Meet the woman who created the Prince symbol
…the symbol that Lizz Frey first jotted in loose lines on a scrap of sketch paper back in 1992 has been reproduced countless times and in countless media — in newsprint, album covers and pulsing purple stage lights — since becoming synonymous with the artist himself.
“It brings back, always, a flood of memories of that time,” the mom of two from a San Francisco suburb said wistfully of her design on Friday, a day after Prince’s death.
Frey was fresh out of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design when she was introduced by a mutual friend to Prince, a fellow Minnesotan who took her on to help design the music videos he was cranking out at his Paisley Park compound.
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Mensa Member April 23rd, 2016 at 13:52
Having a personal logo is fine but changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol made Prince seem nutty.
I think that hurt him with the fans.
StoneyCurtisll April 24th, 2016 at 01:24
TAFKAP…(if ya get my drift)