logos

Jul.16.12

Short Off Book Documentary on Logos

Last week PBS posted a new episode of Off Book on its YouTube channel. The short documentary Off Book: The Art of Logo Design/a> produced by Kornhaber Brown examines how great logos are created. Off Book is a web-only series from PBS Arts that expands the definition of art. Each episode explores a cutting-edge genre [...]

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Apr.07.10

FontCast #11 — Jim Parkinson, Part 2

Part two of our two part series with Jim Parkinson. Type designer and Logo designer for Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Esquire, and many other publications.

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