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World's Worst Logos
As part of our stand against Christmas Creep, we want to celebrate the actual upcoming holiday by lobbing some pretty frightening images at you from the website Your Logo Makes Me Barf. Take this alarm sign, for instance. The obvious chills come from recognizing what they're walking into, but then you notice the kid figure and the term "young alarm" and, wait, wtf? More » -
backlash
Flickr People Really Don't Like The New "From Yahoo!" Logo
You may have noticed that Flickr recently updated their logo to include "From Yahoo!" If you're at all familiar with Flickr, you can probably guess how well this is going over with the users. More » -
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Target Advertises To Overhead Planes, Orbiting Satellites, Alien Life Forms
Joshua sent us this link to the Google Maps aerial view of a Target store in Alexandria, Va. There's something to be said for branding, advertising, and taking advantage of unused space, but maybe a giant bulls-eye isn't the logo to start with.
"For once some advertising I actually like," Joshua noted. "Makes finding places easier." Especially if you shop in a helicopter.
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branding
Jack In The Box Brand Redesign Makes Juvenile Humor Much Easier
I've always thought "Jack in the Box" was a weird name for a fast food restaurant, but this new branding approach the company is rolling out in San Diego—where Jack HQ is located—seems like a step back. By isolating "Jack," so much, they're going to be sending immature people everywhere into fits of smirking. I keep imagining commercials with taglines like: "It's time for a little Jack," or "Hungry? Jack it!" Other than that, is it just me or does it look incredibly retro?
"Just Jack" [Brand New] (Thanks to Shai!)
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Stop & Shop is getting a makeover. The new logo features "a yellow bowl with three colorful halves that can be interpreted as bowls of fruit, bread or ingredients, the company's spokesperson said." She also said that the new logo "shows customers that we’re making changes and committed to providing great food and meal solutions at low prices everyday.” Meal solutions! Alright! That sounds delicious! [Boston Globe]
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Does Sigmund Freud Do Graphic Design For SunnyD?
Reader Kyle would like to share his thoughts on the redesigned "SunnyD" logo: More » -
rectums
This New Walmart Logo Looks AWFULLY Familiar
Is Walmart channeling Kurt Vonnegut? When Walmart unveiled its new logo last week, there was only one thing we thought of when we saw that logo. More » -
logos
Christian Group Calls For Boycott Over Titillating New Starbucks Logo
According to the Star Tribune, Starbucks recently decided to resurrect its original bare-breasted mermaid logo, much to the dismay of the Christian group, "The Resistance," who is calling for a national boycott. The logo, based on a 16th Century Norse woodcut, will be on Starbucks cups for at least a few more weeks and will be the permanent logo for Pike Place bags of coffee. According to the Christian group, the logo "has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute," and that "the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks." We didn't even know that mermaids had legs. More, inside...
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trademarks
Starbucks To Sue Small Michigan Coffee Shop For Trademark Infringement
Better not use a green circle for your coffee shop logo because Starbucks has lawyers and they'll sue ya. Conga Coffee & Tea, a small two-store operation in Michigan, is being threatened with a lawsuit because their logo bears "striking resemblance" to Starbucks' famous mermaid logo. At least that's what Starbucks says. More » -
logos
Video Of Old TV Production Company Logos
Here's a video that consists entirely of logos from various TV production companies. More » -
A reader at Neatorama reveals the dark Masonic secret of the Toblerone logo: a hidden bear! If you look closely at the mountain that's on every bar of Toblerone chocolate, you can see a bear standing on his hind legs. It also looks like there's a goldfish cracker near the base of the mountain, but that might just be because we're hungry. [Neatorama]
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my, that's rude
Did Elizabeth Arden/Britney Spears Steal A Fundraiser's Logo?
Hey lazy graphic designers everywhere, when you need a logo you can just steal one from a charity fund-raising site. More » -
videos
Improv Everywhere Protests Wendy's Stereotypical Depiction Of Redheads
Improv Everywhere - a ragtag group dedicated to poking holes in the social contract by causing "scenes of chaos and joy in public places" - recently staged a rally that highlights how corporate logos are often ridiculous caricatures. The group gathered a batch of redheads in mock protest against Wendy's stereotypically pasty and freckled redheaded logo. Watch the NAARP (National Association for the Advancement of Redheaded People) get red with anger as they lobby to give Wendy some pigment. Redheads [Improv Everwhere]
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piss takes
Whoever Dies With The Most Logos, Wins
Logos are company's magic emblems, iconic tokens claiming territory like wolf urine. Copyranter spotted the above exemplar: More » -
premium natural
Purina On Virgin Mary-Esque Packaging: They "Reflect The Close Bond Between The Consumer And Their Pet."
We received a response tonight to the inquiry we sent Purina on 4/09/07 asking if there was any truth to the rumors (which we spread) that the recurrent "Woman And Kitty" imagery that bedecks numbers of their pet food packages seemed to recall, if not draw directly from, the "Madonna And Child" motif (undoubtedly to serve manipulative marketing ends). More » -
madonna and child
Dear Purina: Why Do You Love The Virgin Mary So?
As we mentioned last week, the packaging on several kinds of Purina cat chow feature pictures that seem to be influenced by the Madonna and Child motif. To get to the bottom of the mystery, we sent Purina this letter: More » -
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Purina Pays More Homage To Madonna And Child Motif, For Some Strange Reason
Yesterday we posted about how a package of Purina Naturals cat food bore striking resemblance to the Madonna And Child motif, a central icon of Christianity, represented in hundreds of paintings through thousands of years of human history. More » -
premium natural
Purina Cat Food Logo Rips Off Christianity
Looks like Purina took inspiration for their Premium Natural logo from Christianity's famous Madonna And Child motif. More »
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