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Vintage logo book scans
Merlin Mann | Mar 18 2008
Vintage Logos - a photoset on Flickr
Wow, this is fun for you design and identity nerds -- 120 scanned pages from a book of logos that appears to be from the mid-70s or so (nb: the logos for the U.S. bicentennial and Montreal olympics are included). I'm immediately struck that you could present this many logos in literal black and white; it's amazing how many logos today fall apart if you remove the colors or (God forbid) the gradients. Kinda Related: if you're a logo nerd, monitor (43f site designer) Chris Glass's "design" tag for running coverage and commentary on the (d)evolution of logos over the years. Highlights: "Accepting change," "roundy, 3d, swoosh and twirl," "dog eared," "Another one bites the dust," and "CBS, 2007."
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 Re: Vintage logo book scansSubmitted by Oliver Ruehl on March 19, 2008 - 3:41am.
This is just perfect timing. I was thinking about a new logo for my site. Very inspiring designs. I also like the total lack of gradients and 3D-ish swooshes! The link to the PDF is gold too. I'm a regular visitor and member now and look forward to more sweet posts like this. » POSTED IN:
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