Recommended Books

Logo - The logo bible
Logo

Book recommendation: Logo

Language: English

Pages: 352

Laurence King Publishers (October 4, 2007)

From the blurb:

‘Logo’ showcases the greatest logos in use today. Whether it is the product of a flash of inspiration or a flood of research, the logo remains one of the most powerful resources available to organizations for winning the attention of a global, time-poor audience.

The logo bible, this book provides graphic designers with an indispensable reference source for contemporary logo design. More than 1300 logos are grouped according to their focal form, symbol, and graphic associations into 75 categories such as crosses, stars, crowns, animals, people, handwritten, illustrative type, etc. To emphasize the visual form of the logos, they are shown predominantly in black and white.

By sorting a vast, international array of current logotypes ranging from those of small, design-led businesses to global brands the book offers design consultancies a ready resource to draw on in the research phase of identity projects. Logos are also indexed alphabetically by name of company/designer and by industrial sector, making it easy to piece together a picture of the state of the identity art in any client's marketplace.

This book can be bought at Amazon: Logo

 

LogoLounge 4 - 182 pages full of logos, logos and more logos
LogoLounge 4

Book recommendation: LogoLounge 4

Language: English

Pages: 182

Rockport Publishers (March 1, 2008)

 

The fourth volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with LogoLounge.com, a website that was launched by Bill Gardner in 2002. The site is dedicated to logos. Top designers and design firms are hand picked and invited to be "foundation members." Foundation and web site members each supply multiple logos to the site.

Each LogoLounge book presents thousands of new logos that have been added to the site, providing designers with an invaluable source for design inspiration and a resource for design solutions. The first portion of the book profiles 10 top designers recent work in the area of logo design; the second part of the book contains almost 2,000 logos organized by logo design (typography, people, mythology, nature, sports, etc.)

This book can be bought at Amazon: LogoLounge 4

 

LogoLounge 3 - 192 pages full of logos, logos and more logos
LogoLounge 3

Book recommendation: LogoLounge 3

Language: English

Pages: 192

Rockport Publishers (July 1, 2008)

 

The third volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with LogoLounge.com, a website that was launched by Bill Gardner in 2002. The site is dedicated to logos. Top designers and design firms are hand picked and invited to be "foundation members." Foundation and web site members each supply multiple logos to the site.

Each LogoLounge book presents thousands of new logos that have been added to the site, providing designers with an invaluable source for design inspiration and a resource for design solutions. The first portion of the book profiles 10 top designers recent work in the area of logo design; the second part of the book contains almost 2,000 logos organized by logo design (typography, people, mythology, nature, sports, etc.)

This book can be bought at Amazon: LogoLounge 3

 

LogoLounge 2 - 364 pages full of logos, logos and more logos
LogoLounge 2

Book recommendation: LogoLounge 2

Language: English

Pages: 364

Rockport Publishers; 2 Min edition (September 1, 2007)

 

This book takes all the logos that were in Rockport Publisher's best-seller, Logo Lounge 2, and collects them in one small, neat, pictorial handbook for easy reference.

There are no lengthy case histories, just logos, logos, and more logos. It's a fast-paced book featuring one to six logos per page to allow designers to easily shop for ideas. Logos are among the most important elements a designer can create, so it is no surprise that they are always looking for new, fresh ideas. LogoLounge 2 delivers just that. Its predecessor showcased the logos along with the stories of how they came to be; this compact version puts the spotlight on the logos alone, making it the perfect handbook to logo design.

This book can be bought at Amazon: LogoLounge 2

 

LogoLounge - 356 pages full of logos, logos and more logos
LogoLounge

Book recommendation: LogoLounge

Language: English

Pages: 356

Rockport Publishers; 2nd edition (February 1, 2006)

 

This book takes all the logos that were in Rockport Publisher's best-seller, LogoLounge and collects them in one small, neat, pictorial handbook for easy reference.

There are no lengthy case histories, just logos, logos, and more logos. It's a fast-paced book featuring one to six logos per page to allow designers to easily shop for ideas.

Logos are among the most important elements a designer can create, so it is no surprise that they are always looking for new, fresh ideas. LogoLounge delivers just that. Its predecessor showcased the logos along with the stories of how they came to be; this compact version puts the spotlight on the logos alone, making it the perfect handbook to logo design.

This book can be bought at Amazon: LogoLounge

 

TRES LOGOS - 508 pages full of examples for great logo design
TRES LOGOS

Book recommendation: Tres Logos

Language: English

Pages: 508

Dgv; Bilingual edition (November 10, 2006)

Tres Logos is the third volume of the "Logos"-series Los Logos and Dos Logos. Again, this book is a very inspiring and unputdownable opus. It slightly differs from its predecessors because it focuses more on different currents and documents influences of illustration and street art on logo design.

This third volume was published in October 2006 and comprises 508 sites which are divided in 9 chapters. It succeeded again to create a current visual encyclopaedia for logo design and hence a must-have for all people interested in this topic.

The book itself is covered in blue fabric, the quality of printing is very good, as usual.

This book can be bought at Amazon: Tres Logos

 

DOS LOGOS

Book recommendation: Dos Logos

Language: English

Pages: 444

Gestalten Verlag, published Sept. 2004

 

Two years after the publication date of the very successful book Los Logos its successor Dos Logos was released. It too became a bestseller.

Once more the newest developments and currents were identified and pictured. The logos were sorted by their fields of application, they were developed for.

This book contains approximately 3500 logos on 444 pages and is a must-have for all designers for inspiration or to get informed about newest trends.

It is again covered in fabric and the quality of processing and print is very good.

This book can be bought at Amazon: Dos Logos

 

LOS LOGOS

Book recommendation: Los Logos

Language: English

Pages: 443

Gestalten Verlag, published Sept. 2002

 

On 443 pages the reader of this book can experience lots of information about symbol design of the new millennium. It contains approximately 3500 logos which are arranged in various chapters.

This book is the successor of "Dos Logos" and gives a very good overview of the development of the market concerning logo design. Furthermore it serves as an inspiration for the own work. A must-have for every designer.

The book is covered in red fabric. The quality of processing and print is very good.

This book can be bought at Amazon: Los Logos

 

Lingua Grafica

Book recommendation: Lingua Grafica

language: English

pages: 192

Die Gestalten Verlag, published April 2001    

Lingua Grafica presents on 192 pages 1360 logos, icons, pictograms, illustrations, et cetera. This very nice arranged, interesting book is a good work of reference. It is very inspiring and whets ones appetite for vector works. It also contains some good tips concerning reduction regarding pictograms.

This book can be bought at Amazon: Lingua Grafica

 

Lingua Universalis

Book recommendation: Lingua Universalis

language: English

pages: 192

Die Gestalten Verlag, published April 2004      

Lingua Universalis was published three years after its successor Lingua Grafica. Lingua Universalis also contains more then 1300 new logos (logograms), icons and illustrations. The good quality and variety of the printed logos makes this book to a good work of reference and pool of ideas. Both volumes Lingua Grafica and Lingua Universalis are also available in a bundle at amazon.

This book can be bought at Amazon: Lingua Universalis