Logo Histories

Logo Histories

Great Britain

Greater Manchester Transport, 1974
Efficient and caring – Kenneth Hollick's 1974 logo for Greater Manchester Transport.
Apr 8 • Richard Baird
Giro, 1969
Giro helps your money go around – FHK Henrion's 1969 logo for National Giro.
Mar 10 • Richard Baird
ICI Logo, 1969
Design Research Unit’s 1969 corporate identity for ICI.
Oct 14, 2025 • Richard Baird
Put stripes on things
Wolff Olin's 1967 logo for British Oxygen Company.
Dec 27, 2023 • Richard Baird
Loewy's Shell, 1971
Raymond Loewy's 1971 logo for British oil giant Shell.
Dec 19, 2023 • Richard Baird
Better with Bata
Design Research Unit's 1969 corporate identity for Bata.
Dec 5, 2023 • Richard Baird
The Saltire takes flight
Margaret Calvert's 1964 logo for Glasgow Airport.
Jul 12, 2023 • Richard Baird
Flying a flag for Great Britain
The British European Airways corporate identities by Mary de Saulles (1960) and FHK Henrion (1967)
Jun 6, 2023 • roger van den bergh
The A-B-P’s
Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes & Adrian Frutiger's corporate typeface for BP.
May 27, 2023 • Richard Baird
An ‘IBM Crown’
Henrion Design Associates’ 1961 logo for KLM.
Feb 7, 2023 • Richard Baird
A Dockside Bollard
Ben John and Ed Stone's 1965 logo for British Transport Docks Board
Dec 20, 2022 • Richard Baird
The Lightning Bolt
Frederick Henri Kay Henrion’s 1971 logo for London Electricity Board.
Oct 25, 2022 • Richard Baird and Poppy Thaxter
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