Logo Histories

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Ville de Montréal, 1981 – What's the concept?

A look at the concept behind Georges Hue's 1981 logo for Ville de Montréal.

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Richard Baird
Feb 19, 2026
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What’s the concept?

The logo for ‘Ville de Montréal’, designed by Georges Huel, principally draws its inspiration from the city’s historical coat of arms, but is also a confluence of other ideas and representations.

The intersecting lines at the centre of the logo symbolise the city’s vocation as a crossroads of communication and civilisation.

These line w…

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