Comments on: Mangled Visual Metaphors

By: Poorly Conceived Logos - PriusChat Forums

Poorly Conceived Logos - PriusChat Forums — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:28:24 +0000

[...] Poorly Conceived Logos My favorite bad logo is number three on this page. And don’t tell me number five was done by [...]

By: Ferenc Szabo

Ferenc Szabo — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:16:24 +0000

While I can’t for the life of me see the dude in the cowboy hat, I totally see the naughty alternates in those first 5 (even though I only caught 1,2 and 3 on my own, and 4 and 5 needed to be pointed out).

It shows the importance of trying to pick apart an idea and try to ascribe ridicule to it. If it’s easy to make fun of, and it’s supposed to be serious, then it ought be changed.

I would argue that #5 would be a brilliant logo if it weren’t meant for children’s dance classes (I’ve seen the entire sign elsewhere).

By: Kurt Walker

Kurt Walker — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:23:58 +0000

As a designer I think these are great examples of the “Oops factor” in logo design. I have created a few myself, thank goodness I took a second look before I showed them to the client. I was approached several years ago to work for a client who owned a stuffed animal company mainly targeted at children. His sales were dismal and he couldn’t figure out why. I had to point out that it might be his choice of the company name “S&M Toys”.

By: Shabnam

Shabnam — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:15:23 +0000

Oh Ok! so you see the guy in the stetson because you belong to…..? Texas. Us poor poor beings who never met the said dude in person – only in some old fuddy dudddy westerns, never see the Toyota logo as that(after about 5 minutes and your advice later, still dont quite see the stet).
Must admire your pornographic view, though. You manage to see that one view only. amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!

By: Ways to screw up a perfectly good logo

Ways to screw up a perfectly good logo — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:17:00 +0000

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By: Steve Douglas

Steve Douglas — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:46:59 +0000

Thanks. Got a chuckle out of them myself.

By: krew

krew — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:47 +0000

These are just too funny.

Great job digging them up!