Just sit back and enjoy some of the most fameous and well-drawn logos in the history of graphic design:
(via very visual)
Antonio Carusone from AisleOne decided to do the right thing and started www.thegridsystem.org, “the ultimate resource in grid systems”.
The website contains links, templates, books, articles, just about anything that has connections to the principles of grid designing. You Work For Them also supports this great initiative (in case you didn’t know, YWFT has some of the best design-but-not-only books for sale).
The website is grid-based, of course, and it’s a pleasure to look at (check out the up-right-side button):
The initiative also has a Flickr group, join up and share your grid creations.
After The World Of Logotypes book, here’s another great resource, still from the 70’s.“Top Symbols And Trademarks Of The World” was published in 1973, written by Franco Maria Ricci & Corinna Ferrari. There were actually two volumes. The books themselves are very hard to find now, maybe if you’re lucky you’ll find them in some old bookshops (like AceJet was, with a similar book – preface by Paul Rand).
Fortunately, you can view all the pages on the TypoGabor website (along with other great examples of design). I’ve made pdfs to save you the clicking: download volume 1 and volume 2 :) (8 and 17 MB).
Here are some images to make you drool:
(thanks Alin for finding the TypoGabor website)