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HubSpot HQ at 1, Sir John Rogerson Quay, Dublin 2 and (top) as it would have looked under proposals
HubSpot submitted an application seeking approval to install four new signs at the site including an “illuminated acrylic sign at high level” and a “logo sculpture” at the entrance courtyard.
Planners ordered that HubSpot must submit a conservation method statement or written report that outlines the “rationale and justification of the development” and also explains how the project has been designed ”to have regard to the character of the main dwelling, which is a protected structure”.
HubSpot is not the first multinational to encounter problems with city planners over signage. Last year, Fora reported that job search giant Indeed had been locked in a fight with the council over an eight-foot illuminated sign at its St Stephen’s Green offices.
HubSpot has hit a signage snag at its new Dublin docklands office (Conor McMahon, Fora)
From ‘M’ – a series of partially obscured golden arches in the Polish capital observed by Zuzanna Szarek, to whom, growing up during the Soviet era, such tokens of Western luxury (long since dwarfed by new buildings and construction) once elicited excitement.
Recreating ubiquitous corporate logos from memory.
Worst top left, best bottom right.
Or vice versa.
MORE: Branded In Memory
Designer Paul Nicholson, who designed the Aphex Twin logo, talks about his iconic gatefold designs for Richard James’ second album Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2.
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A rather fetching Nazi-referencing logo for Donald Trump created by renowned American industrial designer Tucker Viemeister in April of last year (before Trump won the official Republican party nomination).
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‘Bedtime Reading’ by Matt Haig.