graphic designer living in Lima, Peru. Pentagram Marks will be hard to find here and It surely will be one of the best logo book I could have. Definetely I’m gonna learn and enjoy from the masters :)
ps. my friends in USA and UK can send the book to me :D
@kotorono
I’m a freelancer graphic designer living in Lima, Peru. Pentagram Marks will be hard to find here and It surely will be one of the best logo book I could have. Definetely I’m gonna learn and enjoy from the masters :)
ps. my friends in USA and UK can send the book to me :D
@kotorono
http://twitter.com/LogosGuide
http://twitter.com/LogosGuide
I’m an advocate of good design in every form and I know I that this book could help to reinforce the definition of what ‘good design’ is…
@compoundj
I’m an advocate of good design in every form and I know I that this book could help to reinforce the definition of what ‘good design’ is…
@compoundj
It’s been a while since I’ve done any identity work and my skills are a bit rusty. Been really enjoying reading your blog and twitter (I’m fairly new to you) and I’d love to get my hands on a reference like this to digest and spit back out again in new, “me” ways.
@suZen on twitter
It’s been a while since I’ve done any identity work and my skills are a bit rusty. Been really enjoying reading your blog and twitter (I’m fairly new to you) and I’d love to get my hands on a reference like this to digest and spit back out again in new, “me” ways.
@suZen on twitter
Marks and Identity are something that really make the logo and brand. Having this book would really help me keep my creative juices flowing and continue to allow me to build marks that last.
@goldfinger on twitter
Marks and Identity are something that really make the logo and brand. Having this book would really help me keep my creative juices flowing and continue to allow me to build marks that last.
@goldfinger on twitter
400 pieces of infinite inspiration in the palm of my hand? That surely sounds great!
400 pieces of infinite inspiration in the palm of my hand? That surely sounds great!
This book would be a fine addition to my renewed learning and re-entry into the design field. As an at home business owner and mother of two, it is difficult to spare the change for such a luxury! I’d be thrilled to rec’v a copy of Pentagram Marks.
@themerrybird on twitter
This book would be a fine addition to my renewed learning and re-entry into the design field. As an at home business owner and mother of two, it is difficult to spare the change for such a luxury! I’d be thrilled to rec’v a copy of Pentagram Marks.
@themerrybird on twitter
My niece is a senior in design at RIT this year, so I would give it to her.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com
My niece is a senior in design at RIT this year, so I would give it to her.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com
David, I follow you on Twitter and really enjoy your blogging style as well. I’ve been a fan of Kit Hinrichs for as long as I can remember. Logos are my passion, and I am considering making them the sole focus of my business. Receiving this book would be a blessing for me!
@MindFlame
David, I follow you on Twitter and really enjoy your blogging style as well. I’ve been a fan of Kit Hinrichs for as long as I can remember. Logos are my passion, and I am considering making them the sole focus of my business. Receiving this book would be a blessing for me!
@MindFlame
Sorry for the brain freeze there, Graham. Guess I just blew a hole in my chances to win the book by accidentally addressing you as David, huh? Dang. Please consider me anyway. I would cherish the book and make very good use of it.
@MindFlame
Sorry for the brain freeze there, Graham. Guess I just blew a hole in my chances to win the book by accidentally addressing you as David, huh? Dang. Please consider me anyway. I would cherish the book and make very good use of it.
@MindFlame
Hey Graham, I would love the book. As a graphic designer who likes to focus on logo & identity design, this would be a great addition to my inspirational book library. My twitter is @hellolawrence. Thanks!
Hey Graham, I would love the book. As a graphic designer who likes to focus on logo & identity design, this would be a great addition to my inspirational book library. My twitter is @hellolawrence. Thanks!
I will love it just because… Have something of Pentagram would make me enviable in my crew, and because I Love Paula Scher works and thinking. Also because I can have it even being from Costa Rica. :D
I will love it just because… Have something of Pentagram would make me enviable in my crew, and because I Love Paula Scher works and thinking. Also because I can have it even being from Costa Rica. :D
Hello Graham. This book will continue to aid my ascent, from a designer who once thrived, and then became creatively blocked for far too long, and is only now able to step back out, take a chance, and ride the necessary peaks and plateaus inherent in getting back to an inspired creative state and rediscovering the joy of the process and the ecstacy of the result. Follow me @RobertNewman on Twitter. Thank you.
