The Belgian railway "B" logo: drawn in 1936, unchanged for nearly a century
round · x · 2026-09-08
A logo history thread traces the Belgian national railways' iconic monogram: an internal competition in December 1935 produced a simple "B" in a circle by railway employee Jean de Roy, which artistic consultant Henry Van de Velde refined into an elegant letterform in an oval border. First appearing on the 1936 timetable, it spread across trains, documents, and dining-car porcelain and has remained essentially unchanged for nearly a century.
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