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I was curious to see how sportslogos.net members ranked MLB jerseys when using scoring, as opposed to explicitly placing the uniforms in order from best to worst. These rankings are from the uniform rankings at sportslogos.net. I weighted the uniforms as .4(home rating), .35(road rating) and .25(alternate rating). The alternate rating is the average of the team's alternate jerseys. If the team had no alternates the weighting for .53(home rating) and .47(road rating).

Obviously, these ratings are not statistically significant. The number of responses were usually somewhere between 25 and 200. It's interesting to see that members consistently, with only a few exceptions, prefer home to road jerseys. There also seems to be higher rankings for new uniform changes than longer standing uniforms. I gave the Mets two rankings. The first includes their black alternates, which they still officially use but have yet to see the field this year. The second omits the black jerseys. I also gave the Angels two rankings. The 2012 jersey had an unexpectedly high score compared to the rankings for home jerseys of previous years, which are basically identical. The second score for the Angels therefore uses a lower score for the home jersey.

Double Post

I don't like the Bisons identity that they've adopted since becoming the Mets' Triple A team. Now that the Mets have improved their uniforms, I thought the Bisons could revert to a more traditional look too.

The bison is from the outfield wall of Buffalo's home field and is similar to the buffalo historically used by the Bills and Braves. The skyline shows the largest buildings in Buffalo, roughly in the order they would be seen from Lake Erie: City Hall, Niagara Mohawk building, Liberty Building, Rand Building, HSBC Center, and St. Paul's Cathedral. Like the Mets logo, the skyline is a composite one that doesn't reflect the actual view you would see looking at the city. If there is a Buffalonian that thinks I've chosen the wrong buildings or put them in the wrong order, let me know. I rotated the ball a little bit to give the logo some differentiation from the parent club and to mimic the horizontal framing of the famous Bison's hockey logo.

I plan on matching the logo to an updated version of the Bison's late 80's uniforms. C and C appreciated.

Soccer
Shield
Home
Clash
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Rugby
Logo
Home
Additional Home Back Options
Clash

Basketball
Logo
Jerseys



This project reimagines the identities and uniforms for Barbadian sports teams. Why Barbados? Well, I think they have a pretty cool flag and remember seeing their soccer kits when they played the US a few years ago and being pretty unimpressed. Rather than merely create designs that look good, the idea behind the concepts is to make logos and jerseys that reflect the needs of a small, generally low performing, sporting nation. As such, the goals for the project are…

Economic Development. Barbados is a tourism dependent economy. Uniforms should help create a sporting or cultural identity that is easily recognizable and that can raise international awareness and perception of the country.

Patriotism. West Indians seem to take a lot of pride in their flag and national colors. The jerseys should be an extension of that and mimic the flag without literally trying make a uniform out of the flag. This can tie into the economic development angle as ex-pats wearing jerseys become walking marketers of sorts.

Building Sports Programs. As nation of only a few hundred thousand people, Barbados is unlikely to ever compete globally in athletics. However, building a good sports brand can help create enthusiasm among youth for their teams and help promote athletic participation. This would help improve national sports competitiveness within the Caribbean and have a public health aspect as well.

Low cost. Sports associations have limited budgets so the uniform program should reflect that reality.

To meet project goals, I came up with a few design themes…

Traditional design. This reflects that each sports team won’t have the resources to consistently update their uniforms. A complex or trendy design, or one that uses a major brand’s most recent design template would become dated when worn for more than a couple of years.

Unique designs. No Barbados uniform is likely to become recognizable due to on-field success. A unique, but still classic and low cost, design can help raise recognition anyway.

Consistent design throughout the sports teams. This helps build a sporting identity that will not likely be created organically if each sport has different colors or design themes. Barbados’s colors are gold, blue and black but currently its teams (and even different versions of the flag) have different shades. The colors of the uniforms should be standardized.

Differentiation among each sport. Even though there should be a common style that is recognizable as “Barbados”, each uniform should have enough uniqueness that a spectator can recognize the sport by its uniform. For example, Argentina soccer has vertical stripes while its rugby team has horizontal hoops.

Connection to culture and history.

Appropriate for climate. Even though black is a national color, it will be downplayed because most games will take place in hot weather.

I aim to design for soccer, rugby, basketball, field hockey, cricket and track and field.

First up will be the Barbados soccer team…

Barbados Soccer Shield Concept

Ver. 1

Barbados’ current shield is pretty weak in my opinion. I updated and simplified it with colors that better reflect the flag and using a modern shield shape that reflects the contours of the trident. Brazil's shield was an inspiration for this design.

C & C please!

Kits will be next…