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Just sat the Martin O'Malley campaign logo for the first time...what the hell...? (Original Post) Ken Burch Jun 2015 OP
Damn! I coulda done THAT... bravenak Jun 2015 #1
Not a good logo cwydro Jun 2015 #2
If he wins he needs to select a VP with a last name that starts with N. joshcryer Jun 2015 #3
!!! pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #4
True. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2015 #5
Perfect! cwydro Jun 2015 #6
No, how about someone w/letter "G". OMG! KittyWampus Jun 2015 #12
A little campaign music, maestro Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #7
I like it O'Malley the Irish Zen candidate. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #8
He's a Brother Seamus? deutsey Jun 2015 #9
Ha! Clever! nt MADem Jun 2015 #10
I like it. You know immediately that it is O'Malley. djean111 Jun 2015 #11
I like it a lot because it is very different. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #13
I work in marketing and public relations. Fawke Em Jun 2015 #14
The break in the blue turns the white space into a cartoon thought bubble HereSince1628 Jun 2015 #16
yup, speech bubble actually. In other words, "O'Malley is who everyone is talking about." wyldwolf Jun 2015 #17
Reminds me of this parting shot: sufrommich Jun 2015 #15
Which cut directly to the "I'd like to teach the world to sing" Coca-Cola ad. Ken Burch Jun 2015 #21
That Coke ad Johnny Noshoes Jun 2015 #28
Did you think so? Marr Jun 2015 #32
Well, other than Don's ex-wife being terminally ill and her oldest daughter Ken Burch Jun 2015 #33
it's actually this one right now on his twitter site bigtree Jun 2015 #18
that's actually pretty funny. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #19
I like that better cali Jun 2015 #27
I like it. Especially the rainbow version (see my sig) FSogol Jun 2015 #20
Now see that looks better than the standard but the design doesn't please the eye. craigmatic Jun 2015 #23
You mean it is different? It is not the same old, same old? FSogol Jun 2015 #24
I don't like it man. I bet they paid thousands of for it too. First that d in the blue circle now craigmatic Jun 2015 #25
It's an aesthetic thing Scootaloo Jun 2015 #30
No just... no. This looks like a corporate logo and doesn't seem positive. At least Obama's "O" was craigmatic Jun 2015 #22
Is this serious? xfundy Jun 2015 #26
Or that he leads The Resistance Recursion Jun 2015 #29
LOL Literally Thirties Child Jun 2015 #31

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
3. If he wins he needs to select a VP with a last name that starts with N.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 04:26 AM
Jun 2015

So he can make the logo "NOM NOM NOM."

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
14. I work in marketing and public relations.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 08:58 AM
Jun 2015

These truncated initial-only icons are all the rage. It's a hat-tip to all the acronyms created by social media, particularly the 140-character-limited Twitter.

And that color blue is supposed to denote "trust."

I can't say that I think it's a positive step. I think white space can be used beautifully, but this minimalist rage has gone a bit overboard.

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
17. yup, speech bubble actually. In other words, "O'Malley is who everyone is talking about."
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 09:18 AM
Jun 2015

I like the concept.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
21. Which cut directly to the "I'd like to teach the world to sing" Coca-Cola ad.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:11 PM
Jun 2015

(presumably, Don had gone back to the agency and created it).

That was a brilliant ending to the whole thing.

Johnny Noshoes

(1,977 posts)
28. That Coke ad
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:28 PM
Jun 2015

McCann actually did create that ad in 1971. Every once in awhile we would get a bunch of requests for that one. I used to work for a media monitoring company.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
32. Did you think so?
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:43 PM
Jun 2015

I haven't looked around for reactions to the show's ending at all, but man-- I hated it. Way too neat and clean and full of one happy little ending after another.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
33. Well, other than Don's ex-wife being terminally ill and her oldest daughter
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 01:16 AM
Jun 2015

Last edited Mon Jun 15, 2015, 01:51 AM - Edit history (1)

having to deal with that.

I was mainly talking about the last moments of the last episode, though.

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
18. it's actually this one right now on his twitter site
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 09:54 AM
Jun 2015


...his campaign has joked that twitter hashtags discriminate against the Irish because they don't allow apostrophes.
 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
25. I don't like it man. I bet they paid thousands of for it too. First that d in the blue circle now
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:03 PM
Jun 2015

this. Whatever happened to putting your whole name on the poster?At least have a better design than just letters in a random shape.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
30. It's an aesthetic thing
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:38 PM
Jun 2015

Squares are a bad aesthetic design. They look truncated and jarring, too "sharp" (not as bad as a vertical triangle, though)

Rectangles (and their zoftig relatives, ovals) are more satisfying to the eye.

O'Mally's logo looks kinda like a minimalist postage stamp.

 

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)
22. No just... no. This looks like a corporate logo and doesn't seem positive. At least Obama's "O" was
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:18 PM
Jun 2015

optimistic looking.

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