Barfers, we need to talk. About something important: reality television.
Reality TV is the newest way to make a living doing almost nothing, and you have to love that. How else would you explain the existence of this person?
Or this t-shirt?
This is the heart of the issue. What’s better than coining a catchphrase, then hawking merchandise of said catchphrase? Only saying something stupid and planning to hawk merchandise WITHOUT putting time, energy, or money into the graphic design.
Like this person: Alex McCord of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York. Alex says something stupid in the series’ latest episode. 30 seconds in, she declares fellow housewife Sonja Morgan is a THUG IN A COCKTAIL DRESS:
Luckily, Alex is a graphic designer, so her merch is ready and standing by!
LORD. It’s a who’s who of bad fonts. What kind of body fits that dress? It’s like Betty Boop with implants. Maybe we can get the thug out of the cocktail dress and into a graphic design class. Just an idea.
Don’t get all aggressive on me, I’M JUST BEING REAL.
Yes, one of our most infamous, hated trends, by design. A fail all on its own. Though, I must also make the observation that no matter how tempting making a logo out of initials might be, if you initials then form a butt, you have failed. Butts by Design. Cut and print.
It’s the only way that we can handle this logo, really. To follow the instructions that it’s laying out for us. GET IT?
Poor barfer Sara passes this every day on the way to work. If only Sara could be stoned too. Then the utter obviousness of this logo might be tolerable. GET IT? IT’S A BEE ON A STONE! BSTONED!
When creating a mark for your design company do not — I repeat: DO NOT — do anything to bring Internet Explorer to mind. Like, you know, including the IE logo in your own.
I’ve gotta get to Village Family Dental Spa. There is no waiter at my dentist’s office. There are no suits at my dentist’s office, they all wear SCRUBS. How low brow.
Also, as Mina points out, what do they do, serve your rotten tooth to you after they pull it out? For your dining pleasure? Yum. I’m booking my appointment as we speak.
This little gem gave one of our barfers, who remains anonymous for their own protection, nightmares as a child.
HOLY SHIT! In Mansfield/Ontario/Richmand county, viruses don’t just get you sick. They chew on GLASS AND NEEDLES! How are we possibly going to stand a chance? We can’t even really prevent them, because they are EATING OUR PREVENTION!
Barfer Niki alerted us to the fact that while Dentyne may advocate safe breath, they are certainly NOT giving that consideration to their design.
WHAT IS THAT? I stared at it for a while and all I get is a cow’s head in profile. I’m guessing that breath is NASTY. Any other brave barfer care to venture a guess?
Thanks to Barfer Eli.
