Comments on: Love Irish Food, don’t love the logo

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:26:59 +0000

I disagree, Niall, there are a number of superb restaurants in Northern Ireland. You're right, Al, there is some excellent design work coming out of the country. I've previously featured McCadden Design as a very small sample.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:41:37 +0000

Hey guys

A ‘NornIrish’ designer here. I can’t honestly judge my own work – my Mum likes it and I earn a living, good enough for me! – but we have some seriously nice design work happening around Belfast these days, just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

However, speaking for myself and a few design friends, we are gutted by the Belfast ‘B’ logo travesty, a true design by committee if ever there was one! And for a logo promoting Belfast, I’m led to believe Belfast City Council, as proud of our city as they are, buggered off to England to get the ‘B’ job.

Thanks BCC!

By: Niall Matthews

Niall Matthews — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:18:13 +0000

just found this website, i love logo design love, some great commentary on what is a major faux pas from designers who should know better, but as usual in Ireland some one knows someone whos brother can do u a logo for cash, yesterday! and thats the way it’ll always be… mind you the Irish visual identity is a hard one to craic

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:53:00 +0000

I am slightly concerned that the person who designed this seems to of been so lazy to not of faded the white out of the highlight gradient, i may be wrong but it looks weird that highlight. strange.

all funny though, someone got paid to do that.

By: Niall

Niall — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:27:36 +0000

I am Irish and really think it’s a shame that a country famed for its artistry and originality and which has a design heritage dating back thousands of years (re: Newgrange, Co.Meath) could come up with something as paltry and uninspiring as this.

As if the food wasn’t already bad enough…

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:38:07 +0000

Well granted it’s not going to win awards anytime soon, but let’s give them a break, people. Having one client critique my work makes me slightly nervous, I can only imagine what it would be like to have an entire nation do it.

You know, I actually like the bitten heart thing. Granted, it should have been polished up a LOT to bring it out of the early 90′s, but it made me think of a sort of in-your-face happiness and a willingness to laugh at everything, even at one’s self. It’s a personality I’ve come to associate with Ireland for some reason :)

Although, yes, the shamrock would have been MUCH better. Pity they couldn’t find something at least marginally related to food.

By: Jonze

Jonze — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:30:56 +0000

I see this logo everywhere now, like on tv and on the side of buses! It makes me a little sad everytime :(

By: Amanda Vlahakis

Amanda Vlahakis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:55:00 +0000

Predicatable or not, I think the Shamrock heart would have been a far better direction to go in.

Plus a good designer would have been able to think of an original slant on using a shamrock within the design shape.

I find the design incredibly lazy.

By: tom tom

tom tom — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:06:31 +0000

That logo looks like a complete rip of belfast…tbh
The terrible shiny web 2.0 in the corner just looks like a complete afterthought and makes a bad logo even worse. Its a bit embarrassing seeing something like this out in the open, for all the world to see.

I like that logo with the bite taken out of it…… it’s 100% original
They should have just added a leprechaun into the mix and used that instead.

Re jonze: there’s lots of great irish designers,
look at atelier http://www.atelier.ie and http://www.creativeinc.ie both create amazing work,
and are recognized year after year for it.
But I agree, there’s way too much bad stuff out there. :(

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