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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: melastmohican on August 16, 2008, 01:22

Title: New Logo?
Post by: melastmohican on August 16, 2008, 01:22
(http://submit.shutterstock.com/images/ss_logo_r_rev2.png)
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: RGebbiePhoto on August 16, 2008, 04:08
... yep, sure looks that way...
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Peter on August 16, 2008, 04:39
yep I noticed it to... kewl.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: takestock on August 16, 2008, 05:04
It looks good but the "clip art" guy is still there.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: epixx on August 17, 2008, 18:47
Totally generic. Could be a logo for anything. Wonder why they don't change their name to "Blip" or something. That would blend in nicely with the new logo, and they could add new business, like selling electronic bottle openers on ebay for $9.99 a piece. Or whatever...
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on August 17, 2008, 19:13
Yes, I agree with epixx.  Probably got it from one of those logo farms.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: lobby on August 17, 2008, 19:19
they can do a contest among cotributors

to have a new and nice logo

with few bucks

but as long as i'm in the industy i realize

that ..................
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Phil on August 18, 2008, 06:20
Totally generic. Could be a logo for anything. Wonder why they don't change their name to "Blip" or something. That would blend in nicely with the new logo, and they could add new business, like selling electronic bottle openers on ebay for $9.99 a piece. Or whatever...

LOL! Blipstock
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: takestock on August 18, 2008, 07:32
I don't have too much problem with the new logo, but I feel the (clip art) guy) with the camera really conflicts with it.

I really think he should be replaced by something modern.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: epixx on August 18, 2008, 18:27
Totally generic. Could be a logo for anything. Wonder why they don't change their name to "Blip" or something. That would blend in nicely with the new logo, and they could add new business, like selling electronic bottle openers on ebay for $9.99 a piece. Or whatever...

LOL! Blipstock

Oh bugger... should have registered that before anybody else noticed. I would obviously have made a fortune.... no make that two fortunes   :D
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Nemo1024 on August 19, 2008, 02:21
On SS forums they have a thread about it as well: http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44431
I posted there yesterday that I was not impressed with the new logo, saying that when I logged in on SS the first time this logo was around, I first thought that I by mistake got to the stock site with Dreams in its name. I also said that the new logo does not say anything to me, which concerns either stock or photography or both. Oh, and I did mention that I liked the old logo.

When I checked the forum today, the post was deleted. Oh, well...

However, the point remains - the colour scheme and the roundness are too close to DT's logo
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: kgtoh on August 19, 2008, 02:35
My opinion of the logo:

"Limited Commercial Value--We do not need this image at this time."

and

"Too Simple--Overly simple vector."
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: stokfoto on August 19, 2008, 04:50
the new logo somehow reminds me of the DT 's logo.may be it is the color and the basic shapes that are similar.like DT's logo it doesn't give you hint  that is a photographic website but I am not sure how important that would be?
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Bateleur on August 19, 2008, 04:56

When I checked the forum today, the post was deleted. Oh, well...


The Thought Police at work on the micros' forums. Mustn't say anything bad about it.

Sounds like the Olympics Syndrome.  :-)

This sort of censorship is spreading. That's why we need forums like this.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Microbius on August 19, 2008, 08:55

When I checked the forum today, the post was deleted. Oh, well...


The Thought Police at work on the micros' forums. Mustn't say anything bad about it.

Sounds like the Olympics Syndrome.  :-)

This sort of censorship is spreading. That's why we need forums like this.
SS are terrible for this, and so inconsistent. The worst thing is that they don't just lock threads, they'll delete or edit specific posts, which is not only censorship but also can be really misleading for anyone that reads the threads. With the above example it would be very easy to make it look like most contributors love the new logo when most don't like it.
But then that's SS through and through.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: RT on August 20, 2008, 07:45
SS are terrible for this, and so inconsistent. The worst thing is that they don't just lock threads, they'll delete or edit specific posts, which is not only censorship but also can be really misleading for anyone that reads the threads. With the above example it would be very easy to make it look like most contributors love the new logo when most don't like it.
But then that's SS through and through.

And never ever write anything that might discredit the resident b*llsh***er!
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: jsnover on August 20, 2008, 12:13
I think the new logo goes along with their ads - OK, but pretty disappointing for a company that's in the visual business. Looks like the sort of work you get when a relative does it for free :)

I'm guessing they wanted to be more inclusive of all the content types they now sell, but this is completely forgettable.
Title: Re: New Logo?
Post by: Magnum on September 05, 2008, 01:10
It looks like birdcrap as a Favicon.