My goodness, when I first read the text on the Herman Miller (Read: Herman Miller logo design history) Logo Guidelines, I realised how quickly time has passed by. As an apprentice in: traditional paste-up, artworking, platemaking, film planning etc, back…
Over the last year or so I have received a number of emails from designers asking me about the importance of creating logos using logo grids, guides and lots of pretty circles. I can fully understand the anxiety and uncertainty that…
The KLM House Mark – Logo Construction Grid Designed by FHK Henrion, 1961 Interesting for me as a logo designer to see a reference to KLM House Mark (FHK Henrion), rather than KLM Logo Mark or KLM Brand Mark, or…
Logo Guidelines Poster – Illustrator Template for Free Download by The Logo Smith This is a Logo Guidelines Poster and Illustrator Template that I’ve created for a recent repeat client (they previously hired me to design the Excedr Logo for them) who have started another…
1980 Moscow Olympics Logo Design Grid Designed by Vladimir Arsentyev The 1980 Moscow Olympics Logo Grid, designed by Vladimir Arsentyev, consists of “a section of running track, rising into an architectural silhouette typical of Moscow, the Olympic emblem of five…
Swissair Logo Designs from 1931 through to 2002 Swissair Logo Designs from 1931 through to 2002 is a jam-packed collection of logo designs, promotional materials and poster designs throughout the last century. Worth noting that this post was last updated in 2002, which was…
Tokyo Olympics 1964 Design Guide Sheet: Download Recreated Vector Poster The Tokyo Olympics 1964 Logo Design Guide Sheet, by Yusaku Kamekura, isn’t something I believe I can ever recall seeing, so it was cool to see it in my tumblr…
It started with one Tweet by Joshua Ariza @JoshuaAriza where he quipped: “Non designers don’t know how hard logo design is. For example, here’s the logo grid used for the USA Today Logo.” Incidentally, it’s worth noting what Wikipedia says this about…
