Meet the Man Who Designed Pokémon’s Iconic Logo

Meet the Man Who Designed Pokémon’s Iconic Logo

When you get a spontaneous call from the president of Nintendo of America, you don’t ask too many questions. You just take the call.That’s the advice that was given to designer Chris Maple by a fellow designer friend back in 1998, who warned him the call would be coming later that day. At the time, Maple was no stranger to sudden phone calls from company executives. Maple ran his own design business, Media Design, which specialized in last-minut…

After learning about an up-to-date study of the most popular Pokémon in each country by 2024, we now have more news focused on the development of their logo. This logo, one of the most iconic of video games and pop culture, was created by designer Chris Maple. The artist has recently shared the story behind his design. After several attempts by other companies did not convince Nintendo, the president of Nintendo of America resorted to Maple as a…

Pokemon logo designer speaks up after 27 years, shares unused designs and says Nintendo gave him a month to draft one of the most iconic logos in history before Red and Blue reveal

It's amazing what artists can do so quickly

The Iconic Pokémon Logo Took One Month To Create

“We were given nothing but paper and toys” - Big, bold yellow text, with a thick blue outline, shaped in a gentle arc. This is the Pokémon logo, which i...