User:Esmith75/Pentagram (design firm)
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[edit]I think I could add more information about the firm's history, and more information about the design work they've done.
I agree about adding more to the History- besides that, I think it is very solid.
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[edit]In 1972, the now-five partners established a new business structure, and renamed the firm as Pentagram.[1][2][3][4] The name was inspired by the number of establishing partners, which is the same as the number of points on a pentagram.[5] In 1982, the partners moved from an office at the rear of Paddington railway station to a new space in Needham Road, in the Notting Hill area of West London. A former dairy, the space was designed by Theo Crosby and remains as Pentagram's London office.[6]
In 1978 Colin Forbes moved from London to the US to form the New York office, eventually adding graphic designers Peter Harrison and Woody Pirtle as partners. In 1990-91 Michael Bierut, Paula Scher, both graphic designers, and James Biber, an architect, joined the New York office. They eventually moved to a building at 204 Fifth Avenue, a building designed by C. P. H. Gilbert, where the office resided until 2017. The New York office is now located in a building at 250 Park Avenue.[7]
In addition to graphic design work, the firm has partners working on architectural projects such as the Harley-Davidson Museum, the Alexander McQueen shops, Citibank interiors, the Adshel and Clear Channel buildings in London, a host of private residences including the Phaidon Atlas of Architecture listed Bacon Street Residence, the new London club Matter, along with a range of other interior, retail, restaurant and exhibition projects. Pentagram was hired to redesign the American cable television programme, The Daily Show's set and on-screen graphics in 2005.[8] In 2016 Pentagram were commissioned to design the packaging for the Pink Floyd box set, The Early Years 1965–1972. The set was released in November 2016. In 2019, Pentagram were commissioned to rebrand the entirety of Warner Bros. In 2022, Pentagram were commissioned to create a new logo for season 48 of Saturday Night Live.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Flat File N°8 — Fletcher|Forbes|Gill". The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography - Flatfile - Issue N°9. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Fletcher/Forbes/Gill 1962/3 (Portfolio book)". The Print Arkive. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "1962-1965 Fletcher Forbes Gill | Alan Fletcher". www.alanfletcherarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Modernism101.com | Fletcher, Forbes, Gill: FLETCHER / FORBES / GILL 1962 / 3. London: Fletcher, Forbes, Gill, Ltd., n. d. (1964)". Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ Hillner, Matthias (2009). Basics Typography 01: Virtual Typography. AVA Publishing. ISBN 978-2-940373-99-4.
- ^ Gosling, Emily (26 February 2018). "Inside London's Wolff Olins and Pentagram Studios". It's Nice That.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Contact". Pentagram. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ Vanderbilt, Tom. "The Daily Show: Satire Restyled." BusinessWeek. Accessed on September 26, 2006.
- ^ "Saturday Night Live Season 48 — Story". Pentagram. Retrieved 2022-11-22.