Comments on: THIRTEEN’s New Graphics: A Q&A with Pentagram’s Michael Bierut http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/2009/05/07/thirteens-new-graphics-a-qa-with-pentagrams-michael-bierut/ What's going on at Thirteen and WNET.ORG Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicole Schuller http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/2009/05/07/thirteens-new-graphics-a-qa-with-pentagrams-michael-bierut/#comment-803 Nicole Schuller Thu, 21 May 2009 01:43:56 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/?p=234#comment-803 After a few more days of looking at the new graphics, I have to say that they remind me of the email way of screaming. I do not like to be screamed at and that is another reason why I do not like the new logo of "thirteen". And I completely agree with Olivia. My household has already bought a "digital antenna" and can't pick up 13 or 21 with it. The money that was spent for the re-design of the graphics would have been better spent in the digital broadcast department, ensuring that we can receive pbs broadcasts on these digital antennas in the NY area. On another note, the link to this public discussion about the new graphics is almost impossible to find on thirteen's website, which is not good for public discourse. After a few more days of looking at the new graphics, I have to say that they remind me of the email way of screaming. I do not like to be screamed at and that is another reason why I do not like the new logo of “thirteen”.

And I completely agree with Olivia. My household has already bought a “digital antenna” and can’t pick up 13 or 21 with it. The money that was spent for the re-design of the graphics would have been better spent in the digital broadcast department, ensuring that we can receive pbs broadcasts on these digital antennas in the NY area.

On another note, the link to this public discussion about the new graphics is almost impossible to find on thirteen’s website, which is not good for public discourse.

]]> By: Olivia Goodman http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/2009/05/07/thirteens-new-graphics-a-qa-with-pentagrams-michael-bierut/#comment-797 Olivia Goodman Thu, 14 May 2009 18:28:20 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/?p=234#comment-797 I am sorry to say the new logo will not be a problem for me after the changeover to digital since it looks like my antennae will not pick up either 13 or 21 in digital mode. I would have preferred that you use the money you spent on the logo to make your digital signal more universally available. I am sorry to say the new logo will not be a problem for me after the changeover to digital since it looks like my antennae will not pick up either 13 or 21 in digital mode. I would have preferred that you use the money you spent on the logo to make your digital signal more universally available.

]]> By: Richard Leavitt http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/2009/05/07/thirteens-new-graphics-a-qa-with-pentagrams-michael-bierut/#comment-689 Richard Leavitt Sun, 10 May 2009 04:06:07 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/?p=234#comment-689 Nice work Pentagram! Nice work Pentagram!

]]> By: Stephen Edwards http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/2009/05/07/thirteens-new-graphics-a-qa-with-pentagrams-michael-bierut/#comment-664 Stephen Edwards Sat, 09 May 2009 09:42:23 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/?p=234#comment-664 The new THIRTEEN is hot, hot, hot. The aesthetic of the next decade is now defined. Great job. The new THIRTEEN is hot, hot, hot. The aesthetic of the next decade is now defined. Great job.

]]> By: Nicole Schuller http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/2009/05/07/thirteens-new-graphics-a-qa-with-pentagrams-michael-bierut/#comment-621 Nicole Schuller Fri, 08 May 2009 01:14:33 +0000 http://www.thirteen.org/insidethirteen/?p=234#comment-621 Why, on God's Green Earth, are you spending money in a money-strapped time for a re-design of a logo that was perfectly fine... and now is downright hideous. The old font of thirteen was quirky and fun, now it's corporate and square, way too big on the bottom of the screen and interfering. It might work for WNET because it's an acronym, but a long word like "thirteen" gets way too squat and elongated with this font. I give the designer an F. Not only is the re-design ugly but completely unnecessary and a waste of contributor's money. Why, on God’s Green Earth, are you spending money in a money-strapped time for a re-design of a logo that was perfectly fine… and now is downright hideous. The old font of thirteen was quirky and fun, now it’s corporate and square, way too big on the bottom of the screen and interfering. It might work for WNET because it’s an acronym, but a long word like “thirteen” gets way too squat and elongated with this font. I give the designer an F. Not only is the re-design ugly but completely unnecessary and a waste of contributor’s money.

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