Pixar Animation Studios

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This page only shows primary logo variants. For other related logos and images, see: Anniversary In-credit variations On-screen Logos Other

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1979–1986	1986–1994	1994–present

Graphics Group

1979–1986

Designer:  Unknown

Typography:  Avant Garde Gothic Book

Launched:  Unknown

Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, a part of the computer division of Lucasfilm.

Pixar

1986–1994

Designer:  John Lasseter

Typography:  Custom

Launched:  February 3, 1986

On February 3, 1986, Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs acquired the company and renamed it Pixar. Its first logo, based on the design of their image computers, was nicknamed "the BSD" (short for "Beveled Square with a Dent"), a play on the Berkeley Software Distribution version of Unix that Pixar used. The wordmark was created by John Lasseter with a stone cutter.

Pixar Animation Studios

1994–present

Designer:  Pete Docter

Typography:  Charlemagne Bold

Launched:  November 22, 1995

During production of Toy Story in 1994, Pixar began referring to itself as Pixar Animation Studios, and dropped the square logo in favor of a wordmark set in the Charlemagne Bold typeface. This logo was created by current Pixar CCO Pete Docter. The character Luxo Jr. became a mascot and appeared on-screen logo for every opening and closing of Pixar films, since the closing logos of Toy Story (1995).