By: Dennis
One of the confounders of UC is the University of Cincinnati, where my wife teaches. For me, UC will forever and always mean the University of California system (Berkeley being either Cal or, well…...
View ArticleBy: Warren Terra
I have no problem whatsoever with the creation of a logo (apart from some concerns about where the administration, which I regard as bloated, is putting its time and money), and I don’t confuse a logo...
View ArticleBy: guest
For all I know, this IS a banana slug in a blue field, perhaps with a sticky trail behind.
View ArticleBy: NCG
You know, an outline of California, with a little red star where the relevant branch is located, would be a nice-enough logo, and it might teach some geography to boot. What’s not to like? There could,...
View ArticleBy: Keith Humphreys
I grew up near Cincinatti and indeed knew the basketball coach for the Bearcats, and I must say never understood why they had this mascot. A bearcat is a binturong, an odd smelling civet-like creature...
View ArticleBy: Donald A. Coffin
Indiana University did something similar about (I am surprised to recall) 10 years age (here’s a link to a discussion of the whys and wherefores: http://visualidentity.iu.edu/index.shtml). IU has 8...
View ArticleBy: Mark Kleiman
Just for the record, I think the Parisians had it right the first time: the Tour d’Eiffel is a blot on the Paris skyline. The fact that it’s now iconic for “Paris” doesn’t make it any less ugly. If...
View ArticleBy: A second cut at a new UC logo « The Reality-Based Community
[...] one is ever going to confuse me with a graphic designer, even in very dim light. But starting with Mike’s suggestion of a Fresnel pattern to pun on “Let There Be Light” and switching to a Moire,...
View ArticleBy: leo from chicago
“these are not silly or trivial objectives”. Don’t get two worked up. What the designer was saying about ‘authority and gravitas’ and telling a ‘story’ is the usual rubbish you hear from the Marketing...
View ArticleBy: DCA
The oddity is, in an organization with plenty of talent (arts faculty and students), not to have a design competition–first prize being that your design gets selected. I’ll bet that a competition...
View ArticleBy: Dennis
You are making the unwarranted assumption that the UCOP is aware that they have undergraduates studying visual arts. (Actually, in fairness, under the Donahoe Act, the UC campuses were to be strong in...
View ArticleBy: Justin
(Yes… I know that the seal isn’t being done away with, but the new “modern logo” is horrible. It’s served just fine on media and is completely recognizable.) http://i.imgur.com/UxzfO.gif It’s making me...
View ArticleBy: harrync
re: UC vs UC. There is also USC vs USC. Talking to a Clemson alum, I mentioned I had a degree from USC – the one is Los Angeles, not the one is South Carolina. His response: “Oh, the REAL USC.”
View ArticleBy: Crissa
Justin, my spouse saw that one and said it looked like a swirling test-tube with a book atop it.
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