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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Top 14 Worst Logo FAILS Ever

9:28 PM ScaniaZ No comments

Marketers say that one of the most important marketing tools is a good logo design. It not only provides an easy to recognize identity for your business but also communicates who you are. That’s why every company considering creating or buying a logo design should know the criteria that make for an effective logo.

The first feature of a good and effective logo is that it can immediately “grab” viewer’s attention. Your logo should have an immediate impact and hold the viewer’s attention.

However, if you did manage to catch the viewer’s eye – that doesn’t necessary mean you are doing good. There might always be a hidden penis you cannot see at first sight.

Here’s a list of Top 14 Worst Logo Fails of all time which probably didn’t look so bad at first glance.

A-Style Logo

A-Style logo was born well before the line of clothing – designed in 1989 and marketed in Italy since 1999. It was in fact an invention of his creator who began to attack Italian cities with stickers on a yellow background with A-Style logo (an example of guerilla marketing ), followed by other cities including Miami , Moscow and London. The newspapers and television began to be interested in the strange appearances of the logo, and soon the company started marketing their products under the brand A-Style.

Office of Government Commerce

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an independent Office of the Treasury. Sometimes you need to shift your view to realize the error. www.ogc.gov.uk

Mont-Sat

Now you know why Mr. Satellite looks so happy. www.mont-sat.pl

Arlington Pediatric Center

Just checked their website, and apparently they have changed their logo to something more pleasing. It’s no longer a pedophilic center. Now it has something to do with crabs (look attentively at letter C). FAIL again or is it their marketing strategy? www.arlpedcen.org

Pepsi

While all this might look like a joke, it gets even funnier when you look at the Pepsi Max logo. It has nearly twice the caffeine of Pepsi’s other cola beverages. We’re not sure what drinking Pepsi Max is supposed to do for you, but based on what it did to this guys tummy here, we’d suggest staying away from it.

You’ll never look at the Pepsi logo the same again.

Clinica Dental

Computer Doctors

Locum

A logo for Locum, a Swedish property management company.

CatWear

Institute Of Oriental Studies

Kudawara Pharmacy

Kidsexchange

Junior Jazz Dance Classes

15 Famous Movie Scenes Recreated in Lego

7:39 PM ScaniaZ No comments

Alex Eylar, a 21 year-old artist from Oakland, California recreates famous movie scenes using Lego bricks.Eylar, who is studying for his Master’s degree in screenwriting at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., says it’s the photography that takes the longest because he needs to get the effects right – and that could lead to days of work.

1. The Shining

2. American Beauty

3. Harry Potter

4. The Addams Family

5. The Exorcist

6. The Godfather

7. Psycho

8. Star Wars

9. A Clockwork Orange

10. Mission: Impossible

11. Pulp Fiction

12. The Social Network

13. The King’s Speech

14. James Bond

15. Inception

Fish Facts

7:31 AM ScaniaZ No comments

@All fish are vertebrates meaning they have backbones.

@There are roughly 20,000 different types of fish.

@All fish hatch from eggs.

@All fish use gills to take water out of oxygen.

@All fish are cold blooded, which means their body temperature is tied to the water around them.

@The Bristlemouth is the most abundant fish with billions of them in the ocean. They are roughly 3 inches long.

@Fish sleep with their eyes open.

@Some fish, such as the Yelloweye Rockfish can live to be over 100 years old.

@The smallest fish is the “Goby”, which is around a quarter inch long when fully grown.

@The biggest fish is the whale shark, which can be 60 feet long and weigh over 40,000 pounds.

@A Plaice, a type of flounder fish, can reproduce complex patterns around it for camouflage purposes.

@A single piranha can’t eat a man, but it can take off a toe.

@Goldfish turn white if they aren’t exposed to the Sun.

20 Most Creative Ads on Buildings

2:32 PM ScaniaZ No comments

If a plain logo can have such a strong impact when placed on a building, this means that after putting some creativity in your message – it could have a tremendous success. Besides being on 24 hours a day, ads on buildings also target a specific audience according to location.

To sum up, building advertisements are BIG, powerful, location-based and always on. And if they are really good – they also end up here on Bored Panda. So, let’s take a look at 20 most creative examples of ads placed on buildings and afterwards tell us: which one do you like best?