Comments on: Shropshire Council logo

By: itchyindex

itchyindex — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:56:03 +0000

Seriously. WTF. I totally understand that Council’s want to play it safe but still. Might as well have left it as it was. Pretty impressed with the school designs – Number two had legs with a little bit of tweaking, at least it showed a bit of concept. Design team at SCC should be ashamed of that seems a bit “yeah everyone else seems to be using cyan why not..” Utter toss.

By: Mike Abbott

Mike Abbott — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:25:03 +0000

Never ask a committee to make a creative decision…

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:21:26 +0000

freya, DBX,

Thanks for dropping by to comment.

By: DBX

DBX — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:33:58 +0000

#2 has the best typography and the clearest logo; it parlays Shropshire’s rural air; it makes me think of somewhere I’d like to live, and someplace I can feel proud of. The commenter who brought up Wenlock Edge is right on. #3 looks too quango-y, #1 is too busy, and the county-submitted logos are stuffy and dreary with #4 being the least offensive. I can’t help wondering if the in-house teams were set up to lose.

A pity that they’re having this unitary BS foisted on them though; talk about making government more remote.

By: freya

freya — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:27:33 +0000

Such a shame they weren’t brave enough to go with the kids ideas, which are a not contrived or predictable!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:55:11 +0000

Richard,

They certainly are unremarkable contributions from the design team. What a fine, bright morning in Northern Ireland. Shame I’ve so much work to get through.

Amanda,

That’s a great project to be involved in. Thanks for digging out your web post. I agree with you about the council intentions, and had a fair idea what was to follow after viewing the ideas presented. ‘Death star canteen’? I’ll have to pay a visit.

Zinni,

The type in general leaves a lot to be desired I reckon.

Jason,

Yep, definitely more innovation in the school kids’ ideas.

George,

I don’t like how the children were involved, only to be refused. If they’re in, they should play a part. What does that do to their confidence?

Valentino,

“Children enter contest, lose to pros.”

Exactly. Hardly gives that ‘feel good’ factor they were probably aiming for.

Cat,

The voice of reason. :) What we haven’t seen would offer much more of an insight, and council money should most definitely be focused on more important matters. Still, I’m sure they weren’t too happy with how the PR turned out. Interesting about the geological factor. I wasn’t aware, so ties in nicely.

Kelly,

Glad you liked the ending, even if it wasn’t the happiest.

Peter, Trish, Ozh, Dave and Luke,

Cheers for stopping in, and I hope your weeks are all going great so far.

Justin,

A few million Euros and the agency didn’t even visit? Sounds like a right sham to me.

Andrew,

It’s hard not to harbour thoughts of spec work, but giving children a creative project, where they can draw and experience a live project sounds good to me. The fact they weren’t involved in the outcome is disappointing though.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:10:56 +0000

I prefer the work of the children.... Luke's last blog post...Candy Corn Soap

By: Dave Ellis

Dave Ellis — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:06:50 +0000

As designers I often wonder how limited we are by the knowledge we have, I’m all for people with little or no experience getting involved in the early stages of design work to get a completely different opinion and method of thought. I definitely agree with your final statement though it doesn’t have to be one or the other.

By: Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:46:38 +0000

I reckon logo number 2 is quite good, but it would look better on a bottle of water…it looks like one of those ‘mineral cross-sections’ showing a consumer where the water comes from.

However, to say school children conceptualised it, there’s imagination there…although is the kind of project just glorified spec work?

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:31:26 +0000

The minute I scrolled down and saw what the council had submitted, I knew one of those would be chosen. Too bad since number one, specifically, and number two were really grand designs. Unfortunately, adult tantrums are harder to ignore than tantrums thrown by children.

Trish