How would you draw the MarketPlace Logo?

[Rik]

Referring to the front section:
What I did was to draw a line on the left and one on the right side.
Then used the Blend Tool, put in the right amount of steps and adjusted the Position Profile to get the correct spacing. Then converted to shapes and ungrouped.
Even then, I had to re-position the lines to be in the correct place.
Then drew the two horizontal lines.

Converted all the lines (of the appropriate thickness) to shapes and cut out of a rectangular shape to give the squares.

The part that curves round the back, I couldn't get the Blend Tool to work!

But, I wonder if there's a better method, than mine?!