Logo Histories

Logo Histories

First in aluminium

Saul Bass & Associates 1962 logo for The Aluminum Company of America.

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Richard Baird
Mar 14, 2023
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Saul Bass & Associates 1962 logo for The Aluminum Company of America.

The Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) had a design problem. It had extended the use of its trademark–two triangles in red and blue inverted above another–to manufacturers using the ALCOA ‘base’ material.  These products came with the exclamation "made with ALCOA Aluminum”. However, the ALCOA brand was being eroded by the many manufacturers using high …

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