OnWis97 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 The trolling worked perfectly. Now things like this Nebraska logo will change and people can express outrage at how meaningless things change. It really is brilliant. People also flash it as a white power sign and there's just enough plausible deniability, enabling them to say "gawd, now the Nebraska logo? Are they just going to cancel everything now?" I don't actually know what 4-chan is...I've always suspected it was actually used as a white power signal with the added benefits of ambiguity, plausible deniability, and (most importantly) trolling. "These adults are playing the circle game." As an aside, I think the #1 looks better than the "OK," anyway. 1 Quote Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrylawless3 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Vanderbilt has unveiled a new university-wide brand identity, replacing the StarV unveiled in 2008 and AcornV used academically. It's definitely a different direction than what they have used recently, so I'm saving my thoughts until I see it in action. The new logo will be used on athletics uniforms starting in 2023. Edit: Nevermind, this is terrible. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERRIN Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I like it. It feels distinguished yet classy, perfect for an academically rich yet historical school like Vanderbilt. The new V icon is nice, though a tad on the generic side and maybe too similar to Virginia, but it works better than a basic blocky V. The Star V is solid, nothing spectacular, but it achieves what it's going for without detracting too much from the new distinguished style. I hope the Star V will end up being the primary logo for the athletic teams. The new shade of gold is an upgrade, the previous one felt way to bland and flat, almost khaki-like. Overall, it's nothing spectacular, but it's a serviceable rebrand for a school in need of a refresh. Hopefully they'll update the uniforms to match. Quote Perrin Grubb | Aspiring Designer | NAFA Project ~ NFL Redesigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandyDelphia Mike Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Vanderbilt evolving to a bevel? The conference mates in College Station must have served as inspiration. Nope, that might just be the institutional mark. But, what do we get instead for athletics? Gradients! 1 2 1 Quote NCAA Baseball Champions | 2014, 2019 facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM0313 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 2:35 PM, AFirestormToPurify said: https://news.sportslogos.net/2022/01/28/nebraska-cornhuskers-update-herbie-husker-logo-to-avoid-alleged-white-supremacist-gesture/college/ I hate this. It's always been the "bellissimo!" or "okay" sign. Why are they giving this tiny group of losers validation by acknowledging their hijacking of a perfectly fine and harmless hand sign? Where was the outrage when the Bloods starting using that hand sign? Didn’t you know? The Bloods are a white supremacist group. /s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Wow that new Star-V is terrible. The old one may not have been great, but it was at least easily readable as an athletic logo. 2 1 Quote i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunaggie08 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 45 minutes ago, VandyDelphia Mike said: Vanderbilt evolving to a bevel? The conference mates in College Station must have served as inspiration. Nope, that might just be the institutional mark. But, what do we get instead for athletics? Gradients! Don't do it. ITS NOT WORTH IT!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tron1013 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, VandyDelphia Mike said: Vanderbilt evolving to a bevel? The conference mates in College Station must have served as inspiration. Nope, that might just be the institutional mark. But, what do we get instead for athletics? Gradients! The bevel on the athletics logo, without the star, would be way, way to similar to the updated UVA “V-Sabre,” but the gradient is amateurish. Per Vandy’s website the “Star V” is only a secondary logo so we may see the gradient V on helmets. If so, yuck. Quote Is the “Star V” logo being retired? Vanderbilt is elevating the new “Block V” as its primary athletics logo. An updated version of the “Star V” also will be available for use by teams and on merchandise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Yikes. The academic mark is fine, but the athletics application is going to cause tons of issues. It's making me think of the Georgia Force rebrand when they lost their rights to the original logo, and that is still in my opinion one of the worst rebrands of all time. Not great. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 The V-star would be better if the star's stroke was the same width throughout. A lot of newer sports-related logos seem to be incorporating gradients...seems to be trending... 1 Quote Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Terrible 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Vandy hitting us with bevels and gradients. Absolutely wild stuff. Too bad black is a school color, because adding BFBS would have been the holy trinity from hell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Vandy talking a sh1tton of crap on twitter over the rebrand. Why? Because it's a simplistic letter with a gradient and a bevel? And it's not like their previous logo wasn't a century old. I hope the university doesn't cave and revert back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimalCookie Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Straight from the website: Now we're talking Vandy. No standalone V, no weird star that the V is breaking out of, this. 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEWJ Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, Magic Dynasty said: Straight from the website: Now we're talking Vandy. No standalone V, no weird star that the V is breaking out of, this. I actually like the new V-star logo, awkward This one doesn’t actually look better to me, it just seems to make the “V” look extra squatty. Quote | BROWNS | BUCKEYES | CAVALIERS | INDIANS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEWJ Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Saw this on Twitter and I thought it might be appropriate to share. 5 Quote | BROWNS | BUCKEYES | CAVALIERS | INDIANS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapeeko Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Gardner-Webb rebranded https://gardner-webb.edu/student-life/athletics/athletics-rebrand/ Complete with some great Nike-speak. I kind of love the slobbering windswept dog head in the bottom middle. Wish they would've used it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Chapeeko said: Gardner-Webb rebranded https://gardner-webb.edu/student-life/athletics/athletics-rebrand/ Complete with some great Nike-speak. I kind of love the slobbering windswept dog head in the bottom middle. Wish they would've used it. Thought 1: there's already one major Bulldog team put there that uses red and black. Thought 2: There's also only so many ways you can render one of the single most ubiquitous animal mascots out there. Conclusion: they absolutely SMASHED this clear out the park out past the water...this is one of thr most unique renderings I've seen, and definitely one of the best bulldog marks anywhere. (Varsity Partners cooked this one up, for anyone curious...same collective that gave us that stellar St. Peter's peacock logo and athletic brand identity.) Spoiler Bonus thought: how many other obscure little universities are there tucked into all those different backwoods and backwaters of North Carolina??? 6 Quote *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 This rebrand is fantastic. I've got a couple of TINY nitpicks. They should've designed left-facing marks as well. That way you could have the bulldog face forward on both sides of the football helmet. As it stands, I have a sinking feeling that they'll go asymmetrical (probably numbers on the left), and asymmetrical helmets need to die. The territorial mark is not centered on the football field. Notice it goes from the 22 on the left to the 28 on the right. They should've centered it on the 25's. Other than that, they really took the ball and... ran home with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky1324 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 7 hours ago, stumpygremlin said: This rebrand is fantastic. I've got a couple of TINY nitpicks. They should've designed left-facing marks as well. That way you could have the bulldog face forward on both sides of the football helmet. As it stands, I have a sinking feeling that they'll go asymmetrical (probably numbers on the left), and asymmetrical helmets need to die. The territorial mark is not centered on the football field. Notice it goes from the 22 on the left to the 28 on the right. They should've centered it on the 25's. Other than that, they really took the ball and... ran home with it. Agreed on both counts, especially the left-facing marks. I do think they did actually center the field logo - just on the bulldog and not the state, and the bulldog isn't centered within the state in the logo. 1 Quote the user formerly known as cdclt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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