Back in 2017, Resident Advisor visited Paul Nicholson. He shares his creative design process for Aphex Twin’s (Richard D. James) Selected Ambient Works Volume II (sometimes abbreviated as SAW II) album artwork. Novel and fun to hear him talk about some of the design choices he made. You can tell he’s giddy to expand on some of the deliberate artwork choices (like the chart symbols corresponding to different tracks on SAW II).
Logo Design
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Paul Nicholson, designer and creator of the Aphex Twin Logo shares his creative design process
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The Original Star Wars Logo
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The original Star Wars logo from 1976, which was suddenly dropped before the official theatrical release.
Here’s what 20th Century Fox went with instead in 1977:
And here’s the Star Wars worm-like logo we know and love today:
h/t 1000logos.net
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Prospectus, from Lost Type Co-op
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pro·spec·tus: noun
- A document that advertises a product, service, venture, institution, or event for the purpose of attracting potential clients, investors, participants, etc.
- A new and bold contemporary serif typeface, with optical sizes, designed by Dave Bailey, exclusively from The Lost Type Co‑op.
A lovely, light-hearted typeface. Full of spirit and originality. Glistening with nostalgia, but full of energy. Lost Type Co-op describes it as:
A recognizably crisp, bold, and contemporary choice for all of your editorial, fashionable, intellectual, and satirical typesetting needs. Designed by Dave Bailey, and available now, only from The Lost Type Co‑op.
So much fun. Get it here, pay what you want for personal use.