http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs138.snc1/5892_1104556578958_1378052751_30281445_6523641_n.jpg
You know what I mean??? This is a new "neighborhood" logo for the West Bank in Mpls..but i fucking HATE this style of design...it looks like a microbrew or a brewpub or some shit....
but i can't really pick out the things that make it distinctive enough to hate, but i still know it when i see it.
― to the sound of old g-dep (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:24 (sixteen years ago)
sandwich shop
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:26 (sixteen years ago)
sporty fascism!
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:26 (sixteen years ago)
yeah my first thought was "that looks like beer"
― nabisco, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:27 (sixteen years ago)
it's sort of like a heartland / militarism thing
http://www.beernola.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nola-logo.png
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:27 (sixteen years ago)
Courier service? The logo that goes on uniform shirts of the van drivers?
― Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:28 (sixteen years ago)
half old industrial design, half soviet poster
― goole, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:29 (sixteen years ago)
courier services have logos like software companies now!
mall security?
― Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:30 (sixteen years ago)
a bodybuilder, wearing a power-tie
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:33 (sixteen years ago)
Small wannabe-Starbucks coffee chain with only a dozen outlets
― Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:35 (sixteen years ago)
kettlebell summer sales event
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:36 (sixteen years ago)
state police softball team
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:38 (sixteen years ago)
looks very basebally to me for some reazon
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:38 (sixteen years ago)
arena football team?
― to the sound of old g-dep (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:39 (sixteen years ago)
There's nothing in these designs that couldn't be achieved in a wood-cut or letterpress method, that's one of the most distinctive things about them. Old-timey in artisanal way.
― The Lion's Mane Jellyfish, pictured here with its only natural predator (Laurel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
fictional establishment owned by a sitcom character.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:43 (sixteen years ago)
militant libertarian squadron
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:43 (sixteen years ago)
they both have digital colour fills in them — they kind of remind me of the crazy article linked to on the mad men thread about anachronism in their designs
― thomp, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:46 (sixteen years ago)
cheap Timberland style boots
― Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:46 (sixteen years ago)
the "real * different" is really the kicker here. smug, and yet not clever at all
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:49 (sixteen years ago)
imprecise nostalgia filtered through a sanded down internety sensibility - profoundly uninspired
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)
logo for some shitty supermarket brand bread
― velko, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)
the west bank jobby is is v tattoo influenced - but tattoos dont look good when theyre inked in illustrator
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:52 (sixteen years ago)
They have a slight "Web 2.0" feel about them - shall we call them "Design 2.0" ?
― StanM, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)
shitty cover band seal of authenticity
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)
You're right, they do both have half-tone shades...I totally overlooked those in my quest for the other point. Which makes them look kind of..."cheap", if you know what I mean. Real letterpress or woodcut would actually be evidence of someone performing a craft along the lines of the aesthetic they want you to take away from these dumbass things.
― The Lion's Mane Jellyfish, pictured here with its only natural predator (Laurel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)
yeah stars show up in this kind of design a lot, could be facist or LA ink inspired, not sure which
― to the sound of old g-dep (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)
The "REAL" should be in italics to underline (er...) it's smugness
REAL * DIFFERENT
― Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)
Nautical stars. Nabisco had it with "militaristic".
― The Lion's Mane Jellyfish, pictured here with its only natural predator (Laurel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)
http://bensbiz.mlblogs.com/BowlingGreenHotRods.jpg
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:55 (sixteen years ago)
Clipart 2.0
― StanM, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:56 (sixteen years ago)
this neighborhood? yeah, it's real. but not in the ghetto sense of keeping it real. it's real, but different. you know, lots of professional folks with dogs! burgers on the $2500 gas grill! you know? nobody's a phony. boob jobs and dartboards and bacon on everything. real. different.
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:59 (sixteen years ago)
ha that's wishful thinking for the west bank
― goole, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:01 (sixteen years ago)
neighborhoods w/logos - says something
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:01 (sixteen years ago)
ha, i know nothing of the neighborhood, just free associating on the graphic style
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:02 (sixteen years ago)
yeah I think by "heartland + militaristic" I was thinking about how they combine the icons and organization of (20th-century?) military patches and national symbols (like nautical stars, wavy flag-like bars at the bottom, branchy circling borders, etc.) with, in my head, like ... sunrises and grain and whatnot. like they'd go on the shoulder of the 20th Airborne Iowa Wheat-Threshing Force. but it's a very American thing, right, an attempt at a kind of industrial-design Americana, isn't it? there's also an element of it that reminds me of, like, a Gilded-Age dry-goods concern.
― nabisco, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:05 (sixteen years ago)
i hate it too
http://www.joehribar.com/wordpress/files/2009/05/jacobs_field_logo.jpg
― ::googles 9/11:: (brownie), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:06 (sixteen years ago)
it does not really represent the somali kids getting jacked by the fbi for running off and joining al shabab
― goole, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)
(many x-posts ago) Didn't know New Orleans had a new (newish?) microbrewery -- since when? And i just googled and discovered that their IPA is called "Hopitoulas!" Ha! Sorry, carry on w/ designspeak...
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)
oh, the baseball variety seems similar but very distinct, in my head
(my head is often wrong, though)
― nabisco, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:10 (sixteen years ago)
yeah the west bank is like the weirdest neighborhood ever, this logo does not fit
― to the sound of old g-dep (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:16 (sixteen years ago)
weird = different
eh?
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:17 (sixteen years ago)
REAL * WEIRD
― Master John of Scotland, alias Scotus (snoball), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:18 (sixteen years ago)
hahahaha oh man that logo suuuuuuuucks.
― genereal disease (jjjusten), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:18 (sixteen years ago)
derelicts getting 86'd from palmers, that's what the starburst pattern means
― goole, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:18 (sixteen years ago)
kind of fairey-esque if you ask me:
http://www.cdsleevedesign.com/blog/shepard_fairey_george_orwell_animal_farm.jpg
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:19 (sixteen years ago)
how about this "pansy-ass milquetoasted russian avant-garde for the masses" ?
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)
i would call this style "hipster christian other urban church group"
― genereal disease (jjjusten), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)
concerned date-rapists for economic recovery
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:25 (sixteen years ago)
haha elmo u r getting a little far afield here
― goole, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:25 (sixteen years ago)
ha sorry, this logo is a complete asshole, is all
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)
http://blog.helenyhou.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_5254.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)
lol @ "hopitoulas"
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)
microbrew labels have the worst design anywhere and the beer inside often conforms to the same no taste sensibilities
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:30 (sixteen years ago)
these brits should sue victory:
http://www.taverntrove.com/beerpics/Wrexham-Victory-Lager-Beer-Labels-Wrexham-Lager-Beer-Co_50436-1.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:31 (sixteen years ago)
these guys have a lot to answer for too:
http://www.dottyparker.com/blog/images/kamel.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:32 (sixteen years ago)
well mostly when compared to their relatives:
http://www.bestdealsmokes.com/landing/landing2_files/Kamel%2520Red_default.jpg
― nabisco, Thursday, 13 August 2009 23:47 (sixteen years ago)
My first thought was "chain brewpub"
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Friday, 14 August 2009 02:22 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.capcitybrew.com/images/home_r3_c1_f2.jpg
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Friday, 14 August 2009 02:23 (sixteen years ago)
This style didn't bother me... until this thread.
― ice cr?m paint job (milo z), Friday, 14 August 2009 02:42 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.boikot-underground.com/images/FooFightersInYourHonorCD.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 14 September 2009 14:09 (sixteen years ago)