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When logos/branding go wrong

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  • 27-10-2014 9:53pm
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    SkyBlueClouds
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭


    Stumbled across this article in the Gaurdian. :eek:

    Have you ever spotted any design fails, or logos that turned out horribly wrong?


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    Chunners
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 424 ✭✭Chunners


    Actually I was watching Tescos ad a few weeks ago and though their slogan "Every little helps" was pretty funny, the person who says it in the ad says it very fast and it sounds to me like they are saying "Every lidl helps" so they are pretty much unwittingly advertising their main competitor, no idea what ****ing genius thought that one up and now that I've said it thats all you will all hear now when you see that ad lol


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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,178 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Same with Tesco's recent keeping prices down campaign which had an arrow pointing down, so that instead of reading the price for the item in question, you automatically followed the arrow to the shelf below. Definitely confusing.


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    What am I missing in the Airbnb logo? =/


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    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What am I missing in the Airbnb logo? =/

    It's an ass of a logo.


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    dmc17
    Registered Users Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭dmc17


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What am I missing in the Airbnb logo? =/

    Everything


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    #7
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    USB plugs.......

    modeled on a ducks face.


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    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    That AIB ad for 'Dave'

    Everyone I meet hates it. Makes people angry.


    Dave works hard cause we f*cked the country up.


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    SkyBlueClouds
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭SkyBlueClouds


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    That AIB ad for 'Dave'

    Everyone I meet hates it. Makes people angry.


    Dave works hard cause we f*cked the country up.

    Or the one for 'backing brave'

    Brave fixes coffee cups, mends pipes and is up at 6 before dawn.... yeah cause he needs the cash to pay off the mortgage :rolleyes:


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    [Deleted User]
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    Opening post thanked by.....

    One Eyed Jack :pac:


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    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Opening post thanked by.....

    One Eyed Jack :pac:


    Admittedly rather 'short sighted' on my part, much like some of these faux pas -


    http://www.boredpanda.com/worst-logo-fails-ever/ :D


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    Blind Faith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Blind Faith


    One that didn't go down very well in the republic . . "The future's bright the future's orange".


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    Witchie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Absolutely gutted I didn't send my photo of that carton to the press and only posted it on Facebook about 2 weeks ago coz then it could have been me getting the credit for discovering Tesco's "cock up". I have that photo on my phone dated 13th Oct. Dammit.


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    [Deleted User]
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    EE probably shouldn't set up shop in Ireland, their 4GEE network would get a lot of laughs I'm sure. :pac:


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    That AIB ad for 'Dave'

    Everyone I meet hates it. Makes people angry.


    Dave works hard cause we f*cked the country up.

    You know that AIB is Allied Irish Bank not Anglo Irish Bank, right?


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    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    syklops wrote: »
    You know that AIB is Allied Irish Bank not Anglo Irish Bank, right?

    you do know...they took nearly as much as anglo to bail out?


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    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Lisa needs bracing !


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    #18
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Who came up with this one?

    http://www.9bar.com/assets/media/products/HS-9P.1.jpg


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    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    ^^^ ?


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    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    Lapin wrote: »
    ^^^ ?

    9 bar, reference to the weight when buying drugs.


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    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    At the Morris Marina launch in the early '70s , British Leyland decided the tagline for their promotional campaign for the car was, 'Beauty with brains behind it'.

    So far so good.

    The trouble was that for their brochures they photographed the range of cars in field with a whole rake of sheep in the background.

    In later literature the sheep were hastily airbrushed out.


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    Turpentine
    Registered Users Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Turpentine


    sligojoek wrote: »
    Who came up with this one?

    http://www.9bar.com/assets/media/products/HS-9P.1.jpg

    I think that one was intentional, there's hemp seeds in them.


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    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Lapin wrote: »
    ^^^ ?

    I'm told cannabis resin is available in 9oz/250gm blocks called 9 bars.


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    #24
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Aldi were advertising "Baby Bodies" one day. Will see if I can find the picture.


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    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    syklops wrote: »
    You know that AIB is Allied Irish Bank not Anglo Irish Bank, right?

    I do not think there is anyone on the country who would mix the two up.


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    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,410 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Chunners wrote: »
    Actually I was watching Tescos ad a few weeks ago and though their slogan "Every little helps" was pretty funny, the person who says it in the ad says it very fast and it sounds to me like they are saying "Every lidl helps" so they are pretty much unwittingly advertising their main competitor, no idea what ****ing genius thought that one up and now that I've said it thats all you will all hear now when you see that ad lol

    Funny you say that actually, cause Lidl have caught onto the similarities a few years ago and did their own billboards from it!

    Every Lidl Helps


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    bismuth
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭bismuth


    Banjo String wrote: »
    USB plugs.......

    modeled on a ducks face.

    This is adorable.


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    #28
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Karsini wrote: »
    EE probably shouldn't set up shop in Ireland, their 4GEE network would get a lot of laughs I'm sure. :pac:

    Someone explain this to me?

    It has me confused.

    Four Geee? :confused:


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Someone explain this to me?

    It has me confused.

    Four Geee? :confused:

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gee


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    #30
    Fuzzytrooper
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 896 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fuzzytrooper


    Not really an ad but I remember seeing a shelf sticker for Tesco Flavoured Lollipops. Yum!


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    youtheman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭youtheman


    My son was eating breakfast one day and the Sunday paper was on the table beside him. He said 'Dad, do you see anything wrong with that advertisment ?'. Hadn't noticed it myself but when it was pointed out I thought , wtf, do they not get people to proof read these things before they go to print !!!!


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