Category: Logomotive

In this colour photograph the design critic Jonathan Glancey, co-author of Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American Dream with Ian Logan and Norman Foster, smiles at the camera as he sits on a garden bench with a backdrop of trees.

The Enthusiasm of Jonathan Glancey

Written by Sheldrake Editor on 4th August, 2020. Posted in History and Art, Logomotive, News, Railways.

Here’s someone who bursts on to your screen, words tumbling out of his mouth. Enthusiasm is his trademark. Meet Jonathan Glancey, co-author of our autumn double-header Logomotive. Leaping on to the footplate with his fellow logo spotter Ian Logan, he transports you back to the mid-century heyday of American style.

Black and white photograph of Ian Logan standing beside four American railroad logos he designed in the 1970s.

The Secret Romance of Ian Logan

Written by Sheldrake Editor on 21st July, 2020. Posted in Logomotive, News.

Meet Ian Logan, designer to the stars and author of our forthcoming book Logomotive. Here he is beside a set of railway signs he designed in the 1970s. Perhaps best known for his tin trays and themed tin boxes, he was blown away by the graphics he saw painted on the side of American trains. He began a secret romance.

Category: Logomotive

The Enthusiasm of Jonathan Glancey

The Secret Romance of Ian Logan

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