In my determination to learn as much about design as possible I’ve realised I haven’t made nearly enough logo’s. Or at least not as many as I would have liked. I’m about to start the third year of a degree, and we’ve hardly touched upon such an important issue as logo design, which in my opinion is a bit ridiculous to say the least. A whole post devoted to the state of design education needs to be made another day as I’m sure it could take a while. So, the postman came today bearing fruits and also er… a book about logo design, tentatively titled Symbol (Angus Hyland & Steven Bateman). It features over 1300 ‘symbols’ divided into sector, designer and client all lovingly produced on high quality stock. It also includes a number of case studies on some of the more iconic logo’s such as Continental by Saul Bass and the CBS logo by William Golden, right up to more contemporary designs such Apple and Nike and well, any huge company and all of the obscure ones (including their logo’s) in between. It’s only just arrived so I can’t wait to really devour it and soak up all of the juicy goodness contained inside, I’d recommend it to anyone remotely interested in the art of logo design.