In this tenth and final logo round-up of the year, you’ll find features on Pentagram, North, Hershey’s, and more. I hope I’ve shown you something of interest in these brief posts, and I wish you all the very best for 2009!
→ Continue reading Dreaming the best and worst of Hershey’s
Sol Sender, who led a design team for the Obama 08 logo, was recently interviewed about the project.
Here’s a walk through the various logo options, with some of Sol’s thoughts. The full interview videos can be watched on the website of VSA Partners (where Sol is now a strategist).
→ Continue reading Obama logo ideas that weren’t chosen
The new Toronto Blue Jays logo isn’t going down too well, and I agree with Jakub’s critique.
If it were up to me, I’d have definitely altered some elements of the original, such as the stitching of the baseball, but the maple leaf and colour red would’ve been kept. Then again, I’m neither Canadian, nor a fan of baseball. Read on for lots more logo design news and reviews.
→ Continue reading The Blue Jays, black metal music, the new Barclaycard, and a little duck fart
At the end of 2006, Mode, a motion design studio in Chicago, approached Sol Sender, a graphic designer, to create a logo for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. The resulting “O” became one of the most recognizable political logos in recent history. Steven Heller spoke with Mr. Sender just after the election to discuss the evolution of his logo.
→ Continue reading Interview with Obama’s logo designer
A brief snapshot of recent logo design articles as seen on various design-related blogs.
Armin Vit offers us a brief look inside some excellent corporate identity manuals, including International Paper, Conneticut General and Caterpillar. Inside the graphic design archives at RIT.
More stories after clicking through the link below.
→ Continue reading Metallica and Kleenex
A few personal recommendations.
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