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(x) Haus der Kulturen der Welt logo - type designed by Cornel Windlin {Dan}
Posted by popovich in
23 May 2005 — 12:45am
23 May 2005 — 12:45am
http://www.hkw.de/media/layout_web_spezial/logos/hkw-Logo_schwarz.gif
This is probably a well-known type - I just have no idea what it could be.
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23 May 2005 — 1:32am
That "K" is very peculiar, so I would say customized Engravers' Gothic with a stroke added, or something like it.
23 May 2005 — 1:44am
Kustom designed by Neville Brody. :-)
23 May 2005 — 8:35am
The logo was designed by Cornell Windlin of Lineto. The face used in the logo does look very Brody-like, but I can't pin its provenance. Yves must be right, though, I've never seen him be wrong!
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23 May 2005 — 10:49am
Oh, I have been wrong before. Numerous times. ;-)
When I spent my month at MetaDesign Berlin they were doing the communication for Haus, and I heard somebody say the logo was done by Neville. I don't think any court of law would uphold this as hard evidence though...
23 May 2005 — 4:36pm
The logo was done by Windlin, both my girlfriend and I each won free tickets to TYPO Berlin because we knew that.*
Now, who exactly made the type, I do not know.
*The German magazine form had a ticket giveaway in February/March. This was the question/answer.
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23 May 2005 — 7:08pm
Windlin needs to add this to the Lineto library. Now.
23 May 2005 — 7:22pm
But wait - did widlin maybe work for Brody? Because the logo is in Brody's 2nd book about his design career along with all the stuff for PARCO.
25 May 2005 — 2:18am
This came in from Cornel this morning:
yes i designed both typeface and logo when working at neville brody studio some time in the late 80s.
the typeface was designed starting from scratch, without looking at any particular existing typeface for reference.
neville brody was working on it too, for a bit.
the letters were hand-drawn and we then rephotographed and cut and pasted them for use.
there is a very basic digital version which was done a couple of years later, buried deep on some syquest cartridge.
it was never developed into a full font, and there is no lower case for it.
i haven't looked at this font for years.
See? You were right, Dan. I was wrong. ;-)
25 May 2005 — 4:09am
Oh, there is no need to put in such terms! Brody was involved, and the work was done at his studio, so one could easily (mis)acredit the design to him.
Thanks for going to such levels to get the clear story out. This logo story needs to go in the wiki…
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25 May 2005 — 5:09am
If you come to Typecon this summer you'll notice I always go to great lengths to get to the bottom of a story. CSI : Typophile anyone? ;-)
25 May 2005 — 5:12am
If you come to Typecon this summer…
I'm workin' on it…
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26 May 2005 — 9:53am
...and I was waiting for mail notification! What a story indeed. :)
Thanks Dan, thanks Yves! (Thanks Cornel).
26 May 2005 — 10:02am
buried deep on some syquest cartridge... I love that.
Ancient history.