Author: Kontrapunkt (Firm) [ Meyer, Kim ] [ Dansk Design Center ]
Title: The Crowning Touch / Kronen på mærket
Description: København, Dansk Design Center, 2000. orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. 24x25cm, 120 pp. Weighs 1 kilo.. Textual illustrations.. ISBN: 8790904028. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Bilingual parallel Danish-English text. ["This book is about the design of logos. But not just any sort of logo: It is about expressing identities visually and letting the pictures tell the story of a number of Danish institutions. The institutions that are allowed to use the crown in their logo...We show you that part of Kontrapunkt's work where we have given a number of state institutions a contemporary expression combining openness with natural authority. Our approach to these tasks included, among other means, using the powerful expressiveness and idiom of heraldry in a new way and giving the crown a new context. The crown used to signal unrestricted power and later, stuffy departments, but now signals a dialogue-seeking democratic state. The property of the people. If a piece of paper caries the crown, the Danish state vouches for it.. The crown is the symbol of quality, one that many private companies would love to be able to use. The crown has also become a symbol of Danish identity in a time of internationalisation and rootlessness..." - from dustwrapper].

Keywords: 8790904028 Danish Design History, Denmark, Logos Trademark, Symbols Symbol, Trademarks Logo, Commercial Art, Monarchy, Royal Crown, Government, Scandinavia