←back to thread

148 points sabon | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.218s | source
1. palmotea ◴[] No.43654307[source]
> Another factor is how these logos are created. Important corporate decisions involve many stakeholders. The result is often the safest, most inoffensive option, the average of everyone's opinions. In design meetings at AI companies, conversations probably sound like:

> ...

> No single person suggests making a logo that resembles an anus, but when everyone's feedback gets incorporated, that's what often emerges. Risk aversion in corporate environments naturally pushes designs toward familiar, "safe" territory, which apparently means anatomical openings.

There's hope! If you're a stakeholder in a logo design meeting, be sure point out the circular proposals look like anuses.

Also I hate all those "bold, sans-seif" logos. What they hell are they thinking? Those companies should just all change their name to "Company," too.