Matías Nadal’s piano keys monogram
I really like this monogram for composer Matías Nadal, designed by Barcelona-based Rocío Martinavarro.
“Matías Nadal’s initials in stencil, MN, form a music keyboard, his main tool for expression when composing music. Five logos together form the whole keyboard and can be used to further develop the graphic system.
“The result is a conceptually strong icon that is powerful and intrasferable (it represents the client’s initials). It’s made to last in time, trend-free and neutral enough to represent a wide variety of musical styles.
“The monochrome solution is given by the black and white keyboard, therefore, keeping the production budget to the minimum without looking poor.”
I’m fairly sure this idea won a D&AD award, but at the time of writing, something funky’s happening with the D&AD website (maybe just me).
View more from Rocío Martinavarro. You can follow Rocío on Twitter, too.
Via Stylo Design.
Other monograms in the LDL archives:
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
University of Sussex
10 lovely monograms
10 appreciated comments, click here to add one
Lee Newham
Lovely.
Nov 1st, 2011
Daniel Bayley
Brilliant! Absolutely love it. This is possibly the best example of ‘less is more’ I’ve ever seen.
Nov 1st, 2011
Luis London
Love this ! Really creative, simple, clean, right to the point!
Nov 1st, 2011
Andrew Richardson
Very clean and elegant. Really like it.
Nov 1st, 2011
Richard Baird
I’ve seen a lot of piano type logo-types but I think this has really resolved the idea to it’s most elemental form while retaining legibility.
Nov 1st, 2011
Gareth Coxon
Simple, clever and well crafted, excellent identity design work!
Nov 3rd, 2011
john spiegel
Excellent design solution…this is one of those projects that practically
designs itself! Nice design application!
Nov 3rd, 2011
Jeff Kahn
Brilliant solution. I love it.
Nov 6th, 2011
cherie
One of the most brilliant logos I’ve ever seen!
Nov 7th, 2011
Derren Lee Poole
This just hits the perfect chord for me! (See what I did there? ;)
Mar 12th, 2012
Reply to “Matías Nadal’s piano keys monogram”
All comments are subject to the Logo Design Love comment policy.