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Originally Posted by mores
It is an okay logo.
Comments like "Even I can do that" can be applied to anything - anything is re-doable once it's been done. I think my painting skills would easily surpass those of this guy, and half the photos I take are better than this guy's.
Last night, my son doodled something on this letter I was composing that looked a bit like this.
The ebub logo is neat, works in all sizes, with or without the logotype.
The green reminds me of MS Lit, though. |
I think one of the problems is that there were most likely some legitimately good designs that were canned in favor of the winner, for whatever reason. Just imagine how many very competent designers felt after seeing the London Olympics logo.
The ePub logo is not bad for a typical project in a high school "intro to design" class, but it's really a substandard work for an international organization. Sadly, substandard wins a frightening amount of contests, despite some incredible talent right there. Not just armchair designers going "ehh, I could do better", but folks who earnestly compete and provide a superior entry, but for a number of reasons are excluded. In my experience on a panel, this sometimes comes from obvious non-designers pretending to be in touch with their imaginary audience. "I think this one will speak to the microcomputer terminal users out there by virtue of being geometric", says one, while the other says "Yes, and the green evokes radioactivity, which is popular with youth these days."
Of course, it's possible that all the competing entries were truly inferior. However, I find that a little hard to believe, even when talking about the organization responsible for ePub.