Top 10 best logo books
Finding the best logo books suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
Best logo books
1. Logo Modernism (English, French and German Edition)
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This unprecedented TASCHEN publication, authored byJens Mller, brings together approximately 6,000 trademarks, focused on the period 19401980, to examine howmodernist attitudes and imperatives gave birth to corporate identity. Ranging from media outfits to retail giants, airlines to art galleries, the sweeping survey is organized into three design-orientated chapters:Geometric, Effect, and Typographic. Each chapter is then sub-divided into form and style led sections such as alphabet, overlay, dots and squares.
Alongside the comprehensive catalog, the book features an introduction fromJens Mlleron the history of logos, and an essay byR. Roger Remingtonon modernism and graphic design. Eight designer profiles and eight instructive case studies are also included, with a detailed look at the life and work of such luminaries asPaul Rand, Yusaku Kamekura, and Anton Stankowski, and at such significant projects asFiat, The Daiei Inc., and the Mexico Olympic Games of 1968. An unrivaled resource for graphic designers, advertisers, and branding specialists,Logo Modernismis equally fascinating to anyone interested in social, cultural, and corporate history, and in the sheer persuasive power of image and form.
2. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities, 2nd Edition
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Completely updated and expanded, the second edition of David Airey'sLogo Design Lovecontains more of just about everything that made the first edition so great: more case studies, more sketches, more logos, more tips for working with clients, more insider stories, and more practical information for getting the job and getting it done right.InLogo Design Love, David shows you how to develop an iconic brand identity from start to finish, using client case studies from renowned designers. In the process, he reveals how designers create effective briefs, generate ideas, charge for their work, and collaboratewith clients. David not only shares his personal experiences working on identity projects - including sketches and final results of his own successful designs - he also uses the workof many well-known designers such as Paula Scher, who designed the logos for Citi andMicrosoft Windows, and Lindon Leader, creator of the current FedEx identity, as well aswork from leading design studios, including Moving Brands, Pentagram, MetaDesign, Sagmeister & Walsh, and many more.
InLogo Design Love, you'll learn:
- Best practices for extending a logo into a complete brand identity system
- Why one logo is more effective than another
- How to create your own iconic designs
- What sets some designers above the rest
- 31 practical design tips for creating logos that last
3. LEGO Awesome Ideas
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Features all-new ideas to inspire LEGO? fans to build new models from scratchIncludes clear photography to showcase step-by-step visual breakdowns
Informative text guides readers on how entire models are built
Each chapter steadily creates a themed world to inspire readers to build themselves
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Explore an all-new ideas book that unlocks the secrets of LEGO building and shows fans how to create a world with their imagination.
Beautiful clear photography and informative text demonstrates how entire models are built while also providing step-by-step visual breakdowns and offering alternative ways to build models.
Explore each chapter as it steadily creates a themed world and ultimately showcases a dynamic diorama of the complete build, showing readers that they, too, can build an entire LEGO world from scratchbrick by brick, model by model.
Inspiring creativity and imagination, LEGO Awesome Ideas has been named to the International Literacy Association and Children's Book Council Children's Choices List.
With creative model ideas and visual tips and techniques, LEGO Awesome Ideas will inspire everyone from beginners to accomplished builders.
LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. 2015 The LEGO Group.
Produced by DK Publishing under license from the LEGO Group.
4. The Lego Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination
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Six themed chapters: transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful makesBasic templates of key models and spreads to inspire you to create your own
Also shows how to simplify details, making this a great user-friendly guide for any building ability
Featuring all-new Lego? building projects, tips to supplement and enhance your Lego creations
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Discover new and creative building ideas, tips, and tricks for your LEGO bricks with this #1 New York Times bestseller.
With more than 1 million copies sold, The LEGO Ideas Book is perfect for LEGO fans of all ages. Wired.com says, "If you're a LEGO fanatic (or know one), The LEGO Ideas Book is worth taking a look at."
Divided into six themed chapterstransportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful makeseach section contains basic templates of key models to inspire you to create your own. Hints and tips from Master Builders can help you turn your classic car into a race car or add a bridge to your castle. Don't be concerned if you haven't got all the bricks you need: this book also shows how to simplify details, making this a user-friendly guide for any building ability.
