Comments on: Get Ready to Hate Iowa State http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php A blog for graphic designers Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly L http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-87002 Kelly L Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:52:37 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-87002 Randomly stumbled across this.. just thought I'd update you and announce that, two years later, no one *really* likes the new logo. Other than Jamie Pollard, probably. I honestly had no idea that these had come from spec work.... ugh. Iowa State has a quality graphic design program in which they teach their students never to work for spec because it's so demeaning to the profession. I don't know if that's irony or just insulting. I also don't remember actually getting to vote on this, and I was a senior at ISU at the time. Hmm. Randomly stumbled across this.. just thought I’d update you and announce that, two years later, no one *really* likes the new logo. Other than Jamie Pollard, probably.

I honestly had no idea that these had come from spec work…. ugh. Iowa State has a quality graphic design program in which they teach their students never to work for spec because it’s so demeaning to the profession. I don’t know if that’s irony or just insulting.

I also don’t remember actually getting to vote on this, and I was a senior at ISU at the time. Hmm.

]]> By: CaliCy http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5151 CaliCy Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:01:56 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5151 Nate Voss, ManBear, Bill Kerr, Mike Miller, Tom...so great to see the biggest assembly of faggots of all time posting on the same site. Do you choose to be this gay because you are, or is it because a vagina has always been out of the question. Adelie...you're probably a butch dyke, which is close to a fag. Go Cyclones!!!! Nate Voss, ManBear, Bill Kerr, Mike Miller, Tom…so great to see the biggest assembly of faggots of all time posting on the same site. Do you choose to be this gay because you are, or is it because a vagina has always been out of the question.

Adelie…you’re probably a butch dyke, which is close to a fag.

Go Cyclones!!!!

]]> By: Tom http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5150 Tom Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:08:54 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5150 Vossman, just to bring this story to a conclusion. Iowa State announced their new helmets yesterday (which are now leading to a full re-brand of athletics, but that's a different story for a different day)... and they're not using ANY of the options that were voted on! The helmet is going to be the middle version in the graphic at the top of this post, only it will be red instead of white. The "I" mark will still be red, mind you, so its red-on-red. But that's an aesthetic argument, so I digress. To recap: they took contest submissions for a new helmet, combined their favorites into three options and put it up for a vote of the masses, and then after the votes were tallied they decided not to use the chosen option anyway. You can't make this stuff up. <a href="http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1249144" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1249144</a> Vossman, just to bring this story to a conclusion. Iowa State announced their new helmets yesterday (which are now leading to a full re-brand of athletics, but that’s a different story for a different day)…

and they’re not using ANY of the options that were voted on! The helmet is going to be the middle version in the graphic at the top of this post, only it will be red instead of white. The “I” mark will still be red, mind you, so its red-on-red. But that’s an aesthetic argument, so I digress.

To recap: they took contest submissions for a new helmet, combined their favorites into three options and put it up for a vote of the masses, and then after the votes were tallied they decided not to use the chosen option anyway. You can’t make this stuff up.

http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1249144

]]> By: James http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5149 James Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:57:09 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5149 Welcome to the Do It Yourself Nation. Someone goes out and buys a mechanic book and they think they can take apart an engine. Likewise, people buy a program and they think the crap they produce is called design. My one-year-old daughter is more creative with slobber and Cheerios than a Booster or Alumni with a program will ever be. And I'm sure there is a booster or alumni who has promised to be more giving if their "design" is chosen. If what we are seeing is the combination of several designs, I would hate to see what the individual "designs" were. Welcome to the Do It Yourself Nation. Someone goes out and buys a mechanic book and they think they can take apart an engine. Likewise, people buy a program and they think the crap they produce is called design. My one-year-old daughter is more creative with slobber and Cheerios than a Booster or Alumni with a program will ever be.

And I’m sure there is a booster or alumni who has promised to be more giving if their “design” is chosen.

If what we are seeing is the combination of several designs, I would hate to see what the individual “designs” were.

]]> By: Tom http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5148 Tom Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:25:49 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5148 Colorado State-Pueblo is joining the "Design-A-Uniform" game show travesty: <a href="http://twolves.colostate-pueblo.edu/uniform.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://twolves.colostate-pueblo.edu/uniform.pdf</a> Although the clip-art helmet and jersey templates for "designers" to draw on is pretty sweet, I have to admit. What is this, Chuck E. Cheese? Colorado State-Pueblo is joining the “Design-A-Uniform” game show travesty:

http://twolves.colostate-pueblo.edu/uniform.pdf

Although the clip-art helmet and jersey templates for “designers” to draw on is pretty sweet, I have to admit. What is this, Chuck E. Cheese?

]]> By: Ben http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5147 Ben Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:43:02 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5147 I agree with you, that this is a publicity stunt and as an alum graphic designer would prefer to see the cyclone mascot logo (that appears professionally designed) remain or pay a designer to correct our existing identity which is actually fairly strong in some areas. Please go to <a href="http://www.savecy.com" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.savecy.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.savecy.com</a></a> to help give us this option and sign the online petition! I agree with you, that this is a publicity stunt and as an alum graphic designer would prefer to see the cyclone mascot logo (that appears professionally designed) remain or pay a designer to correct our existing identity which is actually fairly strong in some areas.

Please go to http://www.savecy.com to help give us this option and sign the online petition!

]]> By: Ben Hall http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5146 Ben Hall Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:35:31 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5146 We have started a website to petition these helmets and to keep cy on the helmets. Feel free to help us out and sign the online petition at www.savecy.com! We have started a website to petition these helmets and to keep cy on the helmets. Feel free to help us out and sign the online petition at http://www.savecy.com!

]]> By: Kyle Fletcher http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5145 Kyle Fletcher Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:11:42 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5145 Word G.B. Great find! Word G.B. Great find!

]]> By: G.B.Veerman http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5144 G.B.Veerman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:45:01 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5144 A killer, killer post on the topic of spec work/the-masses-as-design-experts appeared in July at the Bullshit Observer <a href="http://toddanthonydirect.typepad.com/the_bullshit_observer/2007/07/creatives-every.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. An excerpt you'll appreciate: "To those who are "seeking artists”, let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? More than likely, you don't know any.... And this is not really a surprise. In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field. So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street? Would you offer a neurosurgeon the "opportunity” to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor?" A killer, killer post on the topic of spec work/the-masses-as-design-experts appeared in July at the Bullshit Observer here.

An excerpt you’ll appreciate:
“To those who are “seeking artists‚Äù, let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need?

More than likely, you don’t know any…. And this is not really a surprise.

In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.

So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?

Would you offer a neurosurgeon the “opportunity‚Äù to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor?”

]]> By: PixelHustler http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2007/08/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state.php/comment-page-1#comment-5143 PixelHustler Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:03:22 +0000 http://www.beadesigngroup.com/2007/08/24/get-ready-to-hate-iowa-state/#comment-5143 NOT ENOUGH GRADIENTS!!! No lens flair? WTF! DO NOT WANT! NOT ENOUGH GRADIENTS!!!

No lens flair? WTF!

DO NOT WANT!

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