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Oliver Lundquist: architect, industrial designer, & #OSS officer.
Led team that designed official @UN emblem.
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@UN Oliver grew up in Peekskill, NY & studied architecture @Columbia.
1937: trained w prestigious industrial designer Raymond Loewy.
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@UN @Columbia Oliver, a #WWII @USNavy lieutenant, served in #OSS & prepared visual presentations for @thejointstaff & Washington press corps.
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1945: @StateDept asked #OSS to help create graphics for the Conference on International Organization, where @UN Charter was drafted.
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@StateDept @UN Oliver’s #OSS team set out to create a lapel pin for delegates to serve as official form of identification.
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Donal McLaughlin, #OSS officer & conference graphics director, created final pin design.
It became prototype for today’s @UN logo.
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@UN 1945 design: top-down view of globe showing all continents except Antarctica & olive branch symbolizing peace.
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@UN McLaughlin wrote a fascinating history of the logo, graciously shared with us by the @UN:
1.usa.gov/1YOZl2X (PDF 5.19 MB)
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@UN Oliver led the committee that developed a modified the version of McLaughlin’s design which became the emblem used by @UN.
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@UN Blue: "the opposite of red, the war color"
Globe: rotated 90 degrees so all of South America and Antarctica could be seen.
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After #WWII, Oliver joined a private practice as an architect, working on hospitals, schools, & former Manhattan @Kodak Building.
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@Kodak Oliver also created one of the most recognizable packages on store shelves:
The blue-and-white @Qtips box

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