Graphis

Graphis logo archives

Seems like it’s been around forever. I stop by the website every once in a while, normally after clicking a link in an article, or clicking through from a logo in an image search. I think to myself, oh, this is good, I should add it to the site.

Then I go back to whatever I was doing.

So maybe 10 years after I first planned to, here’s a signpost to the logo archives on Graphis.com, where a record’s kept for the likes of these.

Our Price logo Thirkell CDT Design
Our Price logo, by CDT (Carroll, Dempsey and Thirkell)

For my international readers, Our Price was a chain of record stores in the UK and Ireland.

Endura Nail Corporation logo Mat Alancheril
Endura Nail Corporation logo, by Mat Alancheril
British Railways logo Design Research Unit
British Railways logo, by Design Research Unit
Murray Piano Services logo Mike Meadus
Murray Piano Services logo, by Mike Meadus
Academie de Musique logo Alain Rochon
Academie de Musique logo, by Alain Rochon
Yale Mountaineering Club logo Ian Jamieson
Yale Mountaineering Club logo, by Ian Jamieson
Asel Art Center logo Woody Pirtle
Asel Art Center logo, by Woody Pirtle

Some previously featured Woody Pirtle logos.

Decimal logo Samuel Kuo
Decimal logo, by Samuel Kuo
Lazar Greenhouses logo Alvaro Perez
Lazar Greenhouses logo, by Alvaro Perez

Of course, it’s not just logos on show. Graphis has a respected award program for posters, annual reports, photography, advertising, and more. One of my favourite studios, Baxter & Bailey, just picked up this trophy for a series of posters.

Graphis poster design award Baxter Bailey
The Graphis’ “G” trophy

That’s a nice trophy.

Side note, Baxter & Bailey’s Little Green Pig logo is one of those that makes me smile.

Graphis also publishes books and magazines on design, communication, and the arts, with a vast archive dating back to 1944 when it was founded in Switzerland by Walter Herdeg and Dr Walter Amstutz.

In 1986, the company was sold to B Martin Pedersen, and a few years later, the headquarters were relocated from Zürich to New York City.

Graphis. Worth another look.

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