Suggested by Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr in 1987 and touched up a bit by longtime Simple Minds graphic designer Malcolm Garrett, this ring design by Richard Joyce - artisan and slave to a Moorish goldsmith - dates from around 1689. The Claddagh ring comes from Claddagh, a suburb of Galway and purportedly the oldest fishing village in all of Ireland. There are various meanings to the symbol - from friendship to marriage - most of which can be found on dusty little cards in some of the finer souvenir shops. Simple Minds, a band that began life as Johnny and the Self-Abusers, soldiers on through the concert circuit, released an EP fairly recently and had one of the best of all possible songs of the 1980s. No, not that one.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Logo #33: Simple Minds
Suggested by Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr in 1987 and touched up a bit by longtime Simple Minds graphic designer Malcolm Garrett, this ring design by Richard Joyce - artisan and slave to a Moorish goldsmith - dates from around 1689. The Claddagh ring comes from Claddagh, a suburb of Galway and purportedly the oldest fishing village in all of Ireland. There are various meanings to the symbol - from friendship to marriage - most of which can be found on dusty little cards in some of the finer souvenir shops. Simple Minds, a band that began life as Johnny and the Self-Abusers, soldiers on through the concert circuit, released an EP fairly recently and had one of the best of all possible songs of the 1980s. No, not that one.
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