Logo Design Books for Inspiration - A Tidalworks Primer

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Logo Lounge: 2000 International Identities by Leading Designers

by Bill Gardner, Cathy Fishel, Catharine Fishel

This book is written by some of the foremost experts in the design industry. Catharine Fischel frequently writes for several top notch publications including PRINT, ID magazine, Step-by-Step graphics and more. Bill Gardner has produced artwork for several of the nations leading companies such as Pizza Hut, Excel, Nissan and Pepsi, to name a few. Together, they have produced one of the greatest books available for logo design reference.  This is a wonderful book for both logo design companies, and their clients, with 2000 of the best designs judged by an elite group of designers. Highly recommended.

Letterhead & Logo Design 8

by Top Design Studio

The Letterhead and Logo Design series by Rockport has existed for more than seven years, and is a valuable source for logo design professionals all over the world.  This is the latest edition to the series, and is a great source of inspiration and creativity in logo design. The book features hundreds of logo and letterhead designs that were carefully selected from over a thousand applicants of national and international design firms of all sizes.  The book displays identity work in logo design, letterhead, envelopes, business cards and more - all to be sure to kick some ideas into your head.

How to Design Logos, Symbols, and Icons

by Gregory Thomas, Earl Powell

This book examines the logo design process of 24 internationally renowned dseign studios as their ideas come to life.  From the initial drafts, to the final logo design selection, you can see how designs such as Nike and IBM were actually created.  This is a great book to have to learn more about the logo design process, and what it means to have a great logo design.

Logo Design That Works - Secrets for Succcessul Logo Design

by Lisa Silver, Cheryl Dangel Cullen

In this book, 100 logo designs are analyzed and critiqued to find out exactly how and why the logo design ‘works’. Rough drafts of popular logo designs are compared with the final output, examining the changes that were made along the way. This is a good book to learn a little more about what makes a successful design, and how to use your design to lead to ultimitely lead to business success..

Big Book of Corporate Identity Design

by David E. Carter

David E. Carter has written scores of books on logo design and branding, and is a very worthy author.  This book, along with his Big Book of Logo’s series, are great assets to any logo designer or purchaser.  This book has more than 1,500 full color examples of some very inspiring and innovative artwork.  David E. Carter also makes a habit of displaying some pictures of the actual use of the logo in the marketplace, with practical explanations on company branding.  Logos for companies of all sizes are included and readers will learn how to creatively use their logo to help build their corporate image.

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