A hit among parents and in classrooms for inspiring imagination and creativity, The LEGO Ideas Book has won a Teachers' Choice Award, Parents' Choice Award, and is a Children's Choices Selection from the Children's Book Council and International Literacy Association.
LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. 2016 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.
Produced by DK Publishing under license from the LEGO Group.
5. Logo Design
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Featuring work from bothstar names and lesser-known mavericks, this is an excellent reference for students and professionals in design and marketing, as well as for anyone interested in thevisuals and philosophy behind brand identity.
Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!
Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing.Bibliotheca Universalisbrings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.
Bookworms delight never bore, always excite!
6. Symbol (Mini)
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Symbols play an integral role in branding programs. This book explores the visual language of symbols according to their most basic element: form. Over 1,300 symbols from all over the world are here categorized by visual type, divested of all agendas, meanings, and messages that might be associated with them so that the effectiveness of their composition and impact can be assessed without distraction and so that the reader can enjoy them as a pictorial language in their own right.Every symbol is captioned with information on who it was designed for, who designed it, when, and what the symbol stands for. These sections are interspersed with short but detailed case studies featuring classic examples of symbols still in use, and exceptional examples of recently designed symbols.
This comprehensive volume is an indispensable resource for designers working on identity systems, and an engaging showcase of this exciting field. Now in a compact format.
7. Logo Design 3
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Diverse logos from around the world
Everybody knows that the logo is a key branding element. A good one can glamorize just about anything, so it comes as no surprise that logo design is a crucial step in the development of a product orservice. Each volume in theLogo Designseries brings together diverse logos from around the world, organized into chapters by theme, such as creative industry, events, fashion, media, music, retailers, and service. A full index lists each logos company, designer, and designers website. Also included is a case study section, concentrating on logo application and development.
Anyone whos interested in design will appreciate this diverse compendium of visual ideas, and creative professionals will covet TASCHEN'sLogo Design books. As scientist Linus Pauling once said, In order to come up with one good idea, you must have lots of ideas.
Volume 3 features include: an interview with H5, the makers of 2010 Oscar winner Logorama, Neville Brody's Research Studios on the redesign of Music for Youth, Sasha Vidakovic on the new identity for Victoria Beckham, leading Canadian design studio Concrete on the launch of SUPER cosmetics, British studio KentLyons on Jarman film award, HB Design from Argentina on the country's 200th anniversary logo, and Helmut Langer on universal identities.
8. Logotype (Mini)
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Logotype mini is the definitive modern collection of logotypes, monograms, and other text-based corporate marks. Featuring more than 1,300 international typographic identities, by around 250 design studios, this is an indispensable handbook for every design studio, providing a valuable resource to draw on in branding and corporate identity projects.Logotype mini is truly international, and features the world's outstanding identity designers. Examples are drawn not just from Western Europe and North America but also Australia, South Africa, the Far East, Israel, Iran, South America and Eastern Europe. Contributing design firms include giants such as Pentagram, Vignelli Associates, Chermayeff & Geismar, Wolff Olins, Landor, Total Identity and Ken Miki & Associates as well as dozens of highly creative, emerging studios.
Logotype mini is an important and essential companion volume to Logo and Symbol minis.
9. Junk Type: Typography - Lettering - Badges - Logos
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A graphic compendium of vintage American design and typography.Junk Type is a project driven by the passion of one man to document a disappearing aspect of American culture. Bill Roseaka Recapturistis a photographer and designer who has spent the last decade traveling across America looking for junkyards, yard sales, antique stores, and other unlikely sources of inspiration to capture examples of postwar American typography and design before theyre lost forever.
Bringing together more than 400 images, this invaluable book is a visual history of postwar America, told through the distinct typography, icons, badges, and branding of the countrys industrial heritage. From Art Decoinspired fonts and unique handmade cursive lettering to illustrated insignia and clean graphic logos bearing the influence of European design of the 1960s, these pictures together represent an encyclopedic reference of creative typefaces and graphics.
With each photograph representing just a detailan embossed logo, a specially created icon, or an advertising sloganthis book captures the optimism and pragmatism of a golden age of American industrial creativity and distills it into a charming resource for anyone with an eye (or nostalgia) for vintage design.
10. National Football League Coloring Book: NFL Team Logos and Players
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