Reamed at work...
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- lobstarr0
Reamed at work is pretty unprofessional. I'm so glad at this point in my life I have "somewhat good" financial security to walk away from that shit anyway I can. Otherwise, if I was living paycheque to paycheque I'd be in a very stress full situation.
- CygnusZero40
I think the dude would have been fine, had the name not been the Remarkables.
- ...aside from that unfortunate event, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?luckyorphan
- i_monk0
Go on the attack. Call a meeting with your d-bag boss and the d-bag art director who set you off down the path to copyright infringement, and show step by step how you got to the logos you did (reiterate that the client chose the one logo of the set you didn't like).
Then quit, right there. Have your shit ready, walk out of the office and pick up your bag and you're gone.
- Wait. Drop trou. Take a dump on his desk. Then walk out of the office.MrNibs
- cannonball19780
*on cell phone*
"Jimbo! Yeah. Not happy today. I was playing golf and my partner said his daughter said our new business card looks like the Invisibles logo. Yeah, the Pixar one. What?... Who gives a fuck if it's not even a registered trademark. I'm calling to fry your ass on this. My wife wouldn't give me anal last night. What? Yeah you better crack some skulls. I don't know what kind of a monkey shop you're running down there... we still on for lunch at Hooter? Ok good buddy see you then"
- scarabin0
i can't be arsed to read the whole post, but i think it's funny 'cause our shop designed the logo and print campaign for the incredibles
- luckyorphan0
dMullins,
1. Let it go. It's over, and it's time to move on.
2. Speaking of moving on, change your username and email address on your profile when you post about looking for a job while still working at a design firm.Best of luck
- But I like yer spirit.luckyorphan
- Nobody here seems to have learned from my example.gramme
- I might disagree with you on that. ;)luckyorphan
- d_rek0
dMullins,
I feel your pain... sometimes from either absurd timelines or client demands we are often not left with much time for exploration and/or research. Unfortunately where I work we are often allowed to do ample research... it's the exploration part that's missing. If your superiors don't understand that both are integral and important to the creative process - especially if they want to produce unique, custom visual artifacts - then they will in all likelyhood run into this problem again.
What's even more alarming though is it sounds as if they value your talent in dollar signs. They no longer see the value in producing unique solutions for clients... i'm suprised they don't just have a big book of 'rejected' logos lying around for clients to shop from. Hell, why not build a web template library while they're at it? I understand the financial situation all too well... but even still, it can't hurt to begin shopping around for a better gig.
Cheers and good luck Holmez.
- dMullins0
Well this has been bugging the hell out of me all night, and I kept thinking to myself, "I know I didn't see this damn movie, hell, I never even really heard of it." Which got me wondering why I even ended up going this direction in the first place. So I opened up my work folder for this project and poured all the assets for other jobs, including a Keynote presentation that included logos my "Art Director" had created first. I remembered that I was the second designer on this, and that I was asked to come in and do some new explorations because no one was happy with the "Art Director's" options. Then I saw it.
This was a logo that she gave to me, and I remembered she had given me input on this, saying that it felt "hero-ish" and that I should give a go at this.
I feel 150% better about this entire situation now, knowing that my superior sat aside chuckling to herself (she doesn't like me), while I got my ass handed to me. This was good enough of a resolution for me. I realized that it's time to gtfo of here ASAP, when possible.
- Punch her in the tits on your way out the door.rascuache
- dMullins0
@luckyorphan: On one hand you're right, on the other hand, these logos were done in about a day. Unfortunately, where I work is not the kind of place that spends any time on exploration or research. It's very sad. The motto around here is, "You can get good creative anywhere." I did not learn about all of these downsides until over six months into this place, and as I said before, I need the money.
- Okay, a one-day logo does give you some slack.luckyorphan
- your_boss0
hello dmullins,
this is your boss, i am very angry that you would share this information over the internets like this. i thought we were friends?
come to my office now for a spanking.lots of love,
your boss.
- If you had a better grasp on English and didn't write like a retard, this might be believablemonospaced
- and also might be funnyephix
- lukus_W0
It's quite similar - but the 'Incredibles' logo isn't an obscure identity that most people wouldn't have had exposure to. It's a very well known identity that almost everyone will have seen at one time or another.
Any member of the company could (and should) have called this out as a potential problem. I think that part of the benefit of working in a team, is the ability to make use of peer review. If you are being treated like a lone worker, it's probably a sign that the team structure in your company isn't working well.
I'd suggest to your superiors, that this kind of mistake is an understandable (and excusable) accident. We're exposed to a great number of visual identities on a daily basis, so it stands to reason that we are sometimes going to be influenced subconsciously.
The failing is on the part of the company, because peer review should be an integral part of the internal company workflow. Suggest ways that you can avoid this happening in the future, by changing the way the company operates.
If, after suggesting this, they are still being difficult - I'd consider the fact that they might be using this event as an excuse to gain leverage over you.
- the client probably chose the logo because of the similarity. not the other way round, they did call their company "remarkables" in the first placekingsteven
- The client's choice is not the issue .. the issue is risk of litigation.lukus_W
- pillhead0
You bosses sound like a bunch of morons?
- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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Looks pretty damn similar in name, design and colours.
You should have known better to be fair- But defo leave the place, sound like a bunch of cuntsBIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD
- ali0
Unless disney own the colour red those logos are more than different enough for them to have not treated you like that. Bad teamwork there, I would expect an apology for that or find some better people to work with.
- you can bet that disney has trademarked everything related to their property... and will protect it tooth and nail.monNom
- Disney once had an elementary school remove their characters from a mural inside the school. No joke.luckyorphan
- MrNibs0
am I missing something? You said: internally WE picked 4. Who is WE? And why wasn't WE in the room getting a communal ass reaming along with you?
- FredMcWoozy0
I think HR and your boss are fucking clueless.
You can use this quote if you want and my email.
- cuke4260
it was a good movie, i liked it.
you should have done research but yeah they are dicks bottom line. poor management
- 74LEO0
You have to be aware of your subconscious decisions. Even though you didn't consciously choose this your mind probably already associated Remarkables with incredibles, invisibles. Its actually good branding my disney. Look at your color choices also. Was that a random decision?