The Elements of LOGO Design: Design Thinking, Branding, Making Marks

By Alex W. White

Book Overview

A Visually Stunning Guide to Learning the Art of Logo Design

Designers looking to learn the art of designing logos need look no further than The Elements of Logo Design by world-renowned designer Alex W. White. Unique in its approach to explaining how to design marks, The Elements of Logo Design explores design unity, typography and its expression as frozen sound, how a logo fits into a greater branding strategy, and how to build a logo.

With more than four hundred examples culled from advertising, editorial, and web use, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of universally shared graphic design principles. These principles are then applied to logo design specifically, relating the discipline to all other graphic design. Chapters include such topics as: Logic in designRelationships, hierarchy, and structureDifferences and similarities in designResearch and planning an identityHow to build a logo using type, image, and spaceLetterforms, type, and fontsType alterationSemiotics: icons and symbolsImage-to-image relationships With a foreword by Jerry Kuyper, who is widely recognized as one of the top twenty-five logo designers of all time, The Elements of Logo Design is a formidable resource for learning the art of branding and making marks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621536742
• ISBN13: 9781621536741
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Allworth
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5