Rolling Stone Logo

About Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly music magazine established in 1967 with headquarters in New York City, United States. It is cataloged under the TV, Media & Entertainment category on Logorary. The organization was founded by Jann Wenner. Official brand communications and services are published at rollingstone.com.

The Rolling Stone Logo: Design and Meaning

The primary Rolling Stone visual identity is built around a wide horizontal wordmark layout (1024×183 pixels, 5.60:1 aspect ratio). The mark uses a focused monochrome palette centered on red (#D62532, RGB 214, 37, 50, CMYK 0, 83, 77, 16), giving the emblem crisp legibility across both digital interfaces and single-ink print runs.

The visual history of Rolling Stone spans 2 documented design eras beginning in 2018, including earlier emblems from until 2018. The current iteration has represented the brand since 2018. For design, editorial and production workflows, this page provides 4 verified asset variants (transparent, on white background, black and white). The master raster file is a 1024×183 px transparent PNG (27 KB) with an isolated alpha channel, accompanied by a lightweight 6 KB scalable SVG vector for infinite-resolution print, signage and UI scaling, plus dedicated black and white one-color versions for dark backgrounds, embossing and screen printing.