Greater Gattsby
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- Oct 6, 2011
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For those who don't know me, Greater Gattsby is my name and sport's related graphic design is my game. Most people probably will not care, but I care about the most minuscule things in relation to anything graphically related to football clubs.
Seeing Melbourne getting their logo changed for the fourth time since 2005 today got me thinking. Where are we at, and why does our logo still say "KANGAROOS" in giant letters across the bottom and "North Melbourne Football Club" in size 2 grey font below this? In 2007 when this logo was adopted, our club was at the brink of extinction. We were known as the "KANGAROOS" and not "North Melbourne" due to a potential cutting of ties with our home and moving up to the Gold Coast. We adopted this logo in a time where the club was in serious trouble, one of the darkest times our club has ever gone through. Why do we still associate ourselves with this era?
The club in which generations of families, friends and players who have given their all for our club deserve to be represented by a much stronger image than that of a robo-squashed-kangaroo. The North Melbourne Football Club have so much history to use, so why is it not we are represented by something which IS the club?
In my own opinion, things really do need to change. As I'm in the middle of my year 12 exam period, when else would be a better time to re-brand an AFL football club.
Here are the official logos that I would like to see our club, the North Melbourne Football Club, proudly represented by:
You've most likely seen both logos before. The primary logo is a modern take on our old shield logo from the 60's and 70's. Whilst the secondary logo is a traditionally monogram used by our club before the 1960's.
I will also be doing club polos, football kits, hoodies, warm up tops, training shirts etc. Constructive feedback on all designs are welcome.
For now, what are your thoughts and opinions?
Seeing Melbourne getting their logo changed for the fourth time since 2005 today got me thinking. Where are we at, and why does our logo still say "KANGAROOS" in giant letters across the bottom and "North Melbourne Football Club" in size 2 grey font below this? In 2007 when this logo was adopted, our club was at the brink of extinction. We were known as the "KANGAROOS" and not "North Melbourne" due to a potential cutting of ties with our home and moving up to the Gold Coast. We adopted this logo in a time where the club was in serious trouble, one of the darkest times our club has ever gone through. Why do we still associate ourselves with this era?
The club in which generations of families, friends and players who have given their all for our club deserve to be represented by a much stronger image than that of a robo-squashed-kangaroo. The North Melbourne Football Club have so much history to use, so why is it not we are represented by something which IS the club?
In my own opinion, things really do need to change. As I'm in the middle of my year 12 exam period, when else would be a better time to re-brand an AFL football club.
Here are the official logos that I would like to see our club, the North Melbourne Football Club, proudly represented by:
You've most likely seen both logos before. The primary logo is a modern take on our old shield logo from the 60's and 70's. Whilst the secondary logo is a traditionally monogram used by our club before the 1960's.
I will also be doing club polos, football kits, hoodies, warm up tops, training shirts etc. Constructive feedback on all designs are welcome.
For now, what are your thoughts and opinions?