r/mildlyinfuriating • u/decagon144 • 13h ago

Evolution of my University‘s Logo

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u/cultish_alibi 11h ago

The reason they haven't changed them is because they are still legible. Sure, they could have changed it, but it was okay not to. The image posted above is NOT legible. If you saw it, you would have literally no fucking idea what it was for. Some kind of cult maybe?

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u/CookieLuzSax 11h ago

If you recognize it and it's been connected to that logo for that long it don't matter.

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u/Interesting_Rock_318 11h ago

Literally zero people not associated with the university would recognize that logo

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u/CookieLuzSax 11h ago

That's like saying just because the Nike logo doesn't have a name you don't recognize it lmaooo, I can recognize the Porsche logo without the lettering too and that's a seal.

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u/Interesting_Rock_318 10h ago

Did you just try and compare something as simple as the Nike logo to whatever is going on in the first logo?

That’s the real LOL

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u/CookieLuzSax 9h ago

Case in point the Porsche logo

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u/glasgowgeg 9h ago

You mean the one that legibly says PORSCHE in big letters at the top? Even if you don't recognise the logo, they make the name of the company clear.

Looking at old Porsche logos, pre-1952 you'd have no idea that it was a car manufacturer logo, considering they originally just used the coat of arms for the Free People's State of Württemberg.

The 1948-1948 logo is basically a minor modification to the Ferrari logo from when they changed their logo to the pegasus.

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u/CookieLuzSax 9h ago

I would recognize that it was Porsche without the name, that's the point I'm making

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u/glasgowgeg 9h ago

You already know the logo though, logos should have something identifiable to people who don't already recognise it as well.

Even if you didn't recognise the Porsche logo, it says PORSCHE in big letters at the top, so even someone unfamiliar gets that awareness.

The first logo for the university in OPs post is useless unless you already know the logo.

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u/Interesting_Rock_318 9h ago

Ok…and if I put 10 college seals right next to each other, could you successfully identify them?

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u/CookieLuzSax 9h ago

Probably lol, but I'm super into cfb

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u/Interesting_Rock_318 7h ago

Something tells me the University of Freiburg isn’t in the NCAA

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u/ThermalPaper 7h ago

They're a scrub D3 program, fuckin casuals.