Your Logo Makes Me Barf » Civic http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com Bad logos, awful logos, and logos even worse than that. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:19:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Making ‘NRA’ the Most Readable Part of Your Logo: Good Idea http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/03/29/nra-logo-readability/ http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/03/29/nra-logo-readability/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:21:38 +0000 Earl of Hurl http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/?p=4224

Thanks to Barfer Jim for sending this one in today:

We’ve got a one-winged plane awkwardly integrated into an acronym — as if we need to be reminded that “planes” and “airports” go together.

SIMPLIFLY!

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Frederick County, Maryland wants you to know that it is a family friendly county.

Family XXX Friendly

And to let you know this, Frederick County, Maryland has selected three BIG RED ‘X’s. When you’re looking for family friendly, just look for that familar symbol, XXX. That’ll point you in the right direction.

We’re going to go watch this family friendly movie now. Harry Potter and the Order of the Penis.

]]> http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/02/04/xxx-its-family-friendl/feed/ 2 Road to Nowhere http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/01/17/road-to-nowhere/ http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/01/17/road-to-nowhere/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:52:39 +0000 Earl of Hurl http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/?p=3911

Via Appalled McLeod County Citizen:

“McLeod County: Home of Floating Unfinished Roads”

Nothing more promising than a graphic representation of unfinished projects.

]]> http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/01/17/road-to-nowhere/feed/ 2 It’s a Carnivale! Of Copying! http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/01/10/its-a-carnivale-of-copying/ http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2011/01/10/its-a-carnivale-of-copying/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:45:11 +0000 Earl of Hurl http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/?p=3870

After the post on Rio’s Olympic logo debacle and the follow-up post with another star-shaped-group of people playing ring around the rosy, Barfer Gary brought another incident to our attention.

This is the logo from Carnivale 2004.

In the end this blog may have the best answer: too many people looked too long at Matisse.

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Barfer Amy C implores us to visit:

“Welcome to picturesque Hansville, WA. Known for its lighthouse, sweeping views of Puget Sound, and luxury beachfront homes.  Please stop by our visitor center to check the latest tide and weather info on our state of the art Apple IIe.”

We checked. Hansville doesn’t seem to have a logo. But someone designed this sign, and…it’s horrible.

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Where ever you are for the holidays, may you be surrounded by good design.

FYI: Dolphins in a Christmas wreath and words in a circle are not good design.

]]> http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2010/12/24/merry-christmas-from-ylmmb/feed/ 1 Australia, We Have a Problem http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2010/12/23/australia-we-have-a-problem/ http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2010/12/23/australia-we-have-a-problem/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:07:11 +0000 Earl of Hurl http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/?p=3716

When you Christmasify an entire country, you’re gonna have to bring in a Santa hat the size of New England.

]]> http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2010/12/23/australia-we-have-a-problem/feed/ 0 This Fair’s Got it All! http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2010/12/14/this-fairs-got-it-all/ http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/2010/12/14/this-fairs-got-it-all/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:30:19 +0000 Earl of Hurl http://yourlogomakesmebarf.com/?p=3629

Cows! A ferris wheel! A single corn stalk! A cloud! A rooster! 1.5 watermelons! A patch of grass.

This is the actual logo used as the actual representative image on the documents of the Jefferson County Fair.

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Another logo in the “Geography is Important” camp: The Whiteside County Health Department made a logo that is one step above typing the words out on one line.

So, you know, one step above this: “Whiteside County Health Department”.

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September is Healthy Aging Awareness Month, and we think that taking  care of oneself as you age is important. Unfortunately, the Center for Positive Aging seems to promote zombies digging out of their graves.

Is “healthy aging” a euphemism for “being undead” that the pro-zombie lobby doesn’t want you to know about?

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