The Hackney logo on sports and fashion items. From Hackney local government website. |
It turned out that Nike had borrowed the logo for use on their Hackney Marshes brand worldwide without asking permission. In the end Nike did the decent thing and paid Hackney £300,000, to go towards the development of the borough sports facilities.
Hackney’s report: History of Hackney’s logo. It includes a short interview with me and a photo of Dad and me that I provided:
Alec Davis with Stephen in 1965 when Hackney’s logo was designed. |
BBC: Hackney wins logo row with Nike.