The Little Book of Logo Recipes: Successful Designs and How to Create Them

by David E. Carter

If you're a businessperson trying to devise a new logo -- or a graphic designer trying to get established in corporate design -- The Little Book of Logo Recipes will teach you a lot about the process, and will also give you the "recipe" for creating a lot of different visual techniques.Some of the sample logos shown are fairly simple, and just the very presence of this "recipe" will give the user a quick inspiration. For others, the "how to" includes the use of multiple PhotoShop filters to create powerful images. The next time you need to do a logo in a hurry, you'll wish this book were on your shelf. Designed to offer endless inspiration, The Little Book of Logo Recipes offers this bonus each page features call-out notes of easily understandable comments to quickly convey the advantageous elements of the depicted logo.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

David Edward Carter was an American businessman and writer on graphic design, logo design, and corporate branding. He wrote many books on trademark and logo design and won a number of regional Emmys for his local television productions. After moving to Sanibel Island, Carter had teamed with Pfeifer Realty Group owner Eric Pfeifer to make several historical documentaries about Sanibel Island, including Sanibel Before the Causeway and Postcards and Pictures from Sanibel.

Reviews

[Seamus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Useful if you have very little background in logo design. Almost entirely pictures, very little distracting text.