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InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

The downfall of company logos

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The downfall of company logos

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InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.dk/post/22309729

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      You have one of the coolest, most recognizable logos there is, and you do this.

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        Oh, that is an awful font. The G absolutely does not fit with the rest of them.

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      Fitting logo, if they sold mid-range kitchen appliances…

      • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works
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        No no you misunderstood the rebrand. Now they do high-end appliances!

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Could have called this the moment they started selling diesels and estates (station wagons to the Americans) … that was the start of dilusion of the brand.

      Edit: In other news, how about that Lotus / Lamborghini / Aston Martin mid size sport SUV? Pretty neat for taking your kids to school, wouldn’t you say?

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        Didn’t Lamborghini start out making tractors?

        • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          They still do, beautfil utilitarian tractors … none of this SUV shite.

    • FirmDistribution@lemmy.world
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      corny ass new logo

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    I hate this. And presumably this is happening because some sort of market research consumer psychology findings show this is preferable and leads to more sales. Which somehow makes me hate it even more.

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    Just like their CEOs, soulless and bland

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    I gotta say I think I thought about this once for just 5 seconds but at the same time I don’t give a fuck. Most of them polute the Earth at extraordinary rates. Doesnt matter what kind of decoration you put on them. I think they’re all pretty gross.

    • InterestingUsername@lemmy.mlOP
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      True, true

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    The absolute worst one is Kia’s new logo. However they have managed to go in the opposite direction and make the logo even less clear than it already was.

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      The new Kia logo looks like they slanted the nine inch nails logo and called it a day.

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      I drive a 2017 Kia Soul EV and it still has the old logo and I love it. I love that it is a boring, no-nonsense logo. Just straightforward. KIA. No pretense.

      Now it’s КИ (sorry if Cyrillic doesn’t show up on your device)

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      I always read them as KN.

      Probably the worst logo in the industry.

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      Isn’t that their old logo too? I dont know why they changed from the recent logo. Their current (and possibly old) logo just screams “cheap car” to me.

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      You mean that new car market no one has ever heard of, KN?

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        Ya, Kia Notors

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    It feels like brutalist architecture for fonts.

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      Except that brutalist architecture at least allow making some good art on them, those logos don’t even have that

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    Roll three D6’s, scroll down to see what font to use, type out company name, make 50 dolla.

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      Cra, bankrupted the company because we rolled Natural 1s…Wingdings.

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    Technically these aren’t logos, they’re wordmarks (AKA “logotypes”).

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    You don’t have to pay a graphic designer if you just pick a random font.

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    It always has been.

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    wish this image was in color, would be even more interesting

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    Google is the only one who was always just a standard font. Maybe they started that shit?

    YvesSaintLaurent is a fucking disappointment. I hate that company, and it was always so recognizable, it was easy to direct my hate. Now - meh.

    But as much as I hate the trend - these are only 16 of probably thousands of recognizable brands.

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    The source for this is actually a good read. Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?

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    Remember when we used to worry about paper weight and surface for our CVs?

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    [Faye Dunaway, screaming] NO SERIFS EVAAARRRR!!!

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