# Adventures in bad logo design - August 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113 "2022-08-04T19:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/21 "2022-08-05T12:26:48Z")
Well, there’s always the Federal University of Santa Catarina’s Institute of Oriental Studies. [![](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/12/590x/University-of-Santa-Catarina-logo-582536.jpg) ](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/12/590x/University-of-Santa-Catarina-logo-582536.jpg) Polish satellite TV provider Mont-Sat is always _very_ happy to see you. [![](https://www.webespacio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mont-sat.jpg) ](https://www.webespacio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mont-sat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/22 "2022-08-05T12:38:11Z")
Am I the only one who thinks that the [Amazon logo](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cengage.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F04%2FAmazon-logo.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cengage.com%2F243-2%2F&tbnid=yKcilT92fRypWM&vet=12ahUKEwjom93u2a_5AhVVYzUKHfgQA-YQxiAoAXoECAAQFw..i&docid=Wn05fKxu3Z0T8M&w=1110&h=380&itg=1&q=amazon%20logo&ved=2ahUKEwjom93u2a_5AhVVYzUKHfgQA-YQxiAoAXoECAAQFw) looks like a penis? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/23 "2022-08-05T12:43:25Z")
In a better world Doughboys and Locum would have some sort of business partnership. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/24 "2022-08-05T12:43:59Z")
> [@Keeve](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks that the [Amazon logo](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cengage.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F04%2FAmazon-logo.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cengage.com%2F243-2%2F&tbnid=yKcilT92fRypWM&vet=12ahUKEwjom93u2a_5AhVVYzUKHfgQA-YQxiAoAXoECAAQFw..i&docid=Wn05fKxu3Z0T8M&w=1110&h=380&itg=1&q=amazon%20logo&ved=2ahUKEwjom93u2a_5AhVVYzUKHfgQA-YQxiAoAXoECAAQFw) looks like ? Yeah, the ‘V’ arrow part is totally a not-so-subliminal frenulum. I’d bet money that’s intentional. That logo must have had far too many design iterations and focus testing groups for that not to be noticed by somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/25 "2022-08-06T01:29:41Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Well, there’s always the Federal University of Santa Catarina’s Institute of Oriental Studies. Somewhat off-topic but that reminds me of the Torres Strait Islander flag: [![](https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-08/TSI_flag.jpg) ](https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-08/TSI_flag.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/26 "2022-08-06T01:35:15Z")
> [@solost](#): > > (Maybe should have set that up as a double click for NSFW) At first I couldn’t see the problem, and now I can’t unsee it. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/27 "2022-08-06T01:54:00Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I realize this is just a local school district, but still, there had to be several pairs of eyes looking at this and giving it the thumbs-up before somebody finally spoke up and said, uh, hey guys…? …you are assuming, of course, that this wasn’t deliberate. From a Hanover County School Board member: > [@](#): > > His statement in full read, “Have you done any research on the source of this letter? Does this letter represent the views of the Hanover NAACP **or the views of an angry African American lady** who holds the title of president of that organization? Check it out — do a little research on Pat Hunter-Jordan — that could result in an interesting story for a truth-seeking investigative reporter. I will not be making any further comment.” > **[Hanover School Board’s Redd draws backlash over ‘angry African American’ comment](https://richmond.com/news/local/education/article_113bd834-273a-5f06-a36c-9738605f3408.html)** > > Hanover County Board of Supervisors Chair Angela Kelly-Wiecek began Wednesday’s board meeting by addressing an influx of questions from Hanover residents about removing a school board member, following a letter A recent editorial: > [@](#): > > The board’s composition — six white men and one woman of color — scoffs at valuing all people and perspectives. And the board appears unwilling to separate religion from its policy decisions. > > The school district was already viewed as uncaring toward Black students, as documented on an Instagram account, [Black@HanoverCPS](https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=Black@HanoverCPS), during the 2020 summer of racial reckoning. [Supervisors have systematically purged School Board incumbents who voted to remove Confederate names on county schools.](https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/williams-in-picking-school-board-hanover-prizes-confrontation-over-education/article_8ebc7fa9-dfec-59fa-9ca0-e9e8b0b28389.html) And this year, the School Board enlisted the faith-based, anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom to help defend its scofflaw approach to transgender rights. > > Students were punished for protesting the board’s violation of state law. As one speaker told the supervisors on Wednesday: Don’t think the hostile signals you’re sending on trans students aren’t being absorbed by the larger student enrollment. > **[Williams: The Hanover School Board needs more diversity and less religion](https://richmond.com/zzstyling/column/williams-the-hanover-school-board-needs-more-diversity-and-less-religion/article_eb671c3d-5e59-5e2a-8ab6-a1d73f113b89.html)** > > This is an opinion column from columnist Michael Paul Williams. Join the conversation on our opinion page here. Logos like this are typical of alt-right trolling, like the stage design at CPAC designed to look like Nazi insignia, or how the OK symbol has been co-opted. It could be a genuine mistake. Or it could be someone having a laugh. In this day and age, we can never really know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/28 "2022-08-06T06:43:25Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Somewhat off-topic but that reminds me of the Torres Strait Islander flag: [I don’t wear skinny jeans meme - Bing images](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=U1TOm5Zz&id=86BD08A27A1C40801FBF9C14D7897CAED200B03F&thid=OIP.U1TOm5ZzYihTP1r-BM_mjgHaG8&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.all-greatquotes.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2014%2f06%2fI-dont-wear-skinny-jeans-Because-my-nuts-dont-fit.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.5354ce9b96736228533f5afe04cfe68e%3frik%3dP7AA0q58idcUnA%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=600&expw=640&q=I+don%27t+wear+skinny+jeans+meme&simid=608004594572346623&FORM=IRPRST&ck=5C0FE95179FE65E2F47E97E61005E21A&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/29 "2022-08-06T06:50:43Z")
Let’s not overlook this one, seen all over Moto GP events [What’s going on here, then?](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=sRrZ6Jv0&id=EF9498E431D3147AE274A21FD5369F55025DE2A8&thid=OIP.sRrZ6Jv0uWxXteud_MS-AwHaJU&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.b11ad9e89bf4b96c57b5eb9dfcc4be03%3frik%3dqOJdAlWfNtUfog%26riu%3dhttp%253a%252f%252flogonoid.com%252fimages%252fa-style-logo.png%26ehk%3ddUL2Qd3q%252bPFv9CpoaSx%252fN0Z%252b7sqBfXf4qPsHYiFAw%252fY%253d%26risl%3d%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=1024&expw=814&q=A+Style+logo&simid=608021009935917204&FORM=IRPRST&ck=3BFE313866ECA0E3E1DC4126A9C9B198&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/30 "2022-08-06T07:11:03Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > For the “Women’s Network” logo, at the risk of getting a housecall from Dr. Rorschach, I’m gonna be honest and admit I’m not sure what’s visually problematic. I thought it looked tamponic myself. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/31 "2022-08-06T08:42:15Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > tamponic A word I never thought I’d encounter. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113/32 "2022-08-06T11:11:25Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > > tamponic > > A word I never thought I’d encounter. - It almost sings! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-bad-logo-design-august-2022/969113.md?page=1)