Post 4am mixed bag (continued)
If you're in the business of printing t-shirts, please give me your details. I receive numerous unwanted requests for t-shirt printing (let alone design) and I have no idea why, because I've never offered this as a service or suggested that I do. Here's my favourite one so far, which arrived in my inbox 2 weeks prior to the launch of the official logo:
Can you please provide me with a quote for a Tshirt design. I am looking for a logo for the world cup that will be here in 2010. I really have no ideas at this point but I'm sure your creative mind can come up with something.
One of those "uhh, what??" requests. No offense to the dude, but is that overly opportunistic or what? And damn, here I am determined to avoid blogging the whole 2010 World Cup logo debate due to the general trend that it's become, in my opinion, disappointingly pessimistic.
It was blogged to death, dugg, farked (wow, do Brand SA have a job on their hands), flickr'd, redesigned, has been compared to previous World Cup logos, likened to a frog jumping over a pork chop and even referred to as a rip-off of the Intel logo (sorry, what??).
May I suggest, for an alternative and refreshing view on the matter, that you stop to consider the bigger picture by visiting Commentary's 2010 Logo Revisited. And as for that silly Russian logo, consider the comments on this adfreak post.
Aaah, fresh air. Anyway, moving on...
Another thing I've avoided blogging this week, is the launch of what they're calling "the biggest online business on the continent", namely 24.com - a result of Media24 Digital merging with MWEB Studios.
Touchy subject - if you're a regular on this blog you'll understand why. In short, I have no patience for anything related to the Naspers/MWEB group. Their marketing agency e-mailed me on Wednesday, I quote:
I an article that I found on your site entitled: Nobody Owns 24.com - here's the latest.
A 24.com launch press release followed. The article they're referring to is this post I imagine, so I don't understand what they were getting at by suggesting that the launch of the 24.com brand should overshadow their bad business practices? I could continue this with a scathing review, but Windows has strangely BSOD'ed on me twice while I was writing this blog, and it would be hypocritical of me anyway because I'd have nothing positive to contribute, so I'm calling this one quits. Wheee!
UPDATE [26/07]: Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic (via BizCommunity)
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hash: not really, but the point I was making is that there are bigger issues to get into a clusterfuck over than a logo. It was designed by Gaby de Abreu, see 2010 logo graphic designer’s proudest moment (via IOL).
I like the logo… there’s my 2 cents… Well done to damien for avoiding the debate… Well, almost!! :P
Ya, I like kinda like it too. I think the others are all quite shitty though…
So did anyone give you their details?? (t shirt people?)
Im looking for someone who can do short runs with a heat press or is willing to sell an old heat press.
just in case someone mails you, yes?
Thanks
Nicjk
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22 July 2006
hash02:24 pm
Sounds like the drama is just getting out of control all over the place. Interesting that I missed this whole huge debate over the WC logo… I guess it’s cause I’ve been out of the loop flying and stuff. So, now the question arises – do you have a problem with the current version of the logo?
Who designed it anyway?