Editing Luaka Bop (section)

== Name and logo ==

Byrne took the phrase "Luaka Bop" from the inner packaging of a specialty tea which is sold in England. Luaka is the name of a tea importer. Their "Broken Orange [[Pekoe]]" is packaged in a silver foil block; when the sleeve is removed, it reveals a white label that reads "Luaka BOP". Byrne found the phrase to be “strange, but musical”, a combination he liked.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=history « LUAKA BOP|url=https://luakabop.com/history/|access-date=2020-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Luaka Bop logo design was conceived by David Byrne and illustrated by [[Tibor Kalman]]. According to Byrne:

{{Blockquote|text=The logo, whose use is granted through an agreement that is subject to certain conditions, is a rather obscure Masonic symbol linked at various times to the Trinity of the [[Illuminati]] and to the Egyptian [[Knights Templar|Knights of Templar]]. … The eye of the Luaka Bop logo is the eye of Vilaç Trismegistes, the Balkan alchemist who gave his eyes to his work, and who was the first to uncover the secrets of the Egyptian Knights.<ref name=":0" />}}