Globex Design was a Canadian company that manufactured exhibition sets and decor, active in the Montreal area during the late 1960s and 1970s. Its logo is documented in the archival collection of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), which preserves original artwork and design materials related to the mark.
Design and History
The Globex Design logo is preserved in the Fonds Yvon Laroche at the Archives nationales à Montréal. The archival record describes the item as a symbol representing the company logo for Globex Design, a manufacturer of decor. The record dates the work to either 1966 or 1970 and attributes it to designers Yvon Laroche and Pierre-Yves Pelletier.[1]
The two designers shared a design studio in Old Montreal during this period. Pelletier was already an internationally known designer and later served as art director for the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games organizing committee (COJO), with Laroche also working on the Olympic graphic design team.[2]
The BAnQ record notes that four cardboard panels in the collection explain the symbolism of the mark, indicating that the logo was accompanied by a documented rationale for its design.[1]
Meaning and Symbolism
According to the BAnQ archival description, the Globex Design logo was built from the initials “G” and “D,” which together form a square with an ascending interior arrow. The four explanatory panels in the archive detail this symbolism.[1]
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