The Blue Jays, black metal music, the new Barclaycard, and a little duck fart
The new Toronto Blue Jays logo isn’t going down too well, and I agree with Jakub’s critique.
If it were up to me, I’d have definitely altered some elements of the original, such as the stitching of the baseball, but the maple leaf and colour red would’ve been kept. Then again, I’m neither Canadian, nor a fan of baseball.
This angry logo round-up is worth a read. From Ben Terrett.
How automobile logos define a brand, on Design Week.
MarnieB brings us 30 animal logos. My favourite has to be Duck Fart. It’s that little lean to the side that really makes it.
The Dark Lord of Logos — a brief interview with Christophe Szpajdel, a black-metal logo designer.
Brian Hoff, of Design Cubicle, shares his personal logo design process. Nice insight, Brian.
Jacob Cass and Jeff Fisher collaborate for the launch of Logo of the Day, a daily logo gallery with “best of the month” awards.
For more daily logo design inspiration, have a look at Logo From Dreams, Logo Faves, or FaveUp.
Jakub of ISO50 talks about this beauty of a logo (Logitech), another from the design fail series.
Many of these articles are mentioned on Twitter soon after I see them — yet before I have time to publish them on Logo Design Love. If Twitter’s your thing, you can follow me here.
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rama
spot on! DesignCubicle logo is cool.
Dec 2nd, 2008
Marnie B
Wow! I have to say I was a little bit chuffed to see a trackback from LogoDesignLove. Thanks for the link love, and for another great post!
Dec 2nd, 2008
Bimmer
Ted Rogers, owner of the Toronto Blue Jays passed away today. Pretty ironic don’t you think?
Dec 2nd, 2008
Preston Lee
Barclaycard logo reminds me of the AT&T Logo. A little too similar i think. Nice post- a lot of interesting things to look at. thanks
Dec 2nd, 2008
George Ryan
The angry logo round up was very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Dec 2nd, 2008
MP
I thoroughly enjoyed the Design Process read from Brian. Good stuff.
-MP
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Dec 3rd, 2008
Andrew Kelsall
Must admit, I’d seen the Barclaycard logo of late, but what so bemused with the swirly spheretical icon, that I hadn’t even noticed the “floating Y” as — Ben Terrett describes it.
I think it’s a good-looking logo, but with any scope, true meaning or communication.
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Dec 3rd, 2008
Andrew Kelsall
Sorry, *without
Dec 3rd, 2008
Noam Biassozk
It seems to me that the “J” in the Toronto Blue Jays logo looks like a knife blade ready to chop off the poor birds’ head.
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Dec 4th, 2008
Rafie
I like the lean part of the duckfart.
And about the logitech logo, usually I just ignore it. I don’t really understand what the logo is trying to tell me. I’d rather think about the product itself, which mostly mouse and keyboard.
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Dec 4th, 2008
bob
If you are referring to the above Jays logo as new – you would be incorrect. That logo was launched in 2003.
Dec 4th, 2008
Jacob Cass
Thank you for the mention of Logo Of The Day. I liked the duckfart logo too, any humour in logo design goes a long way!
Dec 5th, 2008
David Airey
Marnie,
It’s my pleasure linking to you. Enjoy the weekend.
Bimmer,
That was a coincidence!
Preston, George, MP,
Thanks for reading, guys.
Andrew,
The ‘floating y’ is an odd one, and I’m curious why typographers choose to create characters that stand out in such ways.
Noam,
Agreed. The bird’s being held to ransom.
Bob,
As far as I’m aware, the Blue Jays logo was recently updated with some new type, hence the publicity. The critique is still valid.
Jacob,
My pleasure. Glad things are working out for you with your logo design inspiration site.
Dec 5th, 2008
Mike
Damn it. Really want to read that article on automotive logos, but I’m not going to subscribe to DesignWeek just to get it. Oh well.
Dec 14th, 2008
Rob
As a Blue Jay fan, I know that here in Toronto, the new logo has been a complete success story. The old logo was due for a rebrand and the team gets revenue from everybody buying updated jerseys. The new logo is modern and sleek and the Jay is more fearsome-looking. You should also see the full log (not just the insignia); search “Jays Logo” on Google Images and you will see it is dynamic and now the team has one of the nicest logos in the League.
Mar 4th, 2009
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