evolution history and meaning
- It was a lowercase sans-serif inscription with the blurred uneven letters placed pretty far from each other.
- The “R” was the only written in white and placed on a solid black circle, other letters were all black.
- 1994 — 2000 For “The Bends” album the new Radiohead logotype was created in 1994.
- This time the inscription was written in all capitals and executed in an extended and solid sans-serif typeface with smooth angles and clean contours of the letters.
- The font, used for this emblem was Microgramma Bold.
- 2000 — 2003 The redesign of 2000 brought a new logotype for the band, and it could be seen on the cover of their “Kid A” album.
- The new capitalized wordmark was executed in a bold sans-serif typeface, which was very similar to BD Plakatbau, with pretty massive structures and a sense of style and modernity.
- 2000 — Today The most iconic Radiohead logo was designed in 2000 and is still used by the band.
- This was the first and only emblem with no lettering on it.
- The new emblem got nicknamed “Modified Bear”.
- 2003 — 2007 For the band’s “Hall of The Thief” album, the monochrome logotype was rewritten again.
- 2007 — 2011 In 2007 the band starts using a clean and confident sans-serif typeface for its capitalized logotype.
- 2016 — Today The redesign of 2016 brought a new style to the Radiohead visual identity, writing its capitalized logotype in a traditional medium-weight sans-serif typeface, where each detail and touch are perfectly balanced.
- For promotional and advertising materials the letters of the wordmark may be emboldened and blurred, while the white negative space of “R”, “D”, “O”, and “A” are being colored black.
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