Ralph Licastro is a personal identity mark documented in Yasaburo Kuwayama’s reference work Trademarks & Symbols of the World. The logo is credited to American graphic designer Lanny Sommese and dated 1979 (U.S.A.). The published entry lists the mark’s colors as blue and white.[1]
Design and History
Lanny Sommese was a graphic designer and educator who headed the Graphic Design department at Penn State University for many decades.[2] His work spanned posters, logos and corporate identities, and he maintained his own design practice, Sommese Design, in State College, Pennsylvania.[3]
The Ralph Licastro mark appears in Kuwayama’s multi-volume survey of international trademarks, which catalogs design work by credited creators alongside client names and dates.[4] The entry identifies Sommese as the designer, Ralph Licastro as the client, and 1979 as the year of creation, with blue and white as the recorded colors.
Meaning and Symbolism
The published record confirms only the designer attribution, the 1979 date, the client name and the blue-and-white color scheme.
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