Designing Identities for TV & Film, an Interview with Emily Oberman

Over the past few years there have been some pretty big movie identities designed by Pentagram. These include "DC Entertainment", JK Rowling’s  films "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "The Crimes of Grindelwald", Steven Spielberg‘s adaptation of "Ready Player One", "Birds of Prey'" the Warner Brothers identity... the list goes on.The person behind all of this is Emily Oberman.Emilys had an incredible career in design. After graduation she joined the legendary design studio M&Co, collaborating with Tibor Kalman. She also cofounded the design studio Number Seventeen, where she worked on the identities for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Saturday Night Live." Then in 2012, Emily joined Pentagram’s New York office as a partner.In this interview we discover the surprisingly relatable story of how she got to work on identities for blockbuster movies. We also uncover the process her and her team take when working on logos and identities for movies. Then we end the interview with an honest discussion about how she was approached by Pentagram, and what it’s like to be a partner at one of the most well-know design agencies in the world.Show notes and interview transcription: https://logogeek.uk/podcast/emily-obermanThis episode is sponsored by Webflow, the tool that gives designers the power of code in a visual interface, allowing you to directly build whatever they have in mind without engineers. To get 10% OFF on any new annual plan use promo code LOGOGEEK (Limited to 50 uses).