There have been a number of interesting design and typography-based trends in music over the decades since bands started putting out albums that needed accompanying artwork and lettering.
There is no doubt that their iconic dropped T remains one of the most important design-related moments in music — even though it never really featured on the band’s records, this was still the first band logo to lodge in the public consciousness, opening musicians’ eyes to the possibilities of defining a strong visual identity for their b®and. As is often the case with important historical moments, the logo happened almost by accident — it was designed by the owner of a London drum shop where Ringo Starr and band manager Brian Epstein purchased a new kit in 1963. The designer, Ivor Arbiter, got paid the princely sum of £5 ($8.44 USD) for his work.
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