Factory Pomo in sports.

[VampyrRabbit]

So, what is Factory Pomo? Well, here is a primer (which also covers grunge, another 1990s style), and another one.

Basically, once you see it and know what it is and what it's called, you know it.

 

 

The Raptors are as good a place to start as any, having made their debut when the style was at it's height, and the contrasting shapes and triangles with the name Toronto are very Factory Pomo, as was the nameplate with its tall type and the teeth at the top.

The proposed rebrand of the LA Clippers two years earlier was an even greater expression of the style.

 

Any more examples of Factory Pomo in sports that come to mind?

 

 

 

[burgundy]

The Pro Bowl definitely went through a Factory Pomo phase.

 

 

 

 

[Digby]

Love this topic, I am similarly petty/annoyed as that Tumblr post about the collective misremembering of what passes for meme 90s aesthetic these days. I don't feel like those main two aesthetics hit sports design as deeply. The OG MLS year always sticks out as the ultimate of 90s sports design, but it's something else... obviously the Revolution were grunge. MetroStars stick out as being pretty factory pomo, and looking at it again I suppose San Jose Clash were sort of up that alley, as well?
 

 

[The_Admiral]

22 minutes ago, Digby said:

Love this topic, I am similarly petty/annoyed as that Tumblr post about the collective misremembering of what passes for meme 90s aesthetic these days.

 

Don't know the post in question, but is it about how everyone glosses over the Global Coffeehouse style of earth tones and crudely drawn spirals?

[pepis21]

FIBA 1994 World Championship logo is in Factory pomo style as well:

[VampyrRabbit]

2 hours ago, Digby said:

Love this topic, I am similarly petty/annoyed as that Tumblr post about the collective misremembering of what passes for meme 90s aesthetic these days. I don't feel like those main two aesthetics hit sports design as deeply. The OG MLS year always sticks out as the ultimate of 90s sports design, but it's something else... obviously the Revolution were grunge. MetroStars stick out as being pretty factory pomo, and looking at it again I suppose San Jose Clash were sort of up that alley, as well?
 

 

The Nike Uniforms also had a Factory Pomo feel to them, especially the ones for LA, San Jose and NY/NJ, with the high contrast and jagged lines.

[neo_prankster]

I feel like some of the NBA logo changes that took place during Tom O'Grady's tenure as the league's creative director could count as Factory Pomo, right?

[VampyrRabbit]

13 minutes ago, neo_prankster said:

I feel like some of the NBA logo changes that took place during Tom O'Grady's tenure as the league's creative director could count as Factory Pomo, right?

Definately for the Suns and Bucks, though the canned Clippers rebrand was probably the purest expression of the style. O'Grady was definately into the style.

[logo-maker]

While I don't like the name, some of the logos for the Rocky Mountain Extreme were interesting:

 

 

I like the "player over X" logo.

[Chromatic]

Interesting read. I was born in the 90s so barely remember it but a lot of this stuff does seem extremely familiar after reading about and seeing it again.

 

I wonder what kind of permutations and misappropriations  we'll see when 00's nostalgia starts rearing its head. 

[The_Admiral]

There were unused Suns concepts that were even more factory pomo than what they went with: https://www.nba.com/suns/gallery/1992-93-phoenix-suns-logo-mock-ups

 

This one especially.

[monkeypower]

On 6/25/2023 at 5:51 PM, the admiral said:

 

Don't know the post in question, but is it about how everyone glosses over the Global Coffeehouse style of earth tones and crudely drawn spirals?

 

Not to derail the thread, but question for you and the thread, would this colourful border design here Global Coffeehouse? I didn't know Global Coffeehouse was the name for that style until right now, but don't think so? (spoilered for space and thread purposes)

 

Spoiler

 

I have distinct memories of this style, most prominently with old Swiss Chalets, but I remember seeing it other places too but have never known the name.

[The_Admiral]

Yeah, I can see it. That same art style was on the cover of every Photoshop/Illustrator book my dad had in 1996.

[BadSeed84]

NBA JAM (the original unused NBA JAM SESSION logo even moreso) was quite factory pomo.

 

 

 

Also this Marlins logo

And of course the Rockies logo, just no triangle points (Well the mountain does it)

[TrueYankee26]

Nba jam TE

[TrueYankee26]

21 hours ago, Chromatic said:

I wonder what kind of permutations and misappropriations  we'll see when 00's nostalgia starts rearing its head. 

Maybe anything late 90s Y2K style

[AFirestormToPurify]

On 6/26/2023 at 2:55 PM, Chromatic said:

Interesting read. I was born in the 90s so barely remember it but a lot of this stuff does seem extremely familiar after reading about and seeing it again.

 

I wonder what kind of permutations and misappropriations  we'll see when 00's nostalgia starts rearing its head. 

I dunno but I think Hot Wheels Decades did a fantastic job

Early 2000s

Late 2000s

[neo_prankster]

Anybody remember NFL Quarterback Challenge?

[Digby]

That NFL Quarterback Challenge looks pre-factory pomo to me, gives more of a late 80s vibe. Whatever you call the Janet Jackson "Control" album cover, that kind of thing.

[Germanshepherd]

On 6/26/2023 at 1:55 PM, Chromatic said:

I wonder what kind of permutations and misappropriations  we'll see when 00's nostalgia starts rearing its head. 

Frutiger Aero!