Somebody caught hell over this one...
Article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml
What they paid for:
and what they got:
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| Author: | scottygee [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:39 pm ] |
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Somebody caught hell over this one... Article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml What they paid for:
and what they got:
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| Author: | SAMBA [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:45 pm ] |
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Yeah I saw this- Hillarious! 
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| Author: | Joe [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:48 pm ] |
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LOL |
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| Author: | rhinomilk [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:49 pm ] |
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HA!. took me a little bit to get it |
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| Author: | Vombie [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:51 pm ] |
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OOOoooOOH.   I think they should keep it.
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| Author: | pickleloaf [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:51 pm ] |
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does it look like a guy yanking it? i'm slow |
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| Author: | Vombie [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:52 pm ] |
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pickleloaf wrote: does it look like a guy yanking it? i'm slow yes.
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| Author: | bottled [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:57 pm ] |
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classic |
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| Author: | Dean [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:17 pm ] |
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From the article: A spokesman for OGC said: “it is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on Government spend.” God bless British humor.
If you haven't already, you've *got* to view the "Disasterous logo designs" link at the top of the article for a few more howlers. |
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| Author: | jojo the dog faced boy [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:25 pm ] |
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wow, that link is great.....how did those get approved?
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:55 pm ] |
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LOL... that's hilarious. That's pretty lazy on the designer's part... you're supposed to check for things like that. |
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| Author: | tavaro [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:02 pm ] |
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I guess this logo has already been around for awhile. https://www.ogc.gov.bc.ca/ |
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| Author: | havingmysay [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:08 pm ] |
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Locomoco wrote: LOL... that's hilarious. That's pretty lazy on the designer's part... you're supposed to check for things like that. i hope it was done intentionally! |
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| Author: | scottygee [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:24 pm ] |
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xoconostle wrote: From the article: A spokesman for OGC said: “it is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on Government spend.” God bless British humor. If you haven't already, you've *got* to view the "Disasterous logo designs" link at the top of the article for a few more howlers. I missed that the first time through... What the hell is up with this one? 
I can't believe that someone didn't take a step back from the screen and think "Gee, this is so wrong!" |
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:26 pm ] |
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scottygee wrote: I missed that the first time through... What the hell is up with this one? I can't believe that someone didn't take a step back from the screen and think "Gee, this is so wrong!" Well, NAMBLA wasn't using that icon anymore... |
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| Author: | backtrack [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:30 pm ] |
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The big complaint about this one is that it looks like maggie simpson giving someone head. |
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:32 pm ] |
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Yow... beyond that, it just sucks! errr... no pun intended... |
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| Author: | backtrack [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:45 pm ] |
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Yeah, well, it created a fervor when it was unveiled. It was meant to be hip and "down wit da kids, init" they failed to realise that the kids didn't grow up in the 80's when day glo was all the rage and Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo was actually taken seriously. They very nearly changed it and for a while it looked like they would buckle to public pressure, but in the end the decided it was a well spent £200k... It sucks... |
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:51 pm ] |
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backtrack wrote: they failed to realise that the kids didn't grow up in the 80's when day glo was all the rage and Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo was actually taken seriously. I remember that week... |
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| Author: | ---NT--- [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:52 pm ] |
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That's really going to be the 2012 logo? I find it hilarious that someone got paid for that. It looks horrible - it took me forever to figure out that those shapes were meant to be 2012! |
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| Author: | Gizzy [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:54 pm ] |
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woof +1 that 2012 is soo hard to read which moronic company designed that? edit:reminds me of the toy2r logo heh
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:58 pm ] |
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I'm constantly amazed at the amounts paid for some really crappy corporate ID... |
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| Author: | backtrack [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:04 pm ] |
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Oh, this is even better... it cost £1.2 million!!! Thats about $2.4 million.. So, yeah, I was about a million quid off... easy mistake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_2012#Logo |
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| Author: | devilboy [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:09 pm ] |
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another good story...travelers insurance dumped their red umbrella from their corporate id a while back only to realize later it was a massive icon and they paid tons of cash to get it back...dummies... 
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| Author: | enjoipanda [ Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:32 pm ] |
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my personal fave 
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