Monthly archive February 2010

What Inspires You?

Posted February 21, 2010 - 4:57pm by Jennifer

Inspirability

Pash, aka Matt Pashkow, has interviewed 40 famous designers about what inspires them. The result was this book he titled Inspirability. He sent out cameras to the designers to take self portraits and to capture their workspace. He also called them for phone interviews (I particularly like Erik Spiekermann’s interview the best). The form entries are my favorite part of this book where the designers have handwritten their answers. They are enjoyable to both read and look at.

Olympic Logos, Part "Extra"

Posted February 15, 2010 - 10:49am by Jennifer

Montreal 1976 Olympics Logo

I found this little gem today and thought it fit in well as an extra for my recent Olympic Logos Series. It is one page from a wonderful Flickr set of Vintage Logos. This one, like the controversial London 2012 and Sochi 2014, doesn’t fit into the model that I proposed as a standard logo layout for each year. However, unlike London and Sochi, it still represents the perfect logo model—in the words of Ivan Chermayeff, “To be effective over a reasonably long lifetime, all identities must be simple and appropriate. However, if they are not original or in any way provacative, thought-provoking and noticable, they will not accomplish their task.”

The series:
Olympic Logo Series, Part 1 (1980s)
Olympic Logo Series, Part 2 (1990s)
Olympic Logo Series, Part 3 (2000s)

Olympic Logos, Part 3

Posted February 5, 2010 - 1:55pm by Jennifer

Olympic 2000s Logos

Previously, I talked about 80s and 90s Olympic logos and how the main goal of the Olympics is to unite athletes and nations together around the world in a time of peaceful competition.