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March 24, 2009 4:15 PM

After the CrisisOnce this economic crisis blows over, a lot of companies will need their logos redesigned. Here's a dozen or so.
posted by man vs sun (25 comments total)

That Xerox one is pretty good.
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:18 PM on March 24, 2009

Their sub prime primer comic is pretty good too.
posted by tula at 4:29 PM on March 24, 2009

I wish each of these had "AMIRITE?!" after them.
posted by mrnutty at 4:31 PM on March 24, 2009 [5 favorites]

So, they do a logo for Ferrari, which is booming, but they don't do one for Honda, which is asking for a bailout? Sure, the Ferrari logo was an easy one to parody. But Ferrari is a long way from troubled.
posted by The World Famous at 4:33 PM on March 24, 2009

Crisisler was my favorite.
posted by pombe at 4:34 PM on March 24, 2009

I really wanted to like this but the execution and research were lazy as hell.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 4:38 PM on March 24, 2009

So, they do a logo for Ferrari, which is booming, but they don't do one for Honda, which is asking for a bailout?

Here you go.

Bow before my awe-inspiring graphic design skills!
posted by dersins at 4:40 PM on March 24, 2009 [11 favorites]

Outstanding, dersins. Outstanding.
posted by The World Famous at 4:41 PM on March 24, 2009

What's that Nike thing meant to be? A smirk? A flamboyant mustache? Sperm?
posted by nebulawindphone at 4:59 PM on March 24, 2009

What's that Nike thing meant to be? A smirk? A flamboyant mustache? Sperm?

These are exactly the possibilities that went through my mind, too.
posted by mrnutty at 5:02 PM on March 24, 2009

They forgot this.
posted by clevershark at 5:02 PM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

Had some merit, but the selection of logos is just weak:

Ford - only member of the Big 3 not to need bailout money
Yahoo! - had problems long before the economic crisis
Best Buy - who just lost a main competitor
posted by meowzilla at 5:08 PM on March 24, 2009

Have you Driven a Fail Lately?

If by "driven" you mean, "visited on the web on the recommendation of a fpp."
posted by ericbop at 5:15 PM on March 24, 2009

Man, that link sucked.
posted by briank at 5:55 PM on March 24, 2009

If this was from The Onion it would be outta here.
posted by pianomover at 6:07 PM on March 24, 2009

Yeah, this was pretty crap. Sorry.
posted by paisley henosis at 6:18 PM on March 24, 2009

Dude are you eight?
posted by Mayor Curley at 6:43 PM on March 24, 2009

...but they don't do one for Honda, which is asking for a bailout?

Sorry, what? Honda isn't at the verge of bankruptcy by any means. They did ask the Japanese government for some loans; supposedly this is to help them fund more car loans to individuals in the USA, given the decreased availability of credit here.
posted by musicinmybrain at 6:45 PM on March 24, 2009

I was really hoping this would somehow involve a comic book spoof.
posted by bettafish at 8:18 PM on March 24, 2009

So these are kind of like Wacky Packages without the funny?
posted by mazola at 9:24 PM on March 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

I thought the Nike swoosh was a stock chart.
posted by acoutu at 9:41 PM on March 24, 2009

SAGE
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 5:27 AM on March 25, 2009 [1 favorite]

2M made me laugh.
posted by Vindaloo at 5:44 AM on March 25, 2009

This is amazingly bad.
posted by odinsdream at 8:05 AM on March 25, 2009

A similar list I saw included ExFed.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:31 AM on March 25, 2009