Badge re-design

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

A strong brand design should last a lifetime. Yes, tweaks along the way are possible to reflect trends of the day but the elements should never change.

Come on MFC - Let's get this right, once and for all. Let's tie it to the town by using the Transporter (as demonstrated above). The symbolism of this - connecting South of the River and the North and our Industrial heritage is very important.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

It is awful central

I've been moaning about it at every opportunity since it came out Haven't bought one item of merchandise from the club since they changed it.

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

Let's avoid this filth

 

[Erimus74]

I've been moaning about it at every opportunity since it came out Haven't bought one item of merchandise from the club since they changed it.

I have a couple of hundred metal badges, before & after liquidation but refused to buy a present metal badge, like you ive never warmed to it, thought it was awful & amateurish from the very beginning

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Have never been a fan of the current design, would happily go back to the previous.

 

[FartingGnome]

Let's avoid this filth


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Remnids me of the old saying

Yorkshire Born, Yorkshire Bred
Strong i' th' Arm
Thick I' th' 'ead

They obviously didn't give much aforethought to that cheapskate SS knock-off did they?

 

[Low_Key]

I have a couple of hundred metal badges, before & after liquidation but refused to buy a present metal badge, like you ive never warmed to it, thought it was awful & amateurish from the very beginning

wasn't it designed by an art student at the uni and it was later found (on fmttm old site) to have been near enough copied from an American cigarette packet. Sure i remember the thread.

 

[BoroMart]

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I don't hate this guy's effort, though I'd stick with the current lion design.

I'd definitely get rid of the '86', it's important to us, but it's just confusing to other fans and kids, if you want to reference that, then a small phoenix? Might get a bit busy though with two animals

 

[ThePrisoner]

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I don't hate this guy's effort, though I'd stick with the current lion design.

Arghh!!!

The club was NOT saved from liquidation in 1986. The original 'club' which a lot of people use synonymously with 'company' - ceased to exist in 1986. The Football League permitted a new 'club', founded in 1986, to enter the league in the same Division as the defunct 'club'. Stop re-writing history!

 

[Erimus74]

wasn't it designed by an art student at the uni and it was later found (on fmttm old site) to have been near enough copied from an American cigarette packet. Sure i remember the thread.

Yea i heard that a student was involved with tge design, cant say i heard about the american cigarette packet
I've never understood the reason behind the awful ribbons,

 

[Ironops]

Let's avoid this filth


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the badge or the club?

 

[DrummerMan]

I can do it Mr Gibson - Expert with Photoshop and Illustrator... I can also design nice kits too

 

[Low_Key]

Yea i heard that a student was involved with tge design, cant say i heard about the american cigarette packet
I've never understood the reason behind the awful ribbons,

i'm sure it was the crest outline and the 2 ribbons on the bottom. they were from a US fag packet. 99% sure. someone will remember it

 

[shaun71]

Yea i heard that a student was involved with tge design, cant say i heard about the american cigarette packet
I've never understood the reason behind the awful ribbons,

I know the lad who designed it, he wasnt a student. He was an employee at the club at the time, and has been successful with various design work since

 

[TeaCider]

Yea i heard that a student was involved with tge design, cant say i heard about the american cigarette packet
I've never understood the reason behind the awful ribbons,

Sunderland and Newcastle adopted them in their most recent redesigns.

I would bet it was to mimic them, though redesigned slightly.

 

[newyddion]

Either go minimalist with just the red lion and mfc or base a proper crest on the above.

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

It's incredible to think that we rely on income from having the badge emblazoned on all sorts of merchandise - and this is the best that we could come up with.

It really was false economy.

To redesign and change everything where the badge appears will be costly

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

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Either go minimalist with just the red lion and mfc or base a proper crest on the above.

What's the animal in the middle of that

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

the badge or the club?

both - though living in "their territory" its difficult!

 

[Erimus74]

I know the lad who designed it, he wasnt a student. He was an employee at the club at the time, and has been successful with various design work since

Obviously he doesnt inclyde tge badge in his CV