Logo Histories

Logo Histories

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Rolf Bircher's 1958 logo design for Swissair.

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Richard Baird
Sep 17, 2022
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Swissair logo design Rolf Bircher, 1958, LogoArchive Logo Histories
Logo, Swissair, Rolf Bircher, 1952

The following is from the article ‘The Swissair signet as defined by its creator’ written by designer Rolf Bircher for ‘Advertising Instructions Manual’. It beautifully articulates the logic behind the logo and offers an insight into Bircher’s logo design principles. To learn about Karl Gerstner’s update, designed in 19…

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