LAWeaver 957 Posted December 2, 2020 Pringles has unveiled a new logo and packaging on Twitter: The new branding seems to coincide with the release of Pringles Scorchin': 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dont care 6,613 Posted December 2, 2020 I like it. Not too different but gets rid of the unnecessary details 10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QCS 2,631 Posted December 2, 2020 Definitely a solid update. It's still clearly the Pringles man and as seen by the "Scorchin" tubes the versatility of the new icon is a plus. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burgundy 2,116 Posted December 2, 2020 I think it's too simplified. Without the brown mustache it kinda looks like he has a giant beak for a mouth. He looks like a snapping turtle. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SSmith48 689 Posted December 3, 2020 When I first saw that I thought it was some sort of mistake. It's alright, probably could use an outline around the white oval. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VC// 31 Posted December 3, 2020 After seeing the new logo, I can't even remember what the original looked like. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LAWeaver 957 Posted December 3, 2020 10 hours ago, VC// said: After seeing the new logo, I can't even remember what the original looked like. Here's the previous design/packaging: I definitely think they should've kept the outline. Also, he's bald now, so there's that. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DG_ThenNowForever 16,135 Posted December 3, 2020 I could be overthinking this, but the new Pringles logo turns what was clearly a white guy into something more racially ambiguous; like the Hamburger Helper. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBTV 20,227 Posted December 4, 2020 How is that racially ambiguous? Not too many non-caucasians sporting flowing light-brown hair and full mustaches like that. EDIT: I was looking at the old packaging when I saw the hair. Even still, I don't see it as ambiguous. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EddieJ1984 1,672 Posted December 4, 2020 Downgrade, way too simple/flat now. He looks like a bald egg. 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EddieJ1984 1,672 Posted December 4, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 9:52 PM, SSmith48 said: When I first saw that I thought it was some sort of mistake. It's alright, probably could use an outline around the white oval. The pizza chips he gets an outline. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DG_ThenNowForever 16,135 Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, BBTV said: How is that racially ambiguous? Not too many non-caucasians sporting flowing light-brown hair and full mustaches like that. EDIT: I was looking at the old packaging when I saw the hair. Even still, I don't see it as ambiguous. I look at the new Pringles man and I see this: Whereas the old Pringles man was clearly an old-timey Mumford & Son, the new guy is just a circle with a mustache. A circle and a mustache could be any race, and doesn't necessarily need to be a person at all. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBTV 20,227 Posted December 4, 2020 10 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: A circle and a mustache could be any race, and doesn't necessarily need to be a person at all. That mustache can't be any race. How many Black men do you know that relax their facial hair to make it flow like that? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEAD! 2,065 Posted December 4, 2020 13 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Whereas the old Pringles man was clearly an old-timey Mumford & Son, the new guy is just a circle with a mustache. A circle and a mustache could be any race, and doesn't necessarily need to be a person at all. Maybe if they added a sombrero.... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DG_ThenNowForever 16,135 Posted December 4, 2020 4 hours ago, BBTV said: That mustache can't be any race. How many Black men do you know that relax their facial hair to make it flow like that? Perhaps. But I think you can allow that by making the mustache black and not brown, it's now more applicable to more people than it was before. I think that was the point. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBTV 20,227 Posted December 4, 2020 Just have a different chip man for each race, and then use stereotypes to associate the appropriate chip with the most common flavor that race purchases. They could have an Asian chip man, Black chip man, Indian chip man, etc. Not sure what the down side of this approach could be. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
habsfan1 3,973 Posted December 5, 2020 20 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: I look at the new Pringles man and I see this: 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DTConcepts 2,133 Posted December 5, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 3:30 PM, burgundy said: I think it's too simplified. Without the brown mustache it kinda looks like he has a giant beak for a mouth. He looks like a snapping turtle. Well, $#!T, can't unsee that now. This redesign was unnecessary. Does it look smooth and clean? Yes. Does it look sterile, corporate, and like a half-assed attempt at minimalist modernization? Also yes. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DG_ThenNowForever 16,135 Posted December 7, 2020 I guess Pringles are in the zeitgeist. Mildly NSFW if you're in a shared location: 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Popmart 194 Posted December 8, 2020 The big advantage of this redesign, and I’m sure one of the driving factors, is that it opens up the package design options enormously. The previous packaging was constrained by the brown of the Pringle man’s hair. All of their packaging colours had to compliment that brown in some way. Their new packaging can be any colour of the rainbow. 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites