To my eye, they made the right call.

Although I gotta say the idea of using the O as a window, with no permanent background and a constant shift of what makes up the O, would have been very interesting.

DamnYankees: Although I gotta say the idea of using the O as a window, with no permanent background and a constant shift of what makes up the O, would have been very interesting.

Yeah, I thought that was really awesome. It would have been cool if they'd utilized it in some way.

DamnYankees: To my eye, they made the right call.

Yeah ... that's gotta be one of the best logos for any campaign, pretty much ever.

I liked the 1st one.

I liked #4

I think the new Pepsi logo is an Obama reject

He is has this one ready for after the inauguration

Yeah the window O might of been really cool, but it might of been too different. But still a great idea.

#1 is the only one that even comes close to the final logo. Best marketing choice ever.

Yeah, real original.

Oprah just called...

She wants her "O" back.

i've been wondering about this for a long time.

it looks like the choice was pretty clear, but a lot of those options are really nice, and really radical compared to existing political identities.

the fact that obama and the people close to him would even entertain some of these ideas really informs the mantra of "change," i think.

NYZooMan: Yeah, real original.

Wow, you mean that other groups use round logos? Holy shiat, that's insane!

/You lost, get over it.

Look through the 'O'. Is that the default background after a Windows XP install?

/Linky like its hot!

K3rmy: Look through the 'O'. Is that the default background after a Windows XP install?

/Linky like its hot!

No, but it's close.

I had that as my background forever.

Current background is default Windows Vista.

Good thing they didn't chose this:



Too, easy to make a BSOD joke-smear

Raptor Jesus: NYZooMan: Yeah, real original.

Wow, you mean that other groups use round logos? Holy shiat, that's insane!

/You lost, get over it.

lol I find it funny that he actually took the time to find a similar logo with the sole intention of posting it in the comments section of a fark link expecting to... do something...

Corvus: Yeah the window O might of been really cool, but it might of been too different. But still a great idea.

Pretty much. It's one of the things that I've picked up with almost ALL politics - even down to town-level politics.

A red/white/blue motif for campaign signs is pretty much STANDARD in the US. There are some exceptions at municipal level politics, but they're fairly rare. (For example, I know that a lot of the Newark council signs tend to be in various colors - orange, purple, so on and so forth. But red and blue are the most common.)

I think the window O and the horizon O...weren't that different. The latter did end up being used in a way similar to the former, and I even think that there was a rainbow variation of the stripes. But making that motif a part of the campaign WOULD have been interesting.

Wonder what logos didn't make the cut for McCain.

NYZooMan: Yeah, real original.

Not really a fan of the current logo. #1 and #4 were pretty decent.

But then, logos for people are kinda dumb anyways.

Also:

1. Stupid
2. Crap
3. Gay
4. Lame
5. Utter shiat
6. Also lame
7. Meh.

I'm saving them all for my altar.

The first one looked sort of cool but where's the Pixar gooseneck lamp? It looks so bare without it.

If you haven't seen the Alfred E. Neuman parody of the famous Obama poster, it's still not too late to buy the book of MAD posters or the MAD pop-up book for some old fart on your list.

I'd like to open them myself on Christmas morn.

I love pop-up books.

I have the Royal Family pop-up book, and Kubla Khan by Cooleridge, and several Halloween pop-up books with great pop-up monsters.

I don't think the whole play on O8-O8AMA thing worked very well. It kinda works on informal forums, but isn't serious enough for a campaign.

The window would have been interesting.

GoodasGold: He is has this one ready for after the inauguration

You lost, loser. Come back when you have anything other than immature wining.

I like Obama, voted for Obama, but all those logos make me cringe, including the current one.

Logos for people. Bleh.

Heroic Poser: I liked the 1st one.

Yes, the reflection was subtle and clever. The others that tried the 08/OB thing were too heavy-handed.

However, overall, I agree the best one was chosen, due to its simplicity and conciseness. That makes it more useful as an icon.

MMMM ... frosted blue donut and bacon ... MMMMMMM

/if Fark represents America, no wonder he won

DamnYankees: Although I gotta say the idea of using the O as a window, with no permanent background and a constant shift of what makes up the O, would have been very interesting.

The image of "no permanent background and a constant shift of what makes up the O" may be a rather flawed ideal for a political campaign, wouldn't you say? For an office where folks hope you mean what you say and carry through with those promises...

It's a thought...

nlscb: MMMM ... frosted blue donut and bacon ... MMMMMMM

As a designer, i fell in love with the Obama logo from the start. none of the others have that spark. I didn't think anything could beat the 2004 "W", which was a big surprise, as elegant as it was. McCain's was alright, the font was used on the vietnam memorial, and is pretty strong, but lacks the class that obama had (and it was classy as hell). hilary's didn't really do anything for me. There have been studies showing that campaign design plays a pretty big role in the public's perception of a candidate. Look at Kerry vs Bush, Kerry's was an embarrassment, as seen here:


/hot to the linked

MsQue: There have been studies showing that campaign design plays a pretty big role in the public's perception of a candidate. Look at Kerry vs Bush, Kerry's was an embarrassment, as seen here:
graphics7.nytimes.com

That was a joke, right?

NYZooMan: Yeah, real original.

Jesus, sandy vagina? Hate him so much that even his logo has bear the brunt of your petty, lukewarm wit?

The Great EZE: MsQue: There have been studies showing that campaign design plays a pretty big role in the public's perception of a candidate. Look at Kerry vs Bush, Kerry's was an embarrassment, as seen here:
graphics7.nytimes.com

That was a joke, right?


i assure you it wasn't. sometimes people just have way too much time. i may have exaggerated by saying it was a "big role" but at the same time, if it gives you an edge, it gives you an edge.

MsQue: i assure you it wasn't. sometimes people just have way too much time. i may have exaggerated by saying it was a "big role" but at the same time, if it gives you an edge, it gives you an edge.

Bu...bu...but they used THE SAME FSKING FLAG!

im guessing they would have had to get permission from microsoft...

Whoever did that logo comparison is pulling your leg. The kerning ("letter spacing" in their parlance) between the "K" and the "e" in Kerry was too loose? It can't go any tighter in that typeface without becoming artsy/illegible.

It is interesting to interpret what a design conveys but I don't trust the interpretation of someone who decides good kerning = inexperience while unaligned, tracking-all-over-the-place in the other logo = macho. Oh, that's right, they didn't mention the batshiat-crazy lack of alignment or tracking in the other logo...which conveys batshiat-crazy.

The Great EZE: MsQue: i assure you it wasn't. sometimes people just have way too much time. i may have exaggerated by saying it was a "big role" but at the same time, if it gives you an edge, it gives you an edge.

Bu...bu...but they used THE SAME FSKING FLAG!

ah-HA! but they aren't. One is a bold and simple (read: strong) while the other is more thought out and a little sloppy (read: unsure of it's self). They are very similar, and the average person wouldn't think twice about it consciously and know what the problem is, but these things read in the back of one's mind. amazing how something so stupid could make a difference, eh? people like pretty things, and if a designer's smart, they can throw in some much more. And if they don't know what they're doing, they can really fark things up.

but yeah, i might think about this stuff too much. :]

Lumi:

It is interesting to interpret what a design conveys but I don't trust the interpretation of someone who decides good kerning = inexperience while unaligned, tracking-all-over-the-place in the other logo = macho. Oh, that's right, they didn't mention the batshiat-crazy lack of alignment or tracking in the other logo...which conveys batshiat-crazy.

i'll admit, it is a little overboard, and they're subjective things pointed out in some cases, but i just thought it was interesting to share. i stick by the flag thing though, kerry's was a mess.

It's weird looking at them as design options on a website - they all look really... I don't know. Wrong, in a way. Even the option they ended up picking looks trite (and not in the 'seen it as his campaign logo every goddamn day' way). But stuff like #2 just looks like a rip of the Live 8 logo, #1 looks dodgy and cliche with the use of the reflection... I like finalist #2 a lot, though.

I agree that overall, the image of the Bush logo is "tough" while Kerry's is "milquetoast."

That Obama logo is a damn thing of beauty, though. The choice of a more cyan blue, rather than the typical dark, murky blue was brilliant. The red stripes can be either flag stripes (patriotic) or a field (wholesome America). The overall effect was one of optimism (its overall brightness) grounded in American values.

I could be interpreting out of my ass like with the '04 logos, but I'd like to think I'm not. :p

Rob Anybody: It's weird looking at them as design options on a website - they all look really... I don't know. Wrong, in a way. Even the option they ended up picking looks trite (and not in the 'seen it as his campaign logo every goddamn day' way). But stuff like #2 just looks like a rip of the Live 8 logo, #1 looks dodgy and cliche with the use of the reflection... I like finalist #2 a lot, though.

The problem is it that all of them convey Web 2.0, not exactly what I have in mind when I think President. But I guess very impressive to the idiots now complaining that because they have usernames at the Obama site, they should be able to have a say in policy.

I think the "a" in Obama should have been in red. And maybe just turned into an "r" Obamr 2.0. Maybe that will be what he uses in 2012.

Lumi: Whoever did that logo comparison is pulling your leg. The kerning ("letter spacing" in their parlance) between the "K" and the "e" in Kerry was too loose? It can't go any tighter in that typeface without becoming artsy/illegible.

It is interesting to interpret what a design conveys but I don't trust the interpretation of someone who decides good kerning = inexperience while unaligned, tracking-all-over-the-place in the other logo = macho. Oh, that's right, they didn't mention the batshiat-crazy lack of alignment or tracking in the other logo...which conveys batshiat-crazy.

You do have to admit, though, the W '04 logo was kind of iconic in its own way. Is it perfect? No. TBTH, I think BOTH major candidates' logo designers did a much better job this year than either Bush's team or Kerry's team did in 2004.

But...It's one of the few things I'll defend Bush on, but the Kerry sticker hardly looks professional. I wouldn't have nitpicked with the serif vs. sans-serif fonts here nor the kerning, but the thing that screams "cheap" to me is the random-ass flag in there.

Well, that and the Times New Roman. It can be used, but it's so generic I would have opted for something a BIT different.

I think the difference is best expressed by Sender as quoted from the interview: "The strongest logos tell simple stories." W's does tell a bit of a story, though the heavy font is a bit imperialist. (And admittedly, the W variations are better.) Obama's and McCain's definitely did, I think. Kerry's...okay, it's a bumper sticker, but it just doesn't.

RoyBatty: Web 2.0

"Web 2.0" doesn't exist except in the minds of marketing droids.

/Sorry, hate the term.

Mnemia: .

The idea that Web 2.0 doesn't exist does not exist except in the minds of Maddox drones..