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- mimeartist0
don't think they ever show it on its own. that'll be the guidelines for you.
- 23kon0
as an identity that the public can identify with, i definitely think that the icodesign of the word "mill" works better as it is easier to read.
the-mill version of "mill" to anyone but designers or people who KNEW the name wouldnt even register as letters to most people.
if you hadnt seen it before, i bet if id showed you those lines and asked "what does that say?" you wouldnt have said "mill".
i think you need to KNOW what it says before you realise what it says.nothing wrong with stealing an idea as long as you improve on it.
and ico certainly have in my opinion
- neue75_bold0
yeah, but sadly people are often more likely to purchase something they feel they already know...
being different has it's place, but often it's at the end of the queue to conformity... and truly, if it's your initial aim at the outset of a project, you're probably ignoring too many more important factors...
yet, I think this is mostly within commercial print design, the web, motion graphics and youth-orinted design arenas definitely desire something 'different' every week...
- Rand0
I designed the original mill logo, as well as red cross and target
- vespa0
but seriously originality is always best. this is the law of the creative world.
it's the job of marketeers to feed poo back to consumers quick enough to make them think they are eating food, don't let that be our job too.
- vespa0
it would be different if it was rendered in paper cuts. you could wear a cape and become known as a crack Brand Reinforcement Agent
- neue75_bold0
why? just out of curiosity...
clearly it's more for yourself than for the benefit of others...
- Baskerville0
thanks guys, I'll give em the benefit of the doubt but I'm not convinced.
interesting how much stuff gets re-appropriated in design, only makes me want to do something completely different.
- mimeartist0
...and made thought do most of their stuff now, and we did the site, and they did their work, and... something
- vespa0
i think you should go to the agency armed with the finest strongest rice paper you can find, track down the designer responsible, shout a bloodcurdling cry of "THIS IS FOR YOU NORTHHHHH!!" and inflict a perfectly rendered original mill logo upon their forehead in tiny paper cuts.
- mimeartist0
Pretty sure it was Mason who was at north... but now at bibliothequé...
Was originally design as MillFilm and then used for the mill...
Don't think that other one is really a rip, more coincidence... not a lot to play with with really is there
- NuBoy0
I think it would be a great idea to bring up the similarities, as depending on the CD response, you'll know that you will be working with designers that have no morals and no originally.
It sounds like the company i work for, their motto is 'LET'S RESKIN THAT GAME....fu*king muppets!!' but only 5 days left!! Woo-Hoo!
Best of luck Baskerville
- neue75_bold0
I mean, I would try anything once...
- kelpie0
when they need one?
- Baskerville0
should have known! North good, that's cleared up.
when will north get a proper wesbite.
- neue75_bold0
I thought North did?
- Baskerville0
so who designed the Mill logo then?
One of the things I hate about my current job is that other designers are prepared to rip stuff off. I would never do it, and I'm having trouble using a pattern someone in my studio has 'designed' as it's a direct rip off of a pattern in the Stella McCartney store. I just wish the client knew (they are a very big client)
- letters20
Baskerville, why don't you bring it up in the interview? I mean, it will only benefit you to display your sense of integrity and also general design awareness. Talk to them about it, and see what they have to say for themselves. I am sure their response will give you the exact feeling/criteria to understand if you want to work with them.
As for The Mill logo itself – I was under the impression that Made Thought worked on it – but perhaps they have only worked on some of the brand collateral.