Politics

Couple of days ago, we told you about the internet flap about the Missile Defense Agency logo, in which conservative blogs found an Islamic crescent, (or stripes from the Barack Obama campaign logo) on an obscure National Defense website and staged a collective freakout. Some even claimed that the MDA design cribbed the Iranian Space [...]

Continue reading about Logo design schadenfreude. Missile Defense Agency ‘Logogate’ goes mainstream on CNN & FOX

Steve Douglas on February 26th, 2010

Yesterday, we took a fairly in-depth look at how conservative bloggers and some of the media, Fox News for example, found what they believed was an Islamic Crescent in a “new” Missile Defense Agency logo. Barack Obama’s Missile Defense Agency and proceeded to stage a full-core internet freakout. Not going to recap, other than with [...]

Continue reading about Missile Defense Agency logo. More tin-foil hattery

If you’re the curator of a niche blog (in this case, one centered on logo design) it’s generally ill-advised to get involved in politics, especially in these extremely divisive right-wing vs. left-wing times. No real mileage in doing so, as we always risks alienating 50% of our audience, and as this isn’t a political blog, [...]

Continue reading about Booga, booga. Conservative bloggers find Islamic crescent in Obama’s Missile Defense ‘logo’. Everyone freaks out.

Steve Douglas on February 10th, 2010

According to news reports, Google has taken legal umbrage with Goojje, a Chinese language search and social-networking site whose logo (above) bears a striking resemblance to the design made famous by Big G. If that weren’t enough, the Goojje logo also features a paw print component, nicked from Baidu, China’s most popular native search engine. [...]

Continue reading about Google tells Chinese imitator Goojje to knock off using their logo

Truth to tell, I’ve been wiped out by a particularly virulent cold and didn’t watch the Super Bowl on the weekend. Actually, while we’re playing “truth or dare” I should probably admit that I’m not a big football fan, and wouldn’t have watched the game, even if I didn’t spend most of Sunday hacking up [...]

Continue reading about Audi Green Police Super Bowl ad, Cheap Trick, and their design influence on our old logo