487K Montreal logo
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- luckyorphan0
Businesses can make a profit however they like. But they can also give a little as well. I'm not saying that they should shoot themselves in the foot. Just be a little considerate of the fact that the money they're getting came from taxpayers, and that they should account for that. Likewise, the gov't should protect those assets and use them more wisely.
I can see this is just me here. A percentage of a budget is meaningless to me. The recently killed F-22 fighter was only .01% of the federal budget – a mere $4.2 billion that certainly isn't meaningless to the agencies who are doing more concrete work on the ground.
I understand the design community's need to rally around the importance of design – I do it often myself. But a new logo for that price is simply irresponsible. Montreal could have gotten a decent logo for a fraction of the cost, and still provide other funds across communities.
A new logo is not a need. It's a want. And there are surely more essential civic needs not being met.
- A logo that works pays for itself. I you don't understand that why are you anywhere near this industry?Amicus