Now there's a logo!

[CraigDolphin]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml

Had me laughing so hard when I saw this on the news

 

[georgedwilkinson]

Roffle My Woffle!!!!

 

[MrsGorilla]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/24/nogc124.xml

Had me laughing so hard when I saw this on the news

So, they created this agency to try to contain government spending, and then they pay £14,000 to create this logo which is basically just the three letters?

 

[MrsGorilla]

Some people need to go back to graphics design school.

That one gets me every time I see it.

 

[MrsGorilla]

In Wyoming I saw this great Mini-Mart:

The Cum & Go

(spelled exactly that way)

We have these here:

Still not great.

 

[CraigDolphin]

...just the three letters?

Can't tell if you missed the joke but, if you did, have you looked at the logo on its side? You don't see anything...amusing... when you do? Or were you just additonally remarking on the irony of paying for the logo?

 

[MrsGorilla]

Can't tell if you missed the joke but, if you did, have you looked at the logo on its side? You don't see anything...amusing... when you do? Or were you just additonally remarking on the irony of paying for the logo?

No, I did get the joke about the logo. But I was also remarking on the irony of paying so much for a logo that is basically just three letters in a row when you're supposed to be an organization that improves government spending efficiency.

 

[Vassago]

No, I did get the joke about the logo. But I was also remarking on the irony of paying so much for a logo that is basically just three letters in a row when you're supposed to be an organization that improves government spending efficiency.

I was wondering the same thing. 14,000 Pounds for three letters??? Are you serious?

 

[boblarson]

I was wondering the same thing. 14,000 Pounds for three letters??? Are you serious?

But they are very S M O O T H letters

 

[CraigDolphin]

14,000 pounds for three letters carefully put together in a way that makes the world laugh....cheap at twice the price!

But seriously, that's the design that was finally picked but I'm fairly sure there were a lot of other designs created and trialled during the process along with lots of meetings etc.

From what I've seen locally, requests for bids for less than US$10,000 for GIS mapping work attracted zero bids despite public advertising and even direct requests to various consulting firms. The feedback was that none of the consultants could even be bothered with the paperwork for that amount. So, that amount isn't really that that far out of line with reality....even if, yes, any one of us could have done come up with it, but did you submit a bid to the OGC for less and have it declined? If that was the case, then I'd see something to complain about.

 

[statsman]

I was wondering the same thing. 14,000 Pounds for three letters??? Are you serious?

That would be 4666.66 pounds per letter.
Good thing there were only 3 letters.