41 Instances Graphic Designers Didn’t Quite Think Through Their Works When Creating Logos
How many times, looking, for example, at the logos of Nike, Adidas or Apple, have we asked ourselves just one question: “Well, couldn’t we have drawn such a simple logo ourselves?” If yes, then let's move on reading. If not, we still move on. How many times have we read the news that some famous design studio redesigned the next big corporate logo for a check with an obscene number of zeros, and in the end just made the font thinner or simply reduced the distance between some details?
And so, every time we read such news, we come across dozens, if not hundreds of comments that the designers simply scammed their clients for money, but actually nothing in the logo has changed. In fact, as is often the case, things are not so clear cut.
Firstly, the famous swoosh was most likely a manifestation of spontaneous genius insight (for which, however, they paid only 35 bucks), and the original version of the Apple logo was complex, artsy and as old-school as possible. Secondly, any change in the logo in a large company is preceded by a long and thorough marketing analysis. Yes, sometimes it turns out a complete fail, as was the case with the 2012 Summer Olympics logo, but more often than not, the idea of saving on logo design doesn't justify itself at all.
Do you want proof? Voila! As many as 47 examples collected by Bored Panda, when the designer just drew something, the marketing manager was either absent or did not think at all, and the boss approved the logo without looking. And the result is what we have - this incredible selection of logos from around the world, on the one hand, beautiful and stylish - but completely inappropriate, you just have to look at it from a different angle. So please feel free to think different, as Steve Jobs once urged us, scroll this selection to the very end, and just enjoy these absolute masterpieces of human short-sightedness.
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This Catholic School Logo
Now That's Just A Bad Logo. Period
The Logo For This Spicy Apple Jelly
Its a " double entendre " and its hilarious lol, you can see it as half an Apple lol, of a fire spitting a*s, thats actually Smart.
This Medical Centre’s Logo Is A Flat Line
Unfortunate Door/Logo Placement On This Plane
My Son Who Just Started To Read, “Hell Baby. Hell Baby. Hell Baby!!!”
Hello? Is this John Constantine? Yea. So I got a Hell Baby? We might need to perform an exorcism..
Girls' Water Polo Team Logo
Whoever Designed This Logo Made A Terrible Mistake
A "Cheerleading" Logo In A Town Close To Me
Designer: Can You Describe The Logo You'd Like? Client: It Should Have A Leaky Pipe. But Instead Of Fixing It, Our Plumber Just Puts His Finger In There. And Btw, It Should Still Leak After He Does That
This Restaurant’s Logo That Looks Like A Health Grade
Design Of The Bottle And Logo Looks Way To Close To A Sunny D Like Drink. If A Kid Couldn't Read This Would Go Bad
I don't think you realize how likely I'm gonna drink garage soda
Load More Replies...Kids need something to wash down all those laundry detergent pods they eat.
I said that as soon as I saw this picture😂😜😂
Load More Replies...Kids have actually had some issues with trying to drink Fabuloso. It comes in other colors that also look just like punch drinks.
That is terrible and should be pulled until they can package it properly. It really does look delicious.
There are different scents that are different colors. You have been forced to use the flowery one. In Georgia, the dollar store has yellow, green, purple, blue, and I think pink.
Load More Replies...Is there any difference to sunny D? Both contain 100% artificial liquid...
When I was learning about caring for a parent with dementia, the class was warned to keep Fabuloso out of reach -- and detergent pods, too.
I just recently read an article about restaurant patrons having to get their stomachs pumped because a server served them what looked like a bottle of juice but was actually a bottle of disinfectant. Maybe cleaning products manufacturers should go back to using the tried and true bleach bottle design.
I’ve seen these in stores. Have you seen the one that looks like grape juice? I feel like these are lawsuits waiting to happen.
That is why you should NEVER EVER leave things unhealthy to dangerous in reach of children unable to read and or with poor impulse control.
They sell this cleanser in my region. They have a purple version that looks like Kool-Aid.
Also: recall: contaminated with what it's supposed to kill. You can't make this up SMH.
I'm an adult who can read and could mistake this early in the morning
Fabuloso is currently being recalled due to possible bacteria contamination, I kid you not.
Wait, I remember one case of product confusion in China. A waitress giving a group of diner a bottle of orange like drink which actually turn out to be cleansing liquid. The diner taste it and feels weird, and let her whole group to taste it to see. Few moment later, everyone is in ICU for stomach pumping and in critical condition.
