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2012 Olympic non-events

David Airey — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:28:54 +0000

Speaking of Olympics…

“Throughout the course of the 2012 Olympic fortnight, an alternative programme of events will be taking place in offices and homes across London.

“While these events enjoy no official status, they represent some of the most popular participation sports in the UK.

“This blog is an attempt to recognise and honour these under-appreciated events through a system of practical iconography.”

Jumping to conclusions

Wrestling with your conscience

Throwing a wobbly

Shooting yourself in the foot

Fencing stolen goods

Kicking yourself

Lifting a finger

Hat-trick worked with Nick Asbury, David Black, Steve Charker and Andrew Glazier on the project. More on the Olympic non-events 2012 blog.

Via Design Week

Related:
Evolution of Olympic Pictograms: 1964-2012, on Creative Repository
Olympic pictograms through the ages (video), on davidairey.com

Combined logos

David Airey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:08:41 +0000

Via Ray Vellest.

Reminiscent of johnson banks’ logo mash-ups.

(Please let me know if you created the image so I can give you credit.)

More honest logos

David Airey — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:47:41 +0000

Remember those honest logos from back in April? There are more.

View the full set on Flickr, by Viktor Hertz.

Crack one open

David Airey — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:34:05 +0000

Reminds me of these honest logos.

Pepsi logo illustration by MODY-89, via Grace Oris.

From the archives: Thoughts about Pepsi

Department of Innovation gets stuck

David Airey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:02:31 +0000

(Updated 10 August 2011.)

Department of Innovation logo by Jamie Simon

“The Department of Innovation is about people and ideas that likely will shape the way we will live one day.”
— RANDY RIELAND, SMITHSONIAN

Look at the three cogs. In that arrangement, they can’t turn.

Five star innovation.

Via Michelle Malkin.

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Update: 10 August 2011
After a slew of comments on the Smithsonian blog post the logo has been updated with a gap between two of the three cogs (below).

“Thanks for the suggestions on the logo. It’s good to see so many people paying that kind of attention to detail.”
— RANDY RIELAND

The only problem being the smaller cog on the bottom does not have the proper distance between the teeth as related to the larger cog, resulting in teeth sheering off.

The five star innovation continues.

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Storage Deluxe

David Airey — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:12:57 +0000

The Storage Deluxe logo’s a bit suggestive, isn’t it?

Image found here

Reminiscent of Justin Timberlake’s work in the vid embedded below.

Via LowFat Graphics.

Along similar lines: Is your logo design phallic?

Upside-down logos

David Airey — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:02:59 +0000

“With products in my house often positioned where they are seen sideways or upside down, we receive numerous negative brand impressions about Target daily. Now, of course, I cannot help but see “dn & dn” everytime I encounter Target house products.”
— GENE SASSO

Gene’s right. Logos can look very different when viewed from an unexpected angle.

Dodge Viper, or Daffy Duck?

Chicago bull, or odd-looking robot reading a magazine?

Golden arches, or OAP’s breasts? Winner of “Best Use of Bad Taste“

Any others?

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Somewhat related: 15 inspiring ambigrams.

Logonom, how logos are made

David Airey — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:50:08 +0000

“When I first started at the company we only had two letters. A “D” and another “D.” I said we should add a “B,” and a little degree symbol.”
— KAROL WALCZAK, LOGONOM MASTER CARVER

Logonom — Symbolizing Excellence, from One at Optimus.

“These standards are constantly monitored…”

“…and these monitors are constantly monitored.”

Email subscribers who don’t see the embedded video can watch it here.

Via @BlairThomson and @gregcoley.

Optimistic Beverages

David Airey — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:33:46 +0000

This logo for Optimistic Beverages caught my eye.

By Helms Workshop, found via the Johnson Banks thought for the week.

That is all.

The S From Hell

David Airey — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:00:30 +0000

A documentary-come-horror film about the scariest corporate symbol in history: the 1964 Screen Gems logo, aka “the S from Hell.” Featuring interviews with survivors still traumatized from viewing the logo after shows like Bewitched or The Monkees. Animation, found footage, and reenactments bring their stories to life.

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Update: 05 June 2011
The documentary has unfortunately been made private, so I’ve replaced the video with a short reminder about the creepiness of The S from Hell.

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“I remember running away from it and hiding behind the couch.”

Written and directed by Rodney Ascher.

Via @CherGeis.

Logo Design Love » Humour

2012 Olympic non-events

Jumping to conclusions

Wrestling with your conscience

Throwing a wobbly

Shooting yourself in the foot

Fencing stolen goods

Kicking yourself

Lifting a finger

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Combined logos

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