Pentagram Sucks...
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- JSK0
Ok i am leaving.
- what--just because epete is a republican?magnificent_ruin
- I am a republican.JSK
- pepe0
but see, 'boring' and 'sucks' are two very different things. logos you buy through craigslist suck, but pentagram logos are boring sometimes. i would think they are pretty good if not interesting if it werent for their public speaking engagements. everytime ive seen a partner from there speak i felt like i was a homeless man walking into burberry by their tone. i think they hol themselves to a higher place, and may have been there in the 70s or 80s but now there are too many good designers to be that elite.
- I happen to think that good design is interesting, and therefore boring is bad design ergo - sucks!Amicus
- epete220
let's see what they have done.
- _salisae_0
- you have not heard of the healthy eating pyramid then?
http://www.hsph.harv…
johndiggity
- you have not heard of the healthy eating pyramid then?
- onewhoslaps0
hmmmm.......
i'd worry about making a website that works before you go start bashing established work and great historical design institutes.
amicus website - http://www.comingsoon.com.au/
"Web Site not configured"
- I'd worry about addressing the debate instead of the debaters.fate_
- (insert master-debaters joke here)
(insert fail here)fate_ - (insert master-debater joke here)
(insert fail here)fate_ - I know my website isn't up. It's been on my to do list for a couple of years, but I'm still learning to code...Amicus
- PS... that isn't my domain name :)Amicus
- creez0
their site is pretty shit
- Llyod0
this is kind of cool
http://www.dsrny.com/
- fate_0
Face it, Pentragram is the equivalent now of what 2advanced will be in 20 more years. You'll all be harping on about how "classic" and "timeless" 2advanced websites are in 2029.
- jfletcher0
I met one of their old parnters at a design conference both of us were speaking at. During a dinner he expressed "we were different, because he is a craftsman". Mostly becasue I hand interaction design and not graphic design in my talk. I thought he was a complete douche, not to mention his talk was terrible and boring.
As for Petagrams work, I like a good amount of it, and they are well respected. Besides the one guy, no problems here.
- sted0
- morilla0
I still want a job Kit.
- kreydle0
I love what Pentagram did for Ruby Tuesday. They single handedly turned that restaurant around - menus, interiors, branding... -everything.
- magnificent_ruin0
as much as anything, people admire the systematic programs enabled by a well-funded, well-organized insfrastructure
- typist0
i think pentagram set the bar of corporate identity in the 80s and 90s
but the latest identities they create are below their standard, still the application of the logo through out save it somehow
pentagram's work? more like logopond's work to me
doesnt say ballet or NYC to me
bad logo, good application- almost my point... but why should a logo needing saving by it's application?Amicus
- agreed. a lot of their work looks stock to me.dirtydesign
- I did not realize that Pentagram was this bad, I might change my mind about them?utopian
- cough http://www.kiggen.be…tank02
- robotron3k0
- hehe. love that image... especially as my 'technically sophisticated' boss still types hunt and peck style with two fingersAmicus