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Typography and Branding: Design an Iconic Logo

A course by Quique Ollervides , Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined March 2016

Learn to conceptualize and design a logo from scratch

  • Best seller English, Spanish
  • 97% positive reviews (896)
  • 22823 students

Learn to conceptualize and design a logo from scratch

A course by Quique Ollervides

Quique Ollervides—designer, illustrator, and typographer for brands such as Google, Microsoft, MTV Latinoamérica, Cartoon Network, and Nike—walks you through the process of designing a logo, from brainstorming and sketching to vector drawing, paying special attention to font development and layout.

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What will you learn in this online course?

26 lessons & 15 downloads

English, Spanish
  • 97% positive reviews (896)
  • 22823 students
  • 26 lessons (5h 3m)
  • 15 additional resources (10 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Design or reinvent an iconic logo inspired by an image, the name of a fictional restaurant, a TV series, a movie, or a book.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Designers, illustrators, and artists of any kind who are interested in better understanding the process involved in developing a logo.

Requirements and materials

To take this course, you need basic knowledge of design, typography, and drawing.

You also need pencils, bond paper, tracing paper, a scanner, and a computer with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop installed.


Reviews

22823 Students
896 Reviews
97% Positive ratings

Quique Ollervides

A course by Quique Ollervides

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Graphic Designer

Quique Ollervides is a Mexican graphic designer specialized in typography design, branding, and corporate-identity development. His professional work spans a wide range of projects in music, entertainment, and culture, as well as collaborations with top commercial brands.

Throughout his career, he has designed a variety of brand identities, album covers, concert posters, and fonts for both personal and commercial use.

Some of his clients include Google, Apple, MTVLA, Cartoon Network, Nike, Coca-Cola, Sony Music, EMI, and Warner. He has also worked for bands such as Tame Impala, Queens of the Stone Age, Phoenix, and Molotov, in addition to festivals like Coachella, SXSW, and Cumbre Tajín.

Between 1996 and 2010, Quique cofounded and ran Hula+Hula, an internationally renowned studio known for its expertise in music, comedy, and color, as well as its passion for handcrafted artwork.

From 2006 to 2010, he cofounded and codirected KONG, one of the most important design stores in Mexico, which also doubled as an art, design, and illustration gallery. There, he organized and curated a number of artistic exhibitions both nationally and internationally.

Quique Ollervides has also taught typography and design courses at various universities, and his work has been featured in numerous books, magazines, and blogs.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • Influences
  • U2

    Project, basic concepts and references

    • Definition of the logo that we are going to make
    • Graphic references and mood board
  • U3

    Knowing your brand

    • Identify the virtues of typographic forms
    • Count of letters, words or lines - Part I
    • Count of letters, words or lines - Part II
  • U4

    Typography and layout

    • Things I've learned from the greats - Part I
    • Things I've learned from the greats - Part II
    • How to choose catalog fonts from the mood board - Part I
    • How to choose catalog fonts from the mood board - Part II
    • Quick sketches
  • U5

    Vectorization

    • Basic principles
    • Construction of typographic elements - Part I
    • Construction of typographical elements - Part II
    • Construction of typographic elements - Part III
    • Construction of typographical elements IV
  • U6

    Isotype

    • Search for references
    • Abstraction
  • U7

    Composition

    • Creating an envelope
    • Lock up Imagotype and typesetting - Part I
    • Lock up Imagotype and typesetting - Part II
    • Variations and choice of the final logo
  • U8

    Final adjustments

    • Alignment and layout
    • Colour
    • Applications
  • FP

    Final project

    • Typography and Branding: Design of an iconic logo

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Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.

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The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.

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Typography and Branding: Design an Iconic Logo. Design, Calligraphy, and Typography course by Quique Ollervides Best seller

Typography and Branding: Design an Iconic Logo

A course by Quique Ollervides
Graphic Designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined March 2016
  • 97% positive reviews (896)
  • 22823 students