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  • NaughtyRob
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    • Nov 2004
    • 29602

    #1

    News New logo for the World Trade Center...

    http://www.creativebloq.com/logo-des...enter-81412670



    Rarely has a piece of graphic design been associated with as much political and emotional significance as this one.
    Landor Associates, the veteran agency behind everything from the famous FedEx wordmark to the most recent DC Comics identity was last year
    tasked with creating a new logo for New York's World Trade Center, which is still under reconstruction. And here's what they've come up with.

    Set in Helvetica Ultra Compressed and making good use of negative space, the design performs a number of symbolic functions.

    Symbolic elements

    The slant of the top half is at a precise 17.76-degree angle, in tribute to 1 World Trade Center?s 1,776-foot height.

    The logo contains a trident, symbolising the steel columns at the base of the twin towers which remained standing after the 2001 attack.

    The two parallel spaces in the top half of the logo represent the memorial beacons of the Tribute in Light.

    The two bars in the lower half represent the deep pools of the National September 11 Memorial.

    The design as a whole is a stylized W, standing for both World Trade Center, and Westfield World Trade Center, a shopping mall due to open there next year.
    The new logo design aims lend a graphic unity to way-finding signs, building entrances, digital directories, kiosks, uniforms, websites, apps and marketing materials.
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  • _Richard_
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    • Oct 2006
    • 30991

    #2
    i like it.. nice synergy with both the taxi/mta logos

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    • stoka
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      • Dec 2005
      • 956

      #3
      last time i designed something like that the client asked for full ($19) refund

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      • Scott McD
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        • Nov 2002
        • 67798

        #4
        Originally posted by stoka
        last time i designed something like that the client asked for full ($19) refund


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        • Matt 26z
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          • Apr 2002
          • 18481

          #5
          Originally posted by NaughtyRob

          Symbolic elements

          The slant of the top half is at a precise 17.76-degree angle, in tribute to 1 World Trade Center?s 1,776-foot height.

          The logo contains a trident, symbolising the steel columns at the base of the twin towers which remained standing after the 2001 attack.

          The two parallel spaces in the top half of the logo represent the memorial beacons of the Tribute in Light.

          The two bars in the lower half represent the deep pools of the National September 11 Memorial.
          Translation: "This one looks good. Now what bullshit can we come up with that makes it seem like all of this is symbolic of something?"

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          • stoka
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            • Dec 2005
            • 956

            #6
            Originally posted by Matt 26z
            Translation: "This one looks good. Now what bullshit can we come up with that makes it seem like all of this is symbolic of something?"
            lol that's how it goes

            the only back story that's missing is the one about the font

            the guy that constructed old WTC was Swiss architect that died of botulism?

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            • Rob
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              • Nov 2003
              • 13310

              #7
              Originally posted by stoka
              last time i designed something like that the client asked for full ($19) refund

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              • SilentKnight
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                • Oct 2005
                • 24818

                #8
                Originally posted by NaughtyRob
                http://www.creativebloq.com/logo-des...enter-81412670



                Rarely has a piece of graphic design been associated with as much political and emotional significance as this one.
                Landor Associates, the veteran agency behind everything from the famous FedEx wordmark to the most recent DC Comics identity was last year
                tasked with creating a new logo for New York's World Trade Center, which is still under reconstruction. And here's what they've come up with.

                Set in Helvetica Ultra Compressed and making good use of negative space, the design performs a number of symbolic functions.

                Symbolic elements

                The slant of the top half is at a precise 17.76-degree angle, in tribute to 1 World Trade Center’s 1,776-foot height.

                The logo contains a trident, symbolising the steel columns at the base of the twin towers which remained standing after the 2001 attack.

                The two parallel spaces in the top half of the logo represent the memorial beacons of the Tribute in Light.

                The two bars in the lower half represent the deep pools of the National September 11 Memorial.

                The design as a whole is a stylized W, standing for both World Trade Center, and Westfield World Trade Center, a shopping mall due to open there next year.
                The new logo design aims lend a graphic unity to way-finding signs, building entrances, digital directories, kiosks, uniforms, websites, apps and marketing materials.
                Glad they provided a written explanation of the symbolism. I wouldn't have interpreted that in a million years just lookin' at the logo.

                A really good logo would properly convey all that WITHOUT the need for a slew of descriptor words.

                This one's a fail. Sorry.

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                • NaughtyRob
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                  • Nov 2004
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                  #9
                  I agree, the only thing I saw were the told twin towers in white.
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                  • TheSquealer
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                    • Oct 2004
                    • 26179

                    #10
                    I thought it was 3 towers up, 2 towers down.
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                    • Bladewire
                      StraightBro
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 56228

                      #11
                      It's off balance and it's a fail

                      Sucks because all of the creative energy that went into the monument made it timeless & beautiful. People who've been there say it's quite the experience.


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                      • nico-t
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                        • Aug 2004
                        • 29903

                        #12
                        wow. Wonder how much they paid for that.

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                        • Antonio
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                          • Oct 2001
                          • 14136

                          #13
                          Originally posted by stoka
                          last time i designed something like that the client asked for full ($19) refund

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                          • tornell
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                            • Nov 2002
                            • 4231

                            #14
                            Originally posted by stoka
                            last time i designed something like that the client asked for full ($19) refund
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                            • nico-t
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                              • Aug 2004
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                              #15
                              and it looks like a pitchfork

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                              • seeandsee
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                                #16
                                looks stupid
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                                  • suesheboy
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                                    • Nov 2002
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                    Glad they provided a written explanation of the symbolism. I wouldn't have interpreted that in a million years just lookin' at the logo.

                                    A really good logo would properly convey all that WITHOUT the need for a slew of descriptor words.

                                    This one's a fail. Sorry.
                                    Spot on.
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                                    • druid66
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                                      • Feb 2006
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                                      #19
                                      this is called making up story for piece of crap, i'm sure it will sell and will be very popular.

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                                      • aka123
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                                        • Jul 2014
                                        • 4450

                                        #20
                                        Hey, it's a small dude with it's hands up, probably surrendering or something. Also seems to have some birth defect as the other hand is longer than the other, probably because of pollution. Nice symbolism.
                                        Last edited by aka123; 08-22-2014, 05:31 AM.

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                                        • Bladewire
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                                          • Aug 2003
                                          • 56228

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by aka123
                                          Hey, it's a small dude with it's hands up, probably surrendering or something. Also seems to have some birth defect as the other hand is longer than the other, probably because of pollution. Nice symbolism.


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                                          • aka123
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                                            • Jul 2014
                                            • 4450

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by Squirtit


                                            Dude you are HIGH
                                            Come on, there are legs, torso and head (combined in one beam), and hands.
                                            Last edited by aka123; 08-22-2014, 05:39 AM.

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                                              #23
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