Logomotive - Railroad Graphics and the American Dream

Here is a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into the past majesty of the pioneering days of the American Railroads as told by the graphics of the industry.

About the author

Ian Logan is a designer of fabrics, tin, and enamelware. In the 1960s and 1970s he made hundreds of rail journeys, recording the insignia, the logos, the slogans, and livery of railroad companies big and small, East and West coast and transcontinental. He even created designs for them. Jonathan Glancey, FRIBA is an architectural critic and writer who was the architecture and design editor at the Guardian, a position he held from 1997 to February 2012. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA.

Summary

Here is a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into the past majesty of the pioneering days of the American Railroads as told by the graphics of the industry.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Glancey, Jonathan Glancy, Iain Logan, Iain Glancy Logan, Ian Logan, Ian Glancey Logan
• Publisher: Sheldrake Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781873329504
• ISBN: 978-1-873329-50-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches