Design for the London Philharmonic Orchestra logo
Drawing
1989-1990 (made)
1989-1990 (made)
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This is part of the artwork for a new corporate identity for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, designed in 1989-1990 by Neil Svensen and Darrel Worthington of Rufus Leonard Design Consultants. Their brief was to design a ‘mark’, a combination of a ‘symbol’ and ‘logotype’ (an image and a caption), to be printed on all the orchestra’s communication material. This is a design for a symbol and is close to the final version. It is a collage made by reassembling favourite elements from previously rejected drawings.
Object details
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| Title | Design for the London Philharmonic Orchestra logo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Collage |
| Brief description | Design drawing for the London Philharmonic Orchestra logo by Rufus Leonard Design Consultants, 1989-1990 |
| Physical description | Collage composed of three pieces of paper, depicting the head and arms of a figure. The support is a plain sheet of backing paper, with two edges torn against a ruler and two cut with scissors. Onto this is pasted a brush and ink drawing depicting two arms and a star-like shape. A circular hole is cut in the middle, into which is pasted an ink on paper circle, or head. |
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| Credit line | Given by Rufus Leonard Design Consultants |
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| Summary | This is part of the artwork for a new corporate identity for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, designed in 1989-1990 by Neil Svensen and Darrel Worthington of Rufus Leonard Design Consultants. Their brief was to design a ‘mark’, a combination of a ‘symbol’ and ‘logotype’ (an image and a caption), to be printed on all the orchestra’s communication material. This is a design for a symbol and is close to the final version. It is a collage made by reassembling favourite elements from previously rejected drawings. |
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| Accession number | E.2134-1991 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2004 |
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