5 Bad Logos You Wish Were On Your Stationery

admin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:42:34 +0000

I’d like you to imagine for a second that your company logo looked something like the following pictures. Imagine it hanging on the outside of your building, printed on all your correspondence and most importantly, on the business card you have to give to someone whilst looking them in the eye.

The Cheap Laugh

It’s hard to say how a logo like this gets through the design process without someone stopping and saying “wait a minute, that looks like two people bumming”. Perhaps, like a Necker Cube, you only see it if you’re looking for it, otherwise it just looks like an ordinary ‘K’. If you find this rude you’re just a tainted individual.

The It-Looks-Like-A-Penis

It baffles the mind how his could look like anything other than a penis. In fact, when anthony byrne employees hand over their business cards I’m surprised people don’t say “hey, you’ve got a penis on your business card”. Maybe they do.

The We-Let-The-Receptionist-Design-It

This is in fact the CIA’s Terrorist Buster logo. It was obviously designed by someone who has never seen a terrorist, or indeed heard much about them. In fact, drawing a relationship between terrorists and that happy chap Slimer seems in a little bad taste to say the least. We can only hope the CIA’s receptionist still doesn’t know that terrorists bear little resemblance to friendly ghosts.

The Someone-Likes-Elephants

Elephants on crack, that is. Perhaps the designer had a bad elephant experience as a child, or was the victim of an elephant stampede in which their home was destroyed. I can think of no other reason to have a rampaging elephant on your logo. No reason at all.

The OMG…OH…MY…GOD!

There aren’t sufficient words to describe this logo. I’ll only say that if anyone handed me a business card with this on it, I wouldn’t call them. In fact, I’d change my phone number and even my name to make sure they could never find me again. Safety first.