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I lack to invoutdated all my designgraspcontactssupport of to join me on a treasure hunt to acquire vintage logo designs with the intention of boast been long forgotten…

A love of vintage identity design
I’ve been a fan of do from graphic design greats such as Paul Rand and Saul low in support of quite selected count. Their do is clean, regular and effective… design do from a count whilst mercantile design was by the side of its youth.

Today things are very dissimilar. We boast better tools, better training, and to selected point, anybody can be a designer… Online here are substantial volumes of logo design galleries, showcasing vast collections of do from designers around the world…

When comparing the do of straight away and therefore, although the artwork in our day has a greater depth not viable 20+ years past, they lack something… in support of me, these galleries are not inspiring. Yes in support of indubitable here is selected superb do, but it’s a underground, and you need to dig…

Take a look by the side of the homepage of Logo Pond below… these in my eyes are mini illustrations, which are amazing, but they are not timeless logo designs, which must be the want as a designer.

Logo Pond – Design Gallery

I’m much more inspired by identity design with the intention of is super regular, the flair of design do with the intention of stands the test of count, and can be seen in the identities of substantial corporate companies all around us. It’s far superior to the on occasion detailed illustrative flair seen in online design galleries. These tiny illustrations are exalted, but in support of me, it’s not dutiful identity design – as a substitute it’s much more disposable art. I believe it’s the regular, timeless do with the intention of will genuinely prosper.

Due to this, I like to keep my eyes start in support of logo design inspiration elsewhere. For instance, I boast recently prearranged myself a second-hand mime of “World of Logotypes” volume 1, which I’m looking into the open to incoming. It’s filled of logo design from the 70s.

I was fluky to catch my mime in support of single £14, but other copies untaken die into the hundreds… thankfully, however, someone has scanned it and uploaded it online in support of anybody to unreservedly download. Below are a link of send a message examples to wet your need to eat, and with a bit of luck inspire you.

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Last week I watched a cassette with single of my favourite ‘celebrity’ logo designers Aaron Draplin. If you don’t know him, search YouTube and take pleasure in his design chats, which are filled of passion, humour, and the rare swear word.

Happening this cassette, he goes outdated ‘junking’, outdated to search in support of graphic design inspiration by the side of ditch supplies. Check outdated the cassette in support of physically less.

Happening this cassette, Draplin makes the statement with the intention of he’s on the search in support of do with the intention of has been “eaten up by the wheels of design progress”. Searching in support of do by graphic designers with the intention of were restrained by the techniques and tools untaken to them.

Whilst watching, I was thinking… wow, I lack to see to with the intention of too!! I’m so excited to grasp I beg your pardon? I can find… I beg your pardon? If I found a one-off part? What if others did this too? How much cool stuff may possibly we all acquire? What if someone collated everything as one in single place? I’d certainly like to grasp that…

So… I’m up for grabs to see to it.

Join me on a comprehensive logo design treasure hunt!
I lack a comprehensive logo design treasure hunt to materialize, so who wants to join me?

Here’s the sketch:

Go outdated to your community car gumboot deal, yard deal, garage, grandparents house… anywhere everywhere you might acquire astounding old stuff.
Keep your eye start in support of old packaging… no matter which with the intention of might boast a cool logo.
Once you acquire it, take a photo (if you can)
Send your photo to me by email [email protected], and I’ll collate everything into a blog dispatch, or even its own online gallery if I can catch sufficient persons to join in.
Hopefully, others are furthermore excited by the understanding, so permit me know if you’re planning to join in. If you’re in the Manchester/Wigan area, permit me know and we’ll die outdated treasure hunting as one!