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December 9, 2012
16:05 • 5 months ago

On haters and the University of California’s new logo

Tags: change.org university of california branding redesigns es graphic design haters from pbump

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One of the designers of the new UC logo explains why he thinks it’s exciting and necessary.

A lot of folks aren’t in that camp (at least 33,000, according to Change.org), leading to personal attacks like this one on UC’s creative director, Vanessa Correa:

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It’s also a heavy topic of discussion on Reddit’s Berkeley community. What do you think of the logo?

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(If you’re curious, BTW, Fast Company has a piece explaining the reasoning on the change, which was part of a complete rebranding.)

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  1. ub14 reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    Placeholder.
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  4. brynvincible reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    I signed the petition, but IDK…
  5. cooldork7 reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    My only beef with the design is that they faded out the “C”.
  6. mauricecherry reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    I think the logo looks just fine (although the gradient treatment here does make it look a bit dated. The solid C...
  7. christopheric reblogged this from shortformblog
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  9. archetypewriter reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    a… The new logo looks so tacky and cheap.
  10. hannah-e-mccarthy reblogged this from shortformblog
  11. emilybrennanmediablog reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    Great reads about University of California’s rebranding. I am falling on the side of “exciting and necessary” in this...
  12. inkisadream reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    a… I understand...need for rebranding, but this is god-awful.
  13. isneezetoomuchglitter reblogged this from shortformblog
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  15. purpleapplez reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    On haters and the University of California’s new logo A lot of folks aren’t in that camp (at least 33,000, according to...
  16. politicalthinker2099 reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    I still hate it! As a UC system I felt a bit of pride for the old Victorian logo as it represents the long history of...
  17. sequinsandcitations reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    a… man if I were...composition teacher at...right now, I’d...
  18. lawnmowerr reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    a… Uhhh, it is quite...hideous new logo, but we got bigger problems people.
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  21. neuroneptune reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    what what is this this is not the prestige that i paid tens of thousands of dollars for WHAT IS THIS
  22. tipsy-arachnid reblogged this from odysseiarex and added:
    That’s….hideous. It looks really unprofessional and dull as far as school logos go. It looks like the logo for a kitschy...
  23. odysseiarex reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    ugh i hate this they’re rebranding it to make it ~fresh~ and ~exciting~ you know what would actually be fresh and...
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  25. ipsadixit reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    While I would stand behind anything UC does, this is too much even for me
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    folks aren’t in that camp (at least 33,000, according to Change.org), leading to personal attacks like this one on UC’s...
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