best/worst corporate logos

[SGladwell]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I knew this would come up eventually... My retort is :

Microsoft: Its like Switzerland on acid!

What I think is really funny is that Apple does a better Windows logo than MS does.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

What I think is really funny is that Apple does a better Windows logo than MS does.

I wouldn't have even registered that as a Windows logo unless you had said something. So it must not be that good. The jaunty angle and the "wave" are essential!

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Why?

I don't have the BP in my area. Nor do I actually have Mobil but I'm more familiar with them.

Because you like all things olden; just because the logo was designed long ago doesn't make it a bad logo, after all didn't you post a picture of the Montblanc logo?

Jon.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I wouldn't have even registered that as a Windows logo unless you had said something. So it must not be that good. The jaunty angle and the "wave" are essential!

Ditto, if you showed me just the logo, I would've never guessed that it referred to Windows.

Jon.

 

[Kent Wang]

I like the BP sunburst logo but the positioning of the 'bp' letters is just awkward. It feels like it doesn't belong.

 

[waldo pepper]

Originally Posted by sonick

One of my Favs:

Ingenious design with the space between the Ex making an arrow.

I see this nearly every day of my life and I never noticed the arrow.I feel like the whole world knew something I didnt.

 

[Brian SD]

Kent, I like the font "Sauna" a lot - in fact, Underware is my favorite font firm, bar-none.

I think the curves in this font do well to match the elegant curves of the Pelican, and the serifs are very modern - a bonus (I think) to a web-design company. As for the BP logo, that font placement is actually not their usual one, and I agree, I don't really like it. I just picked that logo file to show because it was the best representation of the starburst mark that I could find.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

Because you like all things olden; just because the logo was designed long ago doesn't make it a bad logo, after all didn't you post a picture of the Montblanc logo?

Jon.
My comment was actually meant as a compliment towards the Mobil logo.

 

[acidboy]

i guess pretty worse logos could be those that are outright rip-offs of established brands... i submit the starbucks copycats

 

[Aureus]

Originally Posted by Brain SD

Funny you bring up the Porsche logo, because its very impractical to use [the crest] as a logo. Quite simply, if it cannot be displayed in black and white with no greys in between, it's not a good logo. Period. However, the Porsche "PORSCHE" logotype by itself is excellent for the company. If the Porsche logo were designed today, already knowing what Porsche cars are like, I dont think the crest would exist, at least in the form it does now.

I beg to differ.

yes, I know I'm responding to a old post. I don't care.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Aureus

I beg to differ.

Accept No Substitute.

Jon.

 

[DNW]

This stares me in the face everyday and I'm just now starting to like it.

 

[Brian SD]

Originally Posted by Aureus

I beg to differ.

yes, I know I'm responding to a old post. I don't care.

Sorry, but that's just incredibly ugly.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Brian SD

Sorry, but that's just incredibly ugly.

Jon.

 

[Aureus]

Originally Posted by Brian SD

Sorry, but that's just incredibly ugly.
Your contention was that it was not possible to display the crest in black and white. Is very easily done, as seen above. Whether or not you like the particular look or not does not matter.