Give Me an "A"! That's It, Just an "A"!

And speaking of Eye magazine, the new owners have just published the spring 2008 issue (#67), and it’s a type special. Among the standout pieces is Garech Stone‘s treatise on single-letter logos (O, how timely). Born of the monogram and powered by the instantly recognizable letters that are their starting points, these chameleonlike logos transform “the obvious…with the spark of imagination and wit.”

Such renowned figures as Paul Rand, Saul Bass, and Lance Wyman realized this. Many of their logo designs embrace the inherent communicative power, symbolic potential and raw immediacy of the alphabet.

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