Filmographie Inc is a Canadian printing company whose 1979 logo was designed by Raymond Bellemare, a Quebec graphic designer who founded his own studio, Raymond Bellemare Designers inc., in 1971.[1] The mark is documented in the Canada Modern archive, which covers Canadian modernist graphic design from 1960 to 1985.[2]
Design and History
Bellemare studied graphic design at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, graduating in 1962, and went on to create numerous logos and brand images from the 1960s onward.[1] The Filmographie Inc logo, designed in 1979, is classified as a grid-based, square-shaped mark.[3]
Bellemare’s work from this period includes other notable Canadian identities, such as the 1977 logo for Éole inc., a kite manufacturer, which featured a stylized bird with wings conveying swirling winds and clouds.[4] His broader portfolio also includes marks for the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (1965), the National Arts Centre (1969), and the Comédiens associés du Québec (1971).[1]
Meaning and Symbolism
Documented interpretation of the Filmographie Inc logo is limited. The mark’s grid-based, square construction is noted in available sources, but no official account of its intended symbolism has been published.[3] The company’s name suggests a connection to film and documentation, though this connection is not explicitly confirmed by the designer or the archive.
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