The Octagon badge

The MG badge is such a great logo I wondered how it got designed. Apparently Cecil Kimber had quite an eye for design and had a young accountant in his office who was a keen amateur artist, Edmund Lee, and Kimber saw his sketches for an M.G. badge in 1923 and grabbed the drawings Lee had made and included the Octagon design in an ad in September 1923, and on a car in 1924. One of the rumours about its origin had it being copied from the art deco GWR (Great Western Railway) logo, but that turns out to have been designed in September 1934, over a decade later, so Edmund Lee, accountant and amateur artist is the man.

The octagon is a great logo to be sure. But these were the days....

Got this wee plaque from one of my children. It shows the progression of the MG badge over the years..My least favourite is probably the very latest Chinese? one from 2010.

The early version is quite evocative of bygone days, but my personal favourite is the 1990 one. The last one does look a bit cack IMO.

And there's me thinking he had got the idea drinking too much old speckled hen....:coat:

For those who may not know the tale: MG, Octagon and beer.....
https://www.greeneking.co.uk/our-beers/old-speckled-hen/