WHY DO COUNCILS NEED GOOD LOGOS? A disproportionate amount of my attention on this blog goes towards municipal logo design. That is local authorities, councils, mayoral offices and other government funded setups who run logo projects. Many of the projects I cover have experienced some difficulty during their inception, from finalised designs that end up […]
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Chesterfield Council reveals new spire logo design
Chesterfield is a large market town in North Derbyshire, I spent a good deal of time there whilst studying design at the FE College, and right at the end of 2014 the borough council revealed a new logo design. Created by local outfit Crush Design, the new logo features a rather abstract representation of the […]
City Logo Fail #2 – Menlo Park Spends $25k to keep its old logo
UPDATED: Menlo Park is a well off town in the east of California, it was ranked in the top 15 US cities in CNN’s “Best Places for the Rich and Single” to live (Thanks Wikipedia). It’s a good job there’s so much wealth I guess because when the council decided to investigate options to replace it’s […]
The Derbyshire Council Logo Tour
After bemoaning the quality of the new Amber Valley Logo yesterday, I took a look at neighbouring council logo’s, to see what they are offering. So here is my tour of Derbyshire via the medium of council logo’s starting in the south… South Derbyshire For me it’s starting on a high, South Derbyshire District Council stick with […]
More Amber Value than Amber Valley
I live in the borough of Amber Valley. It’s a pretty place with some history (thanks to Mr Strutt and his Mills ). It was also the setting for the popular, long running but exceedingly dull ITV show Peak Practice. In 2011 and with little fanfare but a lot of smugness, Amber Valley updated their logo and web site. […]
Copenhagen children’s library logo or why local councils should invest in branding
Creating a logo for a library often turns into a children’s community project, where the results of a school based competition result in a well meaning and serviceable logo that has that “can’t be criticised because it was done by a kid” kinda feel. With 600 libraries closing in the UK since 2009 and another […]