I could probably do a better job if I had some of this stuff: Make My Logo Bigger Cream. It’s a marketing managers dream come true.
A sarcastic designer fed up with dictations from upper management? Nahhhh, that never happens.
And on a side note…
Just noticed that Google Ads is serving up an ad for the new Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon that’s going to air on Cartoon Network. That’s freakin’ awesome; I’m pimping for Star Wars & Cartoon Network.
I recently found out that the Norwegian postal service (called Posten) has changed their logo. Now, if you’re familiar with children’s cartoons at all, you’ll know that the new logo looks exactly like a pokeball from the show Pokemon. Definitely unintentional, but instantly makes the logo a joke for those in the know (almost anyone under 20, or any geeks under 30). Even nerdier comparisons have been made to the logo for the game Marathon or the ubiquitous Death Star from Star Wars.
There’s a lot of negative reaction to the new logo, ranging from anger at the change of a 300 year old classic icon to outrage over the closing of many Norwegian post offices while spending large amounts of money on a rebranding.
I got linked to a Color IQ test from the Something Awful forums. It’s an interesting little exercise. There are 4 gradient ranges, each with 22 levels. Only the first and last colors are set. The rest are randomized and it’s your job to arrange them properly. The lower your final score, the higher your “color IQ” is.
I scored a 6. Messed up a bit in the blue-green range. Not surprising, since my last job had a distinct preference for those two colors. The use of anything else was frowned upon, and became an in-joke among the graphics department. It all starts to run together after a while; you get tired of eating the same flavor every day.
Messing with your monitor’s gamma or calibration is totally cheating.
