Logo Histories

Logo Histories

A sign of the times

The relevance of grids and guides in 1960s and 1970s logo design.

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Richard Baird
Oct 12, 2023
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NTT logo designed by Yusaku Kamekura & PAOS
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In the last decade, logo construction has found itself as a tool for marketing, for showing the rationalised approach to logo design, for impressing upon clients the thought and care that has gone into the work. The golden ratio crept in, somewhere in the mid-2000s, adding a further layer of ‘inherited’ beauty. That this happened during t…

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