The website's going to be shedding some skin in a couple days, growing and changing hopefully for the better, so imagine my delight to fire 'er up in Firefox and to see this gem of a design for the site logo. No idea where it came from or who made it, but man it feels good to laugh it up every once in a while, doesn't it?
And I can't wait for the web editor to see it because it's 100% certain that he/she didn't approve of this bad boy. It sure is great to work in a company where anyone and everyone can and does contribute to the graphic design of the greater good!
But seriously, "th[]t's"? Granted the mouse (or lamp?) is meant to be an "A", but come on, that barely registers on first glance!
"Yeah, man. You gotta check out all the best stuff in Beijing online."
'Oh yeah, brah? Wherez I gots to go?'
"Oh, check it out. This totally rad website: Thts."
'Thts? Sounds pretty cool.'
"Yeah, brah. Thts."
'Thts, total thts.'
High five.
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google "that's beijing" and the first result is The Beijinger. that's got to be annoying for the internet editor.
ReplyDeleteAnnoying is but a facade of the emotions associated with our website around here.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually more annoying that when you google "that's absurd" this blog doesn't show up first.
Update:
ReplyDeleteUm, yeah, so whoever I ridiculed for the aforementioned logo above turned out to be the Same Soul that works next to me everyday.
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Awkward!
Wouldn't th@t's have better symbolized something that's online?
ReplyDeleteDearest Norman,
ReplyDeleteI can't even begin to describe the joy of working on the mag's Official Website.
It's something like what it must feel like to get a root canal when you're already wearing dentures.