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$125 Million Doesn’t Even Buy a Unique Logo Anymore
- April 16th, 2007 /
It’s been widely reported that Conde Nast launched their new $125 million dollar brand today, Portfolio.com. Clearly, they are putting the resources behind it that they think are necessary to ensure its success. The logo had a familiar look to it when I checked it out this morning. I guess for that kind of money you don’t get your own unique logo anymore, but you do get the best rip-off of someone else’s that money can buy. (I guess the italicized middle f is going to be the next big thing in graphic design.)
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Apr 17, 2007 at 6:08 pm
How about an update on the Blake v. Chris competition! What’s the latest score guys!!!
Apr 18, 2007 at 2:54 am
Yes, what’s the score?) We’re too keeping eye on it!
Apr 18, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Hmmm….I’d bet whoever is behind is the one holding up the post, eh Oleg?!?!
Apr 19, 2007 at 8:07 am
Well, let’s wait and see who it was)
Jun 22, 2007 at 5:02 am
The Logo Factor - Design Blog » Rip offs, knock offs and downright skullduggery says:
[...] We’re always going on about people pinching ideas for logos (not a good idea). Seems the same thing is pretty common when it comes to web design and the like. The folks at Mashable have put together a list of the 7 Most Blatant Web 2.0 Rip Offs. Some pretty brazen stuff – there’s some links in the comments that are even more apparent. Meanwhile, Scot Smith illustrates how logo design contests are a very bad idea, for both designer and client alike. Matt Heerema discovers the darker side of logo template sites. And while getting burned for a fifty-buck template from some design clearing house isn’t so bad, how about when $125 million doesn’t buy a unique logo anymore. Even blog web site text isn’t immune anymore – though The Blog Herald gives some decent pointers on how to detect when you stuff has been pinched. Jeebus. It’s a jungle out there… [...]