Gallery: The 40-Year-Old Logo America Really Needs Right Now
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Bruce Blackburn designed this logo (seen here on a commemorative plate) for the United States' 200th birthday.
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Standards Manual is printing a facsimile of the book, which deconstructs Blackburn's symbol in detail.
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In the manual Blackburn outlined how to draw and implement his symbol on a variety of materials.
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Step-by-step instructions for recreating the mark.
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The logo was broken down into individual graphical components.
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The symbol lived across products, including this lanyard.
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The symbol at various sizes.
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The cover of the facsimile.
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The book includes a foreward by Bruce Blackburn.
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The manual's 52 pages outlines every component of the visual system.
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A spread from the book.
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