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Logo Cities poster

Available here as a pdf for printing and here as a jpg for posting.

- posted Apr 27, 01:21 PM in symposium

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Almost Architecture

A short interactive film about high-rise signs in Montréal.

Logo Cities Papers

A selection of presentations from the Logo Cities Symposium (Montréal, May 4-5, 2007). UPDATE: Papers by Russotti and Straw added 3/7/07. Click below for pdfs.

John Armstrong & Paul Collins (Toronto and Paris) Painting in Public: An illustrated overview of collective and individual artwork
Laurie Churchman (University of Pennsylvania) TYPE AHOY: Technology, perception, and originality in boat graphics
Alessandro Colizzi (L'Université du Québec à Montréal) A Local Idiom from the Netherlands: Bruin Café Lettering in Amsterdam
David De Benedetto (Red Dye Studio, NYC) Typographic Historiography: Ideology and the cinematic assumptions of future urban signage
Michael Golec (Iowa State University) "Enjoy Coca-Cola," the Discourse of the Other, and Lacan in an American City
Louis-Charles Lasnier (Atelier Louis-Charles Lasnier, Montréal) Signalisation intérieure, Nouvelle gare d’autocars de Montréal
Maroussia Lévesque and Jason Lewis (Concordia University) Cityspeak
Karen Lewis (University of Kentucky) Yellowtown: The aesthetics of poverty, the graphic design of urgency
Nancy Marrelli (Concordia University) The Evolution of Concordia University Logos and Signage
Ann McDonald (Northeastern University) Whose Skyline? Public private light, sign as sensor and node
Joey Medaglia (Ryerson University) Explorations in Deconstruction/ Reconstruction
Tom Russotti (Rutgers University) Brooklyn Storefronts and Signs
Will Straw (McGill University) Letters of Introduction: Film credits and cityscapes

Logo Cities - Media Coverage

Logo Cities: Montréal

An interactive inventory of highrise logos on the contemporary Montréal skyline. Four panoramas; day and night views; design and installation details for many prominent logos. (This is the original Logo Cities website.)

Signs and the Law

A series of notes tracking changes in Montréal's bylaws as they pertain to signage, (1890-2001).

Sign Stories

A collection of stories about signs, contributed by members of the public. With thanks to all our contributors. (The phoneline is now closed.)

CITY STARS - A Comic by Grant Collins

One research assistant, one city, many highrise logos. Mr. Collins tells his story with humor and creative flair. Click right here.

HELVETICA

The Québec premiere of Helvetica was held on Saturday May 5, 2007 at Concordia University. We had a great turn out. Thanks to Gary Hustwit for joining us. And - props to the Arial Crew for daring to show up; they even won one of the signed posters. Lots of pics here.

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