Hello Graham. This book will continue to aid my ascent, from a designer who once thrived, and then became creatively blocked for far too long, and is only now able to step back out, take a chance, and ride the necessary peaks and plateaus inherent in getting back to an inspired creative state and rediscovering the joy of the process and the ecstacy of the result. Follow me @RobertNewman on Twitter. Thank you.
Wow! Nice competition and would love to win the win the book :-)
http://twitter.com/sido
Wow! Nice competition and would love to win the win the book :-)
http://twitter.com/sido
Graham, I use a lot of symbols in my work and this looks an exceptionally excellent resource for inspiration. Beautiful books always add to the experience as well.
Hope I haven’t missed the cut off point to enter.
:)
Graham, I use a lot of symbols in my work and this looks an exceptionally excellent resource for inspiration. Beautiful books always add to the experience as well.
Hope I haven’t missed the cut off point to enter.
:)
Me! Me! Me! I love logos. Always looking for good inspiration.
http://twitter.com/DreamSpeaker
Me! Me! Me! I love logos. Always looking for good inspiration.
http://twitter.com/DreamSpeaker
Hey Graham. Why would I like this book?…well that’s so I can be popular and people will talk to me lol…Just kidding it is a beautiful book and I’ll be honored to own it.Im http://twitter.com/brandsimplicity
Hey Graham. Why would I like this book?…well that’s so I can be popular and people will talk to me lol…Just kidding it is a beautiful book and I’ll be honored to own it.Im http://twitter.com/brandsimplicity
Finishing soon, you need to get in quick!
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I have a great shelf made of african wood that would do this beautiful resource justice. I’ve heard the word Pentagram and what it means since 1993. This is the pinnacle, the zenith of all things holy and design-ey.
I have a great shelf made of african wood that would do this beautiful resource justice. I’ve heard the word Pentagram and what it means since 1993. This is the pinnacle, the zenith of all things holy and design-ey.
drops of distilled design creating ripples in the pool of my subconsciousness, their reflections illuminating, altering and improving my design ideas.
@miltoncontact
drops of distilled design creating ripples in the pool of my subconsciousness, their reflections illuminating, altering and improving my design ideas.
@miltoncontact
@theconstruct but you knew that already, right graham?
@theconstruct but you knew that already, right graham?
I could definitely use a nice compilation like this in my library. This book would surely be the highlight. @davidpcrawford
I could definitely use a nice compilation like this in my library. This book would surely be the highlight. @davidpcrawford
twitter = @lazysuzzan I teach high school Business & Marketing. One of my favorite sections is on logos and slogans. Everyone gets excited, engaged. Sometimes we spend too much time on the subject, but logo design is interesting, so it’s okay. Students are always on the lookout for more examples of good design.
twitter = @lazysuzzan I teach high school Business & Marketing. One of my favorite sections is on logos and slogans. Everyone gets excited, engaged. Sometimes we spend too much time on the subject, but logo design is interesting, so it’s okay. Students are always on the lookout for more examples of good design.
@GeoEgo
I can always use some solid, classic logo design inspiration. I recently started in freelance design and really want these types of resources to build as solid a foundation as possible.
@GeoEgo
I can always use some solid, classic logo design inspiration. I recently started in freelance design and really want these types of resources to build as solid a foundation as possible.
@memeticism
I’m always hunting for a way to get people excited about design. I work in a company of mostly production artists and we struggle with the banality of some of our designers’ work, but this book would allow me constant, in-your-hands access to a library from one of the only consistently good firms there is. A pick-a-page-any-page inspiration for will-be designers.
@memeticism
I’m always hunting for a way to get people excited about design. I work in a company of mostly production artists and we struggle with the banality of some of our designers’ work, but this book would allow me constant, in-your-hands access to a library from one of the only consistently good firms there is. A pick-a-page-any-page inspiration for will-be designers.
@ktaitch
Well, in the first instance it would look really rather nice sat on the shelf next to my beloved Pentagram directory.
@ktaitch
Well, in the first instance it would look really rather nice sat on the shelf next to my beloved Pentagram directory.
What can I say – infatuated with logo design and trying to expand my knowledge and inspiration…
Keep up the good work!
Best,
#GlendaleDesigns
What can I say – infatuated with logo design and trying to expand my knowledge and inspiration…
Keep up the good work!
Best,
#GlendaleDesigns
Okay, so I have no idea how you would decide what is a worthy reason, but I am up for throwing my hat in the ring for this drool-worthy book.
Although I’ve been in the IT field for quite a number of years, I’ve finally decided to dive into a graphic design degree. The pace of the courses is insane and keeping up with the latest in the field is fun, but very time consuming. I am so happy we have Twitter!
In the middle of the night, when I am working on my homework, this book would be my companion in order to inspire my designs…..and help me get good grades
I am also hoping if I sleep with it I will become a creative genius.
Fondly,
@avocat17
Okay, so I have no idea how you would decide what is a worthy reason, but I am up for throwing my hat in the ring for this drool-worthy book.
Although I’ve been in the IT field for quite a number of years, I’ve finally decided to dive into a graphic design degree. The pace of the courses is insane and keeping up with the latest in the field is fun, but very time consuming. I am so happy we have Twitter!
In the middle of the night, when I am working on my homework, this book would be my companion in order to inspire my designs…..and help me get good grades
I am also hoping if I sleep with it I will become a creative genius.
Fondly,
@avocat17
Time Is Up. Soz.
Time Is Up. Soz.
Firstmost, on behalf of the commentors, I’d like to thanks for having this giveaway to begin with. No butt-kissing. Given the limited production run, everyone interested in design will clamor for these, so this is a very generous gesture.
The three people (and hopefully more) people that would be enriched would be myself, my wife and our future child. I love typography and by extension, logotypography, as I like to call it. There is so much nuance and thought that is packed in those simple and sometimes delicate shapes. I read logotype books like perusing art, and my wife – an illustrator – is beginning to develop in interest in logos and icons as well. I would like to share and pass on all my design resources to our child not so that they will become a designer or artist in the future but to show them how much creativity can be instilled in such small forms and so they may look at the world with the perspective that creativity can be found everywhere.
regards,
@fivetwelve
Firstmost, on behalf of the commentors, I’d like to thanks for having this giveaway to begin with. No butt-kissing. Given the limited production run, everyone interested in design will clamor for these, so this is a very generous gesture.
The three people (and hopefully more) people that would be enriched would be myself, my wife and our future child. I love typography and by extension, logotypography, as I like to call it. There is so much nuance and thought that is packed in those simple and sometimes delicate shapes. I read logotype books like perusing art, and my wife – an illustrator – is beginning to develop in interest in logos and icons as well. I would like to share and pass on all my design resources to our child not so that they will become a designer or artist in the future but to show them how much creativity can be instilled in such small forms and so they may look at the world with the perspective that creativity can be found everywhere.
regards,
@fivetwelve
The winner this time round is : Llian @lilula Congrats to you.
The winner this time round is : Llian @lilula Congrats to you.
Didn’t win, am gutted :( :( :(
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The reason I would need the Pentagram, would be to help me become a much better graphic designer. And help lead me into multimedia design as well. Sometimes when you’re creating and working as a solo artist…you may run into a creative block and need that inspiration to pull out that great idea out that is inside of you. I’m usually using my senses to pick up on what’s around me. From conversations, tv, people and places for that spark. Some people may reach for the bible for inspiration or the word…that’s what I’m reaching for now..in a design sense when it comes to Pentagram!
The reason I would need the Pentagram, would be to help me become a much better graphic designer. And help lead me into multimedia design as well. Sometimes when you’re creating and working as a solo artist…you may run into a creative block and need that inspiration to pull out that great idea out that is inside of you. I’m usually using my senses to pick up on what’s around me. From conversations, tv, people and places for that spark. Some people may reach for the bible for inspiration or the word…that’s what I’m reaching for now..in a design sense when it comes to Pentagram!