Category: Logomotive

A collage of positive reviews of Logomotive are displayed on a white background. Here is what the papers say about the book: ‘All Hail the US Rail!’ declares Strong Words magazine, The Wall Street Journal calls Logomotive ‘Design in Motion’ and The Book Department with Dr Alyson Hitch names Logomotive Bay Book of the Month displaying the bold red cover of Logomotive and several of Ian Logan’s railway ephemera.

Logomotive — What the Papers Say

Written by Figen Gungor on 24th February, 2022. Posted in Blog, Logomotive.

Book of the Month. An invaluable and unique archive. A visual tribute. The perfect read. An absolutely glorious book. These are a few examples of what the papers say about Logomotive.

In this colour photo from the 1980s Southern Pacific’s SD70 locomotive 8491 hauls cargo up a gradient in the New Mexico desert.

Freight on the Tracks

Written by Edwin Bartleet on 8th February, 2022. Posted in Blog, Logomotive, Railways.

Freight gets scant coverage in today’s railway media, often buried on the back pages, but the award-winning transport journalist James Graham aims to change that. For those who love freight on the tracks, he will launch a freight-only e-zine, Freight Tracks, on Valentine’s Day.

Geek Out With Logo Geek

Written by Figen Gungor on 19th November, 2021. Posted in Blog, Logomotive.

Who’s interested in logos? At least 112.7k people are and they follow Logo Geek, a logo design service provided by Ian Paget. In a new podcast, Ian geeks out for an hour with Ian Logan and Jonathan Glancey, a designer and writer passionate about all things logos and locomotives, to discuss their new book Logomotive.

In this colour photograph by ©Dick Manton the 4-6-2 Coronation class locomotive Duchess of Hamilton hauls a special passenger train at Pontefract, West Yorkshire, smoke pouring from its chimney.

Journalist on the Footplate

Written by Sheldrake Editor on 11th November, 2021. Posted in Blog, Logomotive, Railways.

How many journalists get to drive a Coronation class steam locomotive? Our intrepid author Jonathan Glancey did. In a podcast published today he also tells what it was like riding the footplate of Duchess of Hamilton from Settle to Carlisle and what he loves about the marriage of art and engineering.

In this colour photograph the design critic Jonathan Glancey, co-author of Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American Dream with Ian Logan and Norman Foster, smiles at the camera as he sits on a garden bench with a backdrop of trees.

The Enthusiasm of Jonathan Glancey

Written by Sheldrake Editor on 4th August, 2020. Posted in History and Art, Logomotive, News, Railways.

Here’s someone who bursts on to your screen, words tumbling out of his mouth. Enthusiasm is his trademark. Meet Jonathan Glancey, co-author of our autumn double-header Logomotive. Leaping on to the footplate with his fellow logo spotter Ian Logan, he transports you back to the mid-century heyday of American style.

Black and white photograph of Ian Logan standing beside four American railroad logos he designed in the 1970s.

The Secret Romance of Ian Logan

Written by Sheldrake Editor on 21st July, 2020. Posted in Logomotive, News.

Meet Ian Logan, designer to the stars and author of our forthcoming book Logomotive. Here he is beside a set of railway signs he designed in the 1970s. Perhaps best known for his tin trays and themed tin boxes, he was blown away by the graphics he saw painted on the side of American trains. He began a secret romance.