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Go Logo! A Handbook to the Art of Global Branding60
M
y design practice—in both architecture and consumer products—has been an
ongoing investigation of a language of forms that express the myths and rituals
of our culture. Years ago, I coined the phrase “figurative architecture” to de-
scribe my buildings. By extension, “figurative design” characterizes the way my
products embrace similar humanistic concerns. I believe that people make natural associa-
tions with forms (as well as with materials and colors). Forms that are familiar and acces- ...