There have been many poisonings from this product line. The pretty, bright, colors and the bottles looking like beverage containers is a real problem. There are children and adults that can't read that grab grocery products just by the pictures on the containers that have been poisoned.
I got a fabuloso once with apples on it, looked just like a juice bottle, and nearly put it in the fridge. It's known in my house as "the forbidden beverage."
Cheap antibiotic for when you get food poisoning (JUST kidding—don't try it!!!).
Ah yes, the best orange juice ever! It's so good that you can't drink it!
It actually looks way too bright almost like neon but I could definitely see a kid chugging this down. Hopefully it taste bad like coolant does now.
But seriously though I reallooks lk that cheap "orange" juice drink
Fabuloso is the most awful smelling stuff ever, no matter the scent! After using it once, I literally poured the entire bottle down the sink and had to flush with hot water so the whole kitchen didn't smell. Gross stuff.
I seriously think some companies that sell cleaning products are actively trying to wipe out kids with them using these kinds of logos! They are way too close to food products logos to just be a coincidence!
to be fair, it probably tastes better. ever tasted sunny delight? it tastes worse than those grainy fibre orange flavoured drinks the doctor gives you for IBS. and those are RANK.
This is exactly the liquid that was served to a customer in a known restaurant mistaken as an orange juice. Customer was hospitalized.
And in the latest news update, apparently it did go bad. Recalled for bacterial overload.
Careful! Don't drink this. It's been recalled for bacterial contamination! (weirdly true - in the headlines today)
definitely something you would have to keep out of reach, and even then should have a child proof cap on it too! Does anybody remember the Mr. Yuck stickers?? Just curious lol
I had a child cry because I wouldn't let him drink my "grape juice." My "grape juice" was Fabuloso. He was too young to read...
Spanish kids think it's Fabulous! So this is the solution to stop Border jumpers? Crossing the desert is thirsty work
Happened to an adult friend of mine. She guzzled what she thought was Gatorade from a jug and somebody had put gasoline in it for yard equipment. She burped and farted gas for over a week
I seem to recall a big lawsuit over this, specifically because their products (which come in several different colors) clearly come in beverage containers but weren't clearly labeled as [not beverages] (this one is clearly labeled, but when they first hit the market they weren't).
I love how the comments are consisting of people complaining how nobody keeps their drinks in the garage. I personally don’t, but still. 😂
At Woolworths they have home brand lemon and lime juice in yoghurt squeezy container looking things. Imagine being in a rush and for breakfast you accidentally grab that
Reminds me of the dishwashing soap Sunlight - folks mistook it for lemon juice: useless information.org/1188-2/
That brand is toxic to cats. Our cat licked the wet shower stall after it was cleaned with this and rinsed but not washed out....she went into kidney failure. Do Not Use if you have pets.
It depends, where is this being sold? I think it's from the UK. I haven't seen Sunny D in the UK since the late nineties so today's children wouldn't know what it is. I think you can only get it in America?
This Yogurt Using Biohazards Symbol As Its Logo
Was Stuck Behind This Unfortunate Logo Today
This Company's Logo Looks Like Somebody Got Pulled Into A Lathe
The Flip Zone Has A Rule Of "No Backflips" When There Is Literally A Guy Backflipping In The Logo
I Love Drinking Kids Too!
It Really Feels Like The Packers Logo Could Have Replaced A Different Letter Here…
A Clothing Tag With Unfortunate Logo Design
Prizes On Offer At The Clinic
The Tim H*e Use - Supposed To Read 'The Time House'
We’re Going To Contact Them With A New Logo Hopefully
This Logo Of A Company In My City
Ride On Spac Eship
🎶 We’re going on a trip in our favorite Spac Eship! Zooming through the sky! Lil Einsteins!
This Sign In The Office Building Where I'm Attending Training
Just Another Restaraunt Logo That Was Edgy And Cool In Someone's Head. Spotted Near My Gym, Midtown Manhattan
This Logo For "Old Town North"
Welcome To Devil’s… Alvoole? Elvccle? (Advocate). I Like The Idea, But The Execution Is Not The Best
This Pub Is Supposed To Be Called “Bunch Of Grapes” And I Saw This Unreadable Logo And Asked My Mate “How Far Is The Pub Then?”
Jingleheimer Junction, Cartridges For Kids Logo
This Horrific Cafe Logo
They Didn't Think Their Logo Design Through Too Well
3lje Or Blue?
The Actual Logo Of A School Near Me
The Second Line Of This Logo Did Not Age Well
Found At The Austin Airport - It's Texas Like!
Chonoo Zendle Noodle Bar
There Is An Extra "R", Normal Name Is Chuck Burger
Ke Lebab. Restaurant In Stockholm
Saw This At My Local Heb. It's Supposed To Say "Frescura" (Freshness)
Ole Let Y, No Matter How I Read This I Will Always Have Questions
People attend art school to major in graphics, mainly to master concepts and technology. For four years they create logos and layouts, then rip each other to shreds for errors much much lesser than these.
My mom went to college for graphic design for 4 years. Nearly this whole list made me cringe horribly.
Load More Replies...I can't stop laughing at #15, that company is in the town I grew up in, I've seen that logo a million times and never realized how bad (good?) it really is! Then again this is the same place where one year the girls lacrosse team made and sold *female empowerment* t-shirts with the slogan, "We'll beat you on the field, and then we'll beat you off!" and not one coach/teacher realized until it was far too late. 100% true story. 🤣
These get re-ordered according to votes. Which one are you referring to?
Load More Replies...Have you seen the Torres Strait Islander flag? torres-str...-image.jpg
Load More Replies...My inner artist has been triggered by this post. I want to redesign a lot of these.
You should redesign them then create a list for bored panda :)
Load More Replies...The title is assuming professional designers created all of them. There are lots of business owners who think a pro designer is too expensive and unnecessary...
Oh, come on BP. 48 images shortened to 45 is just silliness.
TIL if you want to score big on the upvotes, just repeat what the title of the image is and/or make a crude sex reference.
either a doggo or not something good. i prefer seing the dog
Load More Replies...To be fair, it is the client who has the final say. Even the most experienced designer may suggest what the designer knows will look good, but whether the client has good judgement or bad judgement, the client makes the final decision, not the designer.
I honestly can't believe the owners agreed to those things. OR maybe they were too embarassed to admit how stupid they were.............after they paid!!
Or this childrens’ dance studio near me…. https://photos.app.goo.gl/2uXKEUZx8nBxvyJ39
scrolled down here to find other graphic designers who, like me, this post hurt me in my soul. now, to quietly weep
Where is that salad meme cat when we need it (to read stuff in the right order).
Some are almost impossible to read while others point out how much the internet has ruined us.
People attend art school to major in graphics, mainly to master concepts and technology. For four years they create logos and layouts, then rip each other to shreds for errors much much lesser than these.
My mom went to college for graphic design for 4 years. Nearly this whole list made me cringe horribly.
Load More Replies...I can't stop laughing at #15, that company is in the town I grew up in, I've seen that logo a million times and never realized how bad (good?) it really is! Then again this is the same place where one year the girls lacrosse team made and sold *female empowerment* t-shirts with the slogan, "We'll beat you on the field, and then we'll beat you off!" and not one coach/teacher realized until it was far too late. 100% true story. 🤣
These get re-ordered according to votes. Which one are you referring to?
Load More Replies...Have you seen the Torres Strait Islander flag? torres-str...-image.jpg
Load More Replies...My inner artist has been triggered by this post. I want to redesign a lot of these.
You should redesign them then create a list for bored panda :)
Load More Replies...The title is assuming professional designers created all of them. There are lots of business owners who think a pro designer is too expensive and unnecessary...
Oh, come on BP. 48 images shortened to 45 is just silliness.
TIL if you want to score big on the upvotes, just repeat what the title of the image is and/or make a crude sex reference.
either a doggo or not something good. i prefer seing the dog
Load More Replies...To be fair, it is the client who has the final say. Even the most experienced designer may suggest what the designer knows will look good, but whether the client has good judgement or bad judgement, the client makes the final decision, not the designer.
I honestly can't believe the owners agreed to those things. OR maybe they were too embarassed to admit how stupid they were.............after they paid!!
Or this childrens’ dance studio near me…. https://photos.app.goo.gl/2uXKEUZx8nBxvyJ39
scrolled down here to find other graphic designers who, like me, this post hurt me in my soul. now, to quietly weep
Where is that salad meme cat when we need it (to read stuff in the right order).
Some are almost impossible to read while others point out how much the internet has ruined us.