487K Montreal logo
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- luckyorphan0
I have to agree with a lot that noneck said. Gov't orgs, universities and museums are all nightmarish clients for all of the reasons listed above and more. I would say that one of the biggest issues with these orgs is that they are usually staffed with very conservatively-minded individuals who have very little experience with design at all.
I think that my main argument is that if a city wanted to do a logo for any reason, that when they found out that all of the bids would be around $500k, they should have dropped the project. I'm not saying that designs aren't worth that price. Rather, I just think that when you're dealing with public money and not a private grant or institution, money that is assumed by the public to be for the benefit of the public, they should prioritize appropriately, and consider that a new logo was simply outside of the parameters of a responsible budget.
In the end, there are countless better ways to spend $500k in a city than on a new logo.
That being said, I think that it would have been nice to see some civic cooperation and charity (like that displayed by Glaser) reflected in the budget proposed by the studios involved.
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