History of Playstation Logo & Its Designer 

Sony is a very well known company for manufacturing a variety of electronic products on a multinational level. Such products would include digital cameras, headphones, televisions, stereos, and even smartphones. However, when Sony is mentioned most people would associate the company with their most popular and successful product yet; the PlayStation. This console is known worldwide as one of the leading advances in gaming alongside Nintendo/PC’s/Xbox, but what people don’t often know is who and what inspired that iconic logo every person looks for online, in Walmart or popular gaming stores, GameStop. How was the PlayStation logo developed? What were other possible logos considered that could have reshaped our view of the popular console franchise?

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Manabu Sakamoto is a Japanese graphic artist credited as the creator of the playstation logo as of 1994 that is so commonly recognized today. Not only did he work on their logo but also made a costume typeface resembling the PS logo that Sony continues to use today. It wouldn’t be the last time Sakamoto’s work has been seen by Sony since he created another logo two years later known as VAIO for consumer electronics. This shows very clearly how much the company loved the logo Sakamoto made for the Playstation and had no problem hiring him again for another project. 

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The PS logo may look simple to some or one may think that it couldn’t be that hard to make but  on the contrary, Sakamoto went through a variety of concepts that he spent months on to create before he could finalize its modern counterpart. Not to mention the fact that the original colorway may seem inconsistent or random but to our surprise it had its own meaning alongside the letters. That significance being joy, passion, and excellence: which is left to the logo’s admirer to decide which color applies to what part since it was never specified by either Sony or Sakamoto.  While the logo itself has gone through many tweaks and changes that most people are more likely to recognize today, Sony has kept Manabu Sakamoto’s original concept and vision in contact making him a part of Sony’s history forever. 

VGDensetsu on Twitter: "Early PlayStation logo designs by Manabu Sakamoto /  坂本学. https://t.co/hlRhzMWn1U https://t.co/bwSk8a7LPx" / Twitter

Manabu Sakamoto played a big part of what is known as Playstation today and he should receive the recognition which is deserved. The making of such an iconic logo is an important part of creating a great name for yourself and it’s something all artist designers should strive for. However, as I mentioned before, it took Sakamoto many attempts to achieve his client’s ideal logo that would be used for the rest of the company’s history. Therefore, always stay on the lookout for designs that catch your eye and remember to collaborate and learn from other designers to make the most out of your own creations. One of today’s most recognizable logos was made by Sakamoto through trial and error and that alone should set an example for the other designers as to what it takes.

My Bibliography: 

– Sarmiento, S., 2022. The PlayStation Logo History and Evolution | BrandCrowd blog. [online] Brandcrowd.com. Available at: <https://www.brandcrowd.com/blog/the-playstation-logo-history-and-evolution/>

– Typeroom.eu. 2022. PlayStation turns 25: the good, the bad and the glorious logos revealed – TypeRoom. [online] Available at: <https://www.typeroom.eu/playstation-turns-25-the-good,-the-bad-and-the-glorious-logos-revealed

-Dopico, A., 2022. Who designed the PlayStation logo? – JanetPanic.com. [online] Janetpanic.com. Available at: <https://janetpanic.com/who-designed-the-playstation-logo/>

Breakdown of Visual Enhanced Quotes

For my visually enhanced quotes project not only will I go through each quote and give my personal thoughts on, but I will also include a breakdown of what techniques I used. There were some challenges that came up when creating these enhanced quotes and I hope revisiting them in this style would help me for future assignments/projects. 

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Starting off with what I may consider to be my weakest visual quote, but still has effects and notable techniques that I admire. My goal in this one is that the viewer could notice the gradient effect used as a way to set up the quotes and realize that the text itself is based on the color. I became aware that the quotes couldn’t be too similar to the gradient because they would become illegible and difficult to see. Therefore I had to use a darker color of each side of the gradient to have the effect I was looking for. I considered this quote to be my weakest out of the three due to the color choice, it in fact has no correlation to my actual quote so it just feels like it’s there just to look visually pleasing. One aspect of this quote that should be noted is its typeface choices; the first line uses a square-y and capitalized format that represents my restriction towards the thought. While the second line is a lot more expressive and is meant to be more free-flowing to align my personality.

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Moving on to my favorite pick but not necessarily the best; here I was exploring techniques such as repetition, color contrast, and angled type-lines. Out of my three quotes this was the most enjoyable to do since it included so many techniques that were all helping me reach my point of interest. The repetitive lines over and over again act like a voice constantly reminding me who I am. Notable feature from this quote was its color choice. There are no heavy bold colors and they all lean towards a more neutral color-way which helps it stay balanced. I decided to experiment with an angled typeface to see what techniques I can later use to create the quote and it helped me develop the thought of using repetition to make a unique quote.

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To move on to the finale, what I consider to be the best interpretation of the quote I used in all ways of color, typeface, size, use of space, and technique. The font stays the same throughout the whole quote even though it may not look like it. I used the size of the font as a way to help me elaborate my quote, for example the smallest word in the quote (impress) is lowercase to symbolize the value the actual word has and hopefully the reader could read over it without even realizing it. In contrast, the largest word being EXPRESS is not only capitalized and largen but its given color and form to attract the viewer’s attention to reinforce the importance the word has to the author. The goal for the color choice was due to the fact that they are complementary since it adds even more attention to the yellow instead of the lowercase white font the rest of the letters use in the enhanced quote. But I didn’t stop there, I decided to give the word form and dimension. Before I talk about the method I used to give the word EXPRESS dimension, I should mention there is an easier method. I just decided to take my method because I wanted to keep the quote itself sleek and simple. So what did I do? I copy and pasted the word on top of itself twice as new layers and the layer in between is the same as the background color. There are many reasons why I believe this quote is my best one but that doesn’t make it perfect. Throughout this visually enhanced quote project I experimented with many different techniques to create a visual that I thought would best suit the quote. All enhanced quotes have different uses of tools that I recognize as unique and something I can reference for my future works.

Raster and Vector Graphics Project

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Foundation Drawing Project

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Type and Media Project

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Graphic Design Principles 1 Project

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