Book for Logo Design Inspiration
Written by Tara: Freelance Designer on Wednesday, 16 of January , 2008 at 11:16 am
There are a lot of good websites out there now for logo design inspiration including most well known logopond, while these are great I always prefer looking at reference in printed book form.
I bought Dos Logos about a year ago while working on a logo design project and stuck for inspiration. Unlike many books on logo design this isn’t made up of pages of highly corporate logos, in fact there are very few logos in the book that I had seen before. As well as some conservative logo design approaches this book shows logos pushed to their limits, such as icons more like illustrations in their own right, pictograms and icons without words.
The books is split into sections such as: corporate, culture, design, fashion, media etc and explores a wide range of logos applicable to that area. Some of the logos are totally what I would call “off the wall,” some highly usable but what it does do is get you thinking about what a logo is and the different directions you can take it.
If you are looking for a book with well known logos and explanation to the designers process this is not for you, but if you want to be bombarded by logo design inspiration from the expected to the unusual this book is worth a look. A new book in the series is also out called Tres Logos.
Do you know of any good logo design books?
Category: Design Books, logo design
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Comment by David Airey
Made Wednesday, 16 of January , 2008 at 12:17 pm
Logo, released in 2007 by Lawrence King Publishing.
Fantastic.
Comment by Mike
Made Wednesday, 16 of January , 2008 at 5:06 pm
logo design by weideman is pretty good.
Comment by Yury Akulin: logo design
Made Wednesday, 23 of January , 2008 at 12:23 am
Recommended: Logolounge series (3 books released by Rockport publishers).
Not recommended: The Big Book of Logos series.
Comment by lei
Made Saturday, 26 of January , 2008 at 12:20 pm
Thank you for the information. As a designer I really need inspirations to come up with a concept. I will consider your suggestion.
Comment by jamie
Made Tuesday, 25 of March , 2008 at 10:05 am
Before i start designing i always look for inspiration to get the best design i can come up with. I will take your suggestions on board
Comment by gareth
Made Thursday, 1 of May , 2008 at 10:12 pm
Logo by Michael Evamy is a great contemporary logo/identity design book.Been out a year or so now. Mostly showing the identites in black and white to show their effectiveness, hundreds showcased. Definately a must for designers!
Comment by Sophie
Made Monday, 7 of July , 2008 at 7:45 am
I also use logo design by weideman, well worth a look.
Regards,
Comment by simon
Made Tuesday, 8 of July , 2008 at 7:35 pm
I have a whole library of logo books. The ones mentioned above are pretty good. Los Logos is a great inspiration. All the logo lounge books too.
Comment by Trevor Collins
Made Monday, 2 of February , 2009 at 6:45 pm
We have found “the big book of logos” to be pretty good. I fined it especially useful when a customer had no idea on the themethey want.