Corporate Logo Fails

[ashling]

Corporations are people, my friends - and people suck (sometimes)

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-15-worst-corporate-logo-fails-2014-1?op=1

These are a few of the "log fails" from Business Insider:



Catholic Church's Archdiocesan Youth Commission
This was the 1973 logo for the Catholic Church's Archdiocesan Youth Commission.

Yeah











Arlington Pediatric Center

Oh no, there's more?

Who's approving these logos?








Vermont Maple Syrup


I never quite realized just how much the state of Vermont looks like a side profile of someone's legs and hindquarters until I saw the logo for the state's maple syrup offerings.








Locum

Believe it or not, Locum is a Swedish property management company.

Gotta love the language barrier.








Mama's Baking

Facebook/MamasBaking
Mama's Baking is a cafe in Greece with a major Oedipus complex.





Kids Exchange
Proper punctuation should always be encouraged.



Junior Jazz Dance Class
This one is more tricky.

Focus on the dancing children to see what makes the logo inappropriate.

[Xyzse]

1. Hehe...

Doughboys




I lost it with this one:

[ashling]

2. I thought about putting that last one on there

[Xyzse]

3. Almost got in trouble with that one, while laughing.

[Ron Obvious]

4. These are hilarous

But I'm still not seeing the problem with the Junior Jazz class. What am I missing?

On edit: Aaaargh! The image popped right out for me one moment after posting this. Never mind!

[Xyzse]

5. Think Torso... Then think Female.

Maybe put like a small dot a few mm off the floor.

Then you would go, what is seen cannot be unseen.

[Ron Obvious]

6. Yeah I'm seeing it now....

In fact, I can't even unsee it any more.

[Xyzse]

7. I was doing the last edit while you posted that.

Also, it is so hard to see it as dancing again. So hard to trick my mind to seeing it again.

[jakeXT]

8. Reminds me of the dolphin illusion /nt

[sakabatou]

22. Took me a while to see the dolphins in that illusion

[sakabatou]

10. Yeah, I had a problem seeing it at first too

[malthaussen]

20. My mind must be insufficiently in the gutter...

... or maybe too much so. Didn't see the "torso" until the explanation was posted, but I thought it looked too much like a guy hitting a woman who was recoiling in fear.

-- Mal

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Here's a Japanese one for you

It's for "Tafuman" ("Tough Man&quot pep drink

[sakabatou]

11. *snicker*

[Art_from_Ark]

12. Those round things are officially called "globes"

They got that name after the logo underwent a slight design change. I wish I could find a picture of their logo before it was redesigned

[sakabatou]

13. Yeah

Though, I wonder, why make their logo look like a upside-down nut sack?

[Art_from_Ark]

14. The logo before that was, um, not upside-down

They turned it upside-down for some reason or another, but the idea is still the same even if the logo now officially consists of "globes".

[sakabatou]

15. Riiiight...

Well it is Japan.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. I used to buy that stuff all the time from the Yakult lady*

And yes, the logo was different before, and a bit more, um, revealing, or at least, suggestive. I used to joke about it with the Yakult lady, then we used to joke about the new logo.


*Yakult lady-- Woman who works for the Yakult company who sells drinks and other refreshments to office workers in Japan.

[Xyzse]

17. I think they went all around Asia.

Not just in Japan.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. I didn't know about other Asian countries

So I looked it up. There's even a web site called Yakult Lady, which shows Yakult ladies (and sometimes men) in many different countries.

http://www.yakult-lady.jp/job/world.html

[Xyzse]

19. They were so big during the 80s!

They would go around with a bag on wheels no less.

[Art_from_Ark]

25. The lady who comes around to my office still uses a bag on wheels

[rock]

21. OMG, now I understand why Virgin Mary's are seen so often!

Also I'd like to toss in a LOL.

[47of74]

23. It took me a minute to realize what the problem was with the Junior Jazz Dance Classes logo.

This is the one that really made me laugh;

[pokerfan]

24. Office of Government Commerce

The OGC logo, seen as it was intended

A spokesman for OGC said: “It is true that it caused a few titters among some staff when viewed on its side, but on consideration we concluded that the effect was generic to the particular combination of the letters OGC - and it is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on Government spend.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1901656/OGC-unveils-new-logo-to-red-faces.html

Rotated 90 degrees

[3catwoman3]

31. "...a firm grip"

[pokerfan]

32. I was hoping someone would catch that

[3catwoman3]

35. Happy to have...

...been of service.

[Berlin Expat]

26. The logo for

Kostelecké Uzeniny (Kostelecké sausages) is ubiquitous in the Czech Republic. Most butcher stores and grocery stores sell this brand, so you'll see it damned near everywhere.

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[Unca Jim]

27. I saw this on a road trip...

[Lancero]

28. Not corperate logos, but here are a couple ad's condom companies ran...

In Brazil, during football season.

This is one that a Argentinian condom company ran.

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After Brazil beat Argentina, a Brazilian condom company responded with this one.

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Mama's baking with a yeast infection.

[nxylas]

30. Not a logo, but...

I'm surprised this movie poster hasn't made it into this thread yet:

[Mosby]

33. not exacty a logo but...

[DebJ]

34. We had one of those when I was a child! n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

36. Whooooo

You nailed it!

[astral]

37. Sometimes its not a fail, its deliberate. Sex sells. N/T