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emil · 12-11-2007, 03:01

Interesting read.

Design Observer: writings about design & culture

steveb · 12-11-2007, 03:06

Waiting for the backlash - "Oh, Ugly is soooo 2008!"

bazzle · 12-11-2007, 16:29

I hate all these super pretentious designers that are so embroiled in bleeding edge design innovation, they create crap graphics and expect everyone to understand it.

Like the 2012 logo, it's definately different and might tickle the tastebuds of the creative elite but 90% of the public despise it, and they are the ones who will have to put up with it over the next five years.

They should have commisioned a company to design an identity that would be appreciated by the people it's supposed to represent.

Personally I can't think of anyone that would appreciate a magazine that utilises differences in kerning in the same headlines, random skewing, colours that don't go together and so on.

(rant over)

Lebastard · 12-11-2007, 17:18

I'm waiting for bevel and emboss style to come back, so then i could resell all the crappy design i made when i first learned to do websites

Herr Kurm · 12-11-2007, 17:21

I will personally stab anyone in the eye who dares to skew and stretch type.

Alexanda · 13-11-2007, 03:59

I like it, i'm looking to do the next corp brochure in the style of Razzle

Dusteh · 13-11-2007, 04:34

As someone mentions in the comments theres good and bad ugly. 90% of designers and 100% of your audience won't understand the difference... and neither did the people who designed the new Wacom logo.

Theres brutalist, and then theres shit.

Wacom is going to be rebranded in 3 years or less, a faddy logo never lasts.

cocknose · 13-11-2007, 05:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexanda

I like it, i'm looking to do the next corp brochure in the style of Razzle

If you need i know afew designers who work at Paul Raymond publications!!!

kumoArt · 20-11-2007, 14:18

wow, i was wondering who designed the new nyc logos that are on the sides of each taxi now. horrific.

jaems · 21-11-2007, 15:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lebastard

I'm waiting for bevel and emboss style to come back, so then i could resell all the crappy design i made when i first learned to do websites

Kind of like fashion. What you wore in the 70s you can wear nowadays. What you designed in the 90s, you can use nowadays.

steveb · 21-11-2007, 15:29

Thirty years and twenty kilos ago...

badaboom · 22-11-2007, 13:31

shite, end of.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,831	As someone mentions in the comments theres good and bad ugly. 90% of designers and 100% of your audience won't understand the difference... and neither did the people who designed the new Wacom logo. Theres brutalist, and then theres shit. Wacom is going to be rebranded in 3 years or less, a faddy logo never lasts. __________________ unconsolidated isoparms

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bazzle Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Derby uk Posts: 584	I hate all these super pretentious designers that are so embroiled in bleeding edge design innovation, they create crap graphics and expect everyone to understand it. Like the 2012 logo, it's definately different and might tickle the tastebuds of the creative elite but 90% of the public despise it, and they are the ones who will have to put up with it over the next five years. They should have commisioned a company to design an identity that would be appreciated by the people it's supposed to represent. Personally I can't think of anyone that would appreciate a magazine that utilises differences in kerning in the same headlines, random skewing, colours that don't go together and so on. (rant over)

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Lebastard Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montréal, Canada Posts: 70	I'm waiting for bevel and emboss style to come back, so then i could resell all the crappy design i made when i first learned to do websites

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steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,946	Thirty years and twenty kilos ago... __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

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