TELPHONES, PART 2 | Saul Bass + The Bell Telephone Logo
Much has been written about the incredible Saul Bass and his redesign of the Bell System logo in 1969. His task was to transform the company’s image from: Ad for Bell Telephone long distance service in 1955 via CreativePro.com PHOTO > Mike F via Flickr to that of a contemporary, cutting-edge telecommunications company. Someone else has [...]
Posted at 05:56 on 2012/01/20 | leave a comment | Filed Under: ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, FILM, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, TYPOGRAPHY, VIDEO | Tagged: Bell Archives, Bell System, Corporate ID, Corporate Identity, Helvetica, Lily Tomlin, logos, Saul Bass, Telecomunications, telephones, videos | read on
designKULTUR DESIGN ICON | Mid-Century Modern :: The Ericofon
1930 | Siemens prototype “Crouching Dog” 1941 | Ralph Lysell prototype 1941 | Early plastic prototype of the Ericofon designed by the engineers Blomberg and Lysell 1940s | Early wooden prototypes of the Ericofon by Ralph Lysell The well-worn blue wooden prototype taken to management for final approval 1953 | Ericofon “Cobra” 1956 | Ericksson Ericofon 1956 | Ericksson Ericofon 1961 | Slimmed [...]
Posted at 05:39 on 2012/01/20 | leave a comment | Filed Under: ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, LOGOLANDIA, MID-CENTURY MODERN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY | Tagged: "Crouching Dog", Ericofon, Ericofon "Cobra", Ericsson, Gösta Thames, Hugo Blomberg, Industrial Design, Model 700, Ralph Lysell, Siemens, Telecommunications, Western Electric 500 | read on
