rian hughes: city of london logo proposal
designboom met UK-based graphic designer, illustrator, comic artist and the man behind
device fonts rian hughes, while in malaysia for kuala lumpur design week 2010,
where he presented selected works from the course of his creative career as part of the
typo-graphics conference. one of the projects he discussed was his logo proposal
for the city of london.
rian hughes proposal for the city of london logo
image © rian hughes
five years ago, hughes wrote to the then-mayor of london, ken livingstone and outlined his idea
for a london logo. the idea for his logo pulls on milton glaser's heart from 'I (heart) NY',
the RAF symbol which along with being british represents fashion and carnaby street cool,
and is combined with the name 'london' and the union jack.
