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From Posh to Prosaic

By Cathy Lane | Feb 27, 2019

The designer who created the new Burberry logo explains its evolution and a smokestack finds its way into a logo from Lansing, Michigan

  • The designer who created the new Burberry logo explains its evolution: “Finding the right 'Burberry' for a trenchcoat label is not difficult, but putting the same 'Burberry' in a chiffon blouse is.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/feb/14/graphic-artist-peter-saville-on-creating-burberrys-new-logo


     

  • It's not often that something as unromantic as a smokestack finds its way into a logo, but Lansing, Michigan, has embraced three such local landmarks—known fondly as Wynken, Blynken and Nod—as part of its identity. (David Marvin photo.)

    Learn how the smokestacks got their names at

    https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/columnists/judy-putnam/2019/02/11/lansing-power-plant-bwl-eckert-smokestacks-wynken-blyken-nod-logo/2811371002/

    Read more about the development of the mark at

    https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/02/06/lansing-logo-parking-app-summer-2019-state-of-city/2780260002/

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