Rian Hughes: Logo-A-Gogo
Published on May 2, 2018 in Logo Design
For more than 20 years, Rian Hughes has been a versatile designer, illustrator and lettering artist working for international clients in the fields of publishing, music, sports, telecommunications, fashion and more. He has specialized in creating logo designs for the comic industry, notably for DC and Marvel products, including Batman and Robin, Batgirl, the X-Men, Captain America, Wolverine, The Spirit, The Invisibles, Shade the Changing Man, and The Atom. He has also designed logos for posters, CDs, and clothing, and produced branding for clients such as Hasbro, the Cartoon Network, Virgin Airways, Eurostar, and the BBC. This compendium is packed full of the best of his logo designs and offers an insight into the creative process behind his work. Preliminary sketches are shown alongside the final design, and accompanied by author commentary. An essential reference for designers to draw on in branding and other graphic design projects, the book will also fascinate anyone interested in contemporary culture. This is as good as it gets for those looking for a source of cool and inspirational logo design.
As a regular comic book reader, I have at least a passing familiarity with the name Rian Hughes and its relationship to the comic book industry. What I wasn’t aware of, was how much design work he has contributed to the biggest publishers in the business as well as how much non-comic book design work he has done. I’m a bit of a process junkie, so having access to conceptual designs that weren’t chosen as well as incite into the thought process behind those designs more than piqued my curiosity. Here are some sample pages I found on the Amazon listing. I’ve already added the book to my Wish List.
Thanks to the fine folks at Bleeding Cool for bringing this book to my attention with their recently published article.