Amiga boing logo is -cool or not- ?

[takemehomegrandma]

@ uncharted

I agree with your thoughts. But regarding the Amiga logo(s), they did come in many shapes during the years. Perhaps too many. Look at the top left corner of this very page for instance. And which logo you saw also depended on in which part of the world you lived in. Have you seen the "Amiga" text on the boxes of the A500's Redrumloa sold? Not much semi-serif there ...

(BTW, has that butterfly problems with gas? ;-))

[adolescent]

Colored check mark for me also.  Never really cared much about the boingball symbol (or the original demo for that matter)

[DarkHawke]

Though I came up in the C= rainbow double check-mark days, I think if you could point to the single most recognizable image with which the Amiga is associated, it would be the Boing ball demo.  I remember everyone and his aunt's uncle trotting out their own Boing ball demo to prove their machine was as powerful, ignoring the fact that all their machines could do was JUST the demo (and of the competition, only the Apple II GS could do it in stereo), while the Amiga could do two or three other things at the same time.  The demo was even a part of the TV ads!  The Boing ball is the best Amiga logo.  If there's something AInc got right, it was sticking with it and using it in conjunction with the best thing to come out of the Escom era, the Amiga "red box" logo.  If only the company or the outlook for real advancement in the Amiga world could look so good!

[Lo]

Time for another poll?

1) check
2) boing
3) C=
4) other
5) new one needed? :griping:

[cecilia]

Cyberus wrote:
OK, OK

