I surely agree. The new logo is trivializing. WC
--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Cultural Institutions > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 11:10 AM > Here's one little institutional decision that might be > of interest: the > choice of logo for the Cincinnati Art Museum - comparing 50 > years ago with > today. > > Note how that 1950's design (on top -- by Noel Martin) > has the dynamics you > might find in a an abstract, geo-form painting of that era. > Then, consider, > below it, the design which the museum is using today. > > There's lower case instead of upper case -- > there's a little florette as > might be found on a Walmart shower curtain -- and it might > just as > well serve as a logo for some other family-friendly > destination -- like the > Cincinnati Zoo. > > > http://www.chicagocompactdiscs.com/pictures/museum%20logos.jpg > > (BTW - Noel Martin just died, and his NY Times obit > recognizes him as > something of an innovator in Art Museum catalog design) > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Don't leave everything up in the air. Click here for > great quotes on flight > insurance! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxXxQp8MpWX17bsnIyy7BW6mO > qvoqgp2tWicMGgX3iExsIrjU0igKk/
