Comments on: Logo of the month #8 http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/ Graphic designer with a passion for logos. View my logo designer portfolio and read free logo design tips from the blog. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-105371 David Airey Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:15:25 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-105371 I don't, Mei. Sorry I can't be of more help, and good luck with your bulletin design project. I don’t, Mei. Sorry I can’t be of more help, and good luck with your bulletin design project.

]]> By: Mei http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-105370 Mei Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:11:21 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-105370 Hi, I have recently designed a logo for my church and there is another branch of this church coming up and I stepped in to help design the church bulletin. I have read all of your blog posts and found 2 articles relevant to design brief but am wondering if you know another design brief tailored for church? Hi, I have recently designed a logo for my church and there is another branch of this church coming up and I stepped in to help design the church bulletin. I have read all of your blog posts and found 2 articles relevant to design brief but am wondering if you know another design brief tailored for church?

]]> By: Kristine http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-101561 Kristine Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:51:47 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-101561 This logo Fit's the purpose, it's thoughtful and keeps the mind moving as well as focused on what it represents. Overall this logo is interesting. Simple yet complex. This logo Fit’s the purpose, it’s thoughtful and keeps the mind moving as well as focused on what it represents. Overall this logo is interesting. Simple yet complex.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-98066 David Airey Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:39:41 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-98066 Kent, Sonja, Thanks for your take on the logo. I've definitely been thinking twice about this 'logo of the month' inclusion. Kent, Sonja,

Thanks for your take on the logo. I’ve definitely been thinking twice about this ‘logo of the month’ inclusion.

]]> By: Sonja http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-97891 Sonja Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:15:17 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-97891 I so agree with Kent. I too thought that 'logo of the month' was irony. The first message that came to mind was 'Thou shalt burn in hell!' Then I read the explanation and recognised that it was indeed a very clever jigsaw puzzle of religious symbols. While I admire the brilliant thinking behind the design, unfortunately in my mind the many symbolisms coagulate into something uninviting. Then again, the Presbyterian Church is not Hillsong... I so agree with Kent. I too thought that ‘logo of the month’ was irony. The first message that came to mind was ‘Thou shalt burn in hell!’ Then I read the explanation and recognised that it was indeed a very clever jigsaw puzzle of religious symbols. While I admire the brilliant thinking behind the design, unfortunately in my mind the many symbolisms coagulate into something uninviting.

Then again, the Presbyterian Church is not Hillsong…

]]> By: Kent http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-97009 Kent Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:04:14 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-97009 The very first thing that came into my mind when i saw this was that you were being ironic of something as you named it the logo of the month. Why in the world should a bold, extremely american and messy ku klux klan logo be the best logo of the month? So i clicked it and saw the manual for it, got a little impressed by all the meanings crammed in to it but still wondered about the flames, the cross and the pitchfork - as well as the misleading corporate blue, the static impression of all the elements smacked together (without internal hierarchy, making it confusing and again misleading) The overall feeling of this is a pictogram that wants to tell me how to behave or else i will be burned on a stake. Be afraid. Feel our power. We're Proud White Christian Americans... Short said, it feels like a private clan or sect who wants to roar out their message to the world, miserably failing when screaming it all out at the same pitch in a hundred different languages. And it is way too corporate in my humble opinion... Very very American. <em>Kent's last blog post...<a href="http://liquid.verkligheten.info/?p=67" rel="nofollow">Hugo Boss</a></em> The very first thing that came into my mind when i saw this was that you were being ironic of something as you named it the logo of the month.

Why in the world should a bold, extremely american and messy ku klux klan logo be the best logo of the month?
So i clicked it and saw the manual for it, got a little impressed by all the meanings crammed in to it but still wondered about the flames, the cross and the pitchfork - as well as the misleading corporate blue, the static impression of all the elements smacked together (without internal hierarchy, making it confusing and again misleading)

The overall feeling of this is a pictogram that wants to tell me how to behave or else i will be burned on a stake. Be afraid. Feel our power. We’re Proud White Christian Americans…

Short said, it feels like a private clan or sect who wants to roar out their message to the world, miserably failing when screaming it all out at the same pitch in a hundred different languages. And it is way too corporate in my humble opinion… Very very American.

Kent’s last blog post…Hugo Boss

]]> By: Orlando http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-96926 Orlando Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:13:46 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-96926 I love this logo...it represent so many things once you break it down...I'm a Presbyterian and a graphic designer and I've worked with this logo in all the work I've done for my church and i never get bored of it...in fact i designed one that takes some of the principles of this logo for my church... I love this logo…it represent so many things once you break it down…I’m a Presbyterian and a graphic designer and I’ve worked with this logo in all the work I’ve done for my church and i never get bored of it…in fact i designed one that takes some of the principles of this logo for my church…

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-96859 David Airey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:37:32 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-96859 You know, the more discussion that follows, the less convinced I become. I can completely understand the negative connotations from the flaming cross, and it's something I hadn't initially considered. Thanks again for making me think! You know, the more discussion that follows, the less convinced I become. I can completely understand the negative connotations from the flaming cross, and it’s something I hadn’t initially considered. Thanks again for making me think!

]]> By: tinypalace http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-96783 tinypalace Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:58:59 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-96783 Looks like the boogey-man. There's a lot of unintentional humour in it -- it could just as easily be a logo for (as other readers have pointed out as well) a contingent of pagans or beelzebubbers. The colour version is even more problematic -- why is the pitchfork-head person being burned in the fire? Is this a warning to any would-be witches in the congregation?? Probably not meant to be, but you see what I mean. Yes, a lot of thought has gone into it and it's very clever for combining all those elements, but ultimately (as shown in the varied responses above) it fails to express a singular emotion or idea. It's plainly overworked and needs to be simplified. It's a logo, not a mystic mason's symbol. Looks like the boogey-man. There’s a lot of unintentional humour in it — it could just as easily be a logo for (as other readers have pointed out as well) a contingent of pagans or beelzebubbers. The colour version is even more problematic — why is the pitchfork-head person being burned in the fire? Is this a warning to any would-be witches in the congregation?? Probably not meant to be, but you see what I mean.

Yes, a lot of thought has gone into it and it’s very clever for combining all those elements, but ultimately (as shown in the varied responses above) it fails to express a singular emotion or idea. It’s plainly overworked and needs to be simplified. It’s a logo, not a mystic mason’s symbol.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-8/#comment-96534 Daniel Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:25:23 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/?p=434#comment-96534 Having read all of this feedback, it seems kind of appropriate that an identity for an organised religion should fall foul to so many interpretations - many of which are far from what was originally intended when it was created, and some of which appear to have been pilfered from pagan symbolism... oh the irony... Having read all of this feedback, it seems kind of appropriate that an identity for an organised religion should fall foul to so many interpretations - many of which are far from what was originally intended when it was created, and some of which appear to have been pilfered from pagan symbolism… oh the irony…

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