Comments for FADchat http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog fad is everything and everything you do and see is fad Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on iPad paintings by Robster http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=500&cpage=1#comment-581 Robster Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:11:57 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=500#comment-581 Love them all, but especially the beach ones Love them all, but especially the beach ones

]]> Comment on Heritage Festival goes Steampunk by New work from old “bye-bye steampunk” « FADchat http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=359&cpage=1#comment-566 New work from old “bye-bye steampunk” « FADchat Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:39:47 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=359#comment-566 [...] Heritage Festival collateral. After last year’s success the decision was whether to go with last year’s look but with a different twist, a la heavy metal below: Canberra and Region Heritage Festival ID [...] [...] Heritage Festival collateral. After last year’s success the decision was whether to go with last year’s look but with a different twist, a la heavy metal below: Canberra and Region Heritage Festival ID [...]

]]> Comment on Iconic Aussie logos, their stories and controversies: part I by FADchatter http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-488 FADchatter Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:43:29 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=200#comment-488 Thanks Tony, fantastic! Love those qantas posters of his - how contemporary they look! It's a wonder why Cyclone hasn't been scanned and vectorised and made a typeface by now? Thanks Tony, fantastic! Love those qantas posters of his – how contemporary they look! It’s a wonder why Cyclone hasn’t been scanned and vectorised and made a typeface by now?

]]> Comment on Iconic Aussie logos, their stories and controversies: part I by Tony http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-487 Tony Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:31:06 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=200#comment-487 Hello, My father, Harry Rogers, designed the font that you have noted as being used from 1968 to 1984 (the production to find a new font, etc, started early, however, it did not appear until Qantas' 50th anniversary in 1970. The font was actually called 'Cyclone', and a full alphabet was made. Additionally, Qantas commissioned Letraset to produce a full sheet of rub-down letters soon after the final font was chosen, which included symbols ('$', '&', '½', etc) and alphabet letters from other languages (eg: 'ç', 'ø', 'ß', etc); plus there was a full alphabet and Letraset sheets made of a 'light' version of 'Cyclone', however, that never ended up being used. My father also designed the livery for Qantas aeroplanes that appeared from their first 747, used from 1970 through to 1984; as well as the old 'Captain Cook Lounge' that were in all of the upper floor of the earlier 747s. Additionally, Harry was the art director for the in-flight magazine from between 1976 to 1984. Plus he was one of the many freelance artists who were employed by Qantas to produce posters. He did about 4 main series of posters, from the 1950s through to the early 1970s - a geometric series in the 50s-60s: http://faroutbrusselsprout.blogspot.com/2009/12/vintage-qantas-posters-by-harry-rogers.html - a water-colour series in the 60s (the first poster that appears): http://www.joseflebovicgallery.com/Catalogue/CL_149_2011/Pages/pg09.html - a collage series in the 60s: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=370304 - and an oils series in the early 70s: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=370344 Here's a link to the Qantas shop, showing just a small proportion of some of the posters that Qantas commissioned from Dad: http://www.qantasshop.com.au/subcategory-13-LimitedEditionRetroPosters ...and a poster-collector's gallery in Sydney that includes some other examples of Dad's poster work, some of which can be found in the following Google-search from the store's website: http://www.google.com/search?sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joseflebovicgallery.com&q=harry+rogers&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joseflebovicgallery.com By the way, the font that was used from 1984 to 2007 was essentially the same one that appeared in the 1960s; the only difference is that the 'Q' was less curved in the 60s versions. This can be seen in the collage poster link that I've included above. Further more, there was a condensed font used for the word Qantas used before that one (that BOAC and TEAL also used at the time): http://static.colourlovers.com/uploads/2007/08/aviation_qantas_logo.jpg I hope you don't mind my obsessiveness in my post ;) but as you're interested in fonts and logos, I thought you may be interested in some more about Qantas. Cheers for now. Yours sincerely, Tony Rogers. Hello,

My father, Harry Rogers, designed the font that you have noted as being used from 1968 to 1984 (the production to find a new font, etc, started early, however, it did not appear until Qantas’ 50th anniversary in 1970.

The font was actually called ‘Cyclone’, and a full alphabet was made. Additionally, Qantas commissioned Letraset to produce a full sheet of rub-down letters soon after the final font was chosen, which included symbols (‘$’, ‘&’, ‘½’, etc) and alphabet letters from other languages (eg: ‘ç’, ‘ø’, ‘ß’, etc); plus there was a full alphabet and Letraset sheets made of a ‘light’ version of ‘Cyclone’, however, that never ended up being used.

My father also designed the livery for Qantas aeroplanes that appeared from their first 747, used from 1970 through to 1984; as well as the old ‘Captain Cook Lounge’ that were in all of the upper floor of the earlier 747s.

Additionally, Harry was the art director for the in-flight magazine from between 1976 to 1984. Plus he was one of the many freelance artists who were employed by Qantas to produce posters. He did about 4 main series of posters, from the 1950s through to the early 1970s

- a geometric series in the 50s-60s: http://faroutbrusselsprout.blogspot.com/2009/12/vintage-qantas-posters-by-harry-rogers.html

- a water-colour series in the 60s (the first poster that appears): http://www.joseflebovicgallery.com/Catalogue/CL_149_2011/Pages/pg09.html

- a collage series in the 60s: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=370304

- and an oils series in the early 70s: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=370344

Here’s a link to the Qantas shop, showing just a small proportion of some of the posters that Qantas commissioned from Dad: http://www.qantasshop.com.au/subcategory-13-LimitedEditionRetroPosters
…and a poster-collector’s gallery in Sydney that includes some other examples of Dad’s poster work, some of which can be found in the following Google-search from the store’s website: http://www.google.com/search?sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joseflebovicgallery.com&q=harry+rogers&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joseflebovicgallery.com

By the way, the font that was used from 1984 to 2007 was essentially the same one that appeared in the 1960s; the only difference is that the ‘Q’ was less curved in the 60s versions. This can be seen in the collage poster link that I’ve included above.

Further more, there was a condensed font used for the word Qantas used before that one (that BOAC and TEAL also used at the time): http://static.colourlovers.com/uploads/2007/08/aviation_qantas_logo.jpg

I hope you don’t mind my obsessiveness in my post ;) but as you’re interested in fonts and logos, I thought you may be interested in some more about Qantas.

Cheers for now.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Rogers.

]]> Comment on Screen Graphics: Common Sites by Alex http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=455&cpage=1#comment-457 Alex Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:17:29 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=455#comment-457 Hi Rob, Great to see the artwork online... Looking forward to seeing it live sometime! Hi Rob,

Great to see the artwork online… Looking forward to seeing it live sometime!

]]> Comment on Artist of the Week: Elisabeth Cummings by Robster http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=448&cpage=1#comment-455 Robster Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:17:48 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=448#comment-455 I really like her work - so gutsy yet controlled, like Picasso's late work. And I like your blog comments too. I really like her work – so gutsy yet controlled, like Picasso’s late work. And I like your blog comments too.

]]> Comment on Fonts of 2009 by FADchatter http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-411 FADchatter Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:40:43 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=6#comment-411 Hm, I've been thinking about it. Oh, ok you've twisted my arm... Hm, I’ve been thinking about it. Oh, ok you’ve twisted my arm…

]]> Comment on Fonts of 2009 by Alex http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-410 Alex Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:50:59 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=6#comment-410 Is there going to be a fonts of 2010 entry? Is there going to be a fonts of 2010 entry?

]]> Comment on Design Wish List for the New Year by Taybin http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=343&cpage=1#comment-367 Taybin Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:55:11 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=343#comment-367 No way. I love twee. Twee music, twee crafts, twee art forever. Long live twee! No way. I love twee. Twee music, twee crafts, twee art forever.

Long live twee!

]]> Comment on Iconic Aussie logos, their stories and controversies: part I by FADchatter http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-137 FADchatter Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:04:58 +0000 http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=200#comment-137 Hi Archie, There is a series of books called "The Big Book of Logos" but it's mostly USA logos and it doesn't have their history. Some of the bigger Australian designers like Ken Cato and Vince Frost have worked on major Australian corporations' logos and they have books showcasing their works (Ken Cato worked on the Commonwealth Bank logo). I found out about the qantas and ABC logo changes via their wikipedia entry so that's a start too. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Good luck! Hi Archie,
There is a series of books called “The Big Book of Logos” but it’s mostly USA logos and it doesn’t have their history. Some of the bigger Australian designers like Ken Cato and Vince Frost have worked on major Australian corporations’ logos and they have books showcasing their works (Ken Cato worked on the Commonwealth Bank logo). I found out about the qantas and ABC logo changes via their wikipedia entry so that’s a start too. Sorry I couldn’t be more help. Good luck!

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