egotrippin
Senior Member
$100,000!? Jesus, I could design something like that (and most likely better) yet here I am working an irritating kitchen job. I need to get back into design.
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MetroMan
Senior Member
I don't presume to be a better designer but I came up with this in 10 minutes:
I followed the principles in Matthew Teitelbaum's description of the AGO's new unveiled logo
In the 10 minutes I gave myself to do this, I was inspired by the tears in the AGO's new Dundas glass façade. I wanted to follow the principles above so I kept a conservative and solid looking font but added a little twist – just as the new AGO itself.
I followed the principles in Matthew Teitelbaum's description of the AGO's new unveiled logo
In the 10 minutes I gave myself to do this, I was inspired by the tears in the AGO's new Dundas glass façade. I wanted to follow the principles above so I kept a conservative and solid looking font but added a little twist – just as the new AGO itself.
urbandreamer
recession proof
Metroman, that looks like a laundry detergent logo!
Think sophisticated, think bold, think $$$ago.
Think sophisticated, think bold, think $$$ago.
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Hydrogen
Guest
Laundry detergent logo?
Metroman should get at least $200,000 for it.
Metroman should get at least $200,000 for it.
MetroMan
Senior Member
lol.. thanks Hydro... I'd be happy with a suite in the L tower and a lifelong membership with the AGO 
adma
Superstar
Hey, I can do better than that.
AGO
See?
AGO
See?
Dan416
Senior Member
The link to the virtual exhibit of logos/names in the AGO's history was very interesting. It went from the "Art Museum of Toronto" to the "Art Gallery of Toronto" to the "Art Gallery of Ontario". Personally I think one of the old ones redone up would have been cool. Like the one that used the archways.
syn
Senior Member
I kind of like the new AGO logo actually, though I do have some doubts as to how well it really represents (or will represent) the renovated gallery.
TrickyRicky
Senior Member
^I agree. It's interesting if slightly seizure inducing. To me it seems like a museum of contemporary art circa the year 2000 but maybe less representative for the historical collections or contemporary 2008.
adma
Superstar
Andrew3D
Active Member
Could be much much worse and at over $800,000.
MetroMan
Senior Member
^ wow.. that is horrible.. lol
I still think that the AGO logo could have been done much better.
I still think that the AGO logo could have been done much better.
wyliepoon
Senior Member
I hate anything written in "Comic Sans". First because I can't take anything written in that font seriously. Secondly, I've been traumatized by it since my high school chem teacher wrote all her tests in that font... and I was never good at chemistry.
current
Active Member
May 13
They are starting to install the wooden shutters.
They are starting to install the wooden shutters.
Archivist
Senior Member
City Logos Board
Re: Logos. I've always thought Toronto should establish a "City Logos Board", which would bear responsibility for reviewing and approving all logos for public institutions in the city, so that not only do they represent the institution, but that they agree with each other and present a coherent and recognizable image of the city, to be used on all signage consistently.
The board could issue a series of guidelines and issues papers, have public consultations on issues like font-appropriateness, conversion to braille, multiple language comprehension, and use of colour for those who suffer from Colour Vision Deficiency. Once that is done, we would issue a report and begin the long and messy work of the logos themselves.
Then again, I'm a bureaucrat. Bureaucrats do it slower.
Re: Logos. I've always thought Toronto should establish a "City Logos Board", which would bear responsibility for reviewing and approving all logos for public institutions in the city, so that not only do they represent the institution, but that they agree with each other and present a coherent and recognizable image of the city, to be used on all signage consistently.
The board could issue a series of guidelines and issues papers, have public consultations on issues like font-appropriateness, conversion to braille, multiple language comprehension, and use of colour for those who suffer from Colour Vision Deficiency. Once that is done, we would issue a report and begin the long and messy work of the logos themselves.
Then again, I'm a bureaucrat. Bureaucrats do it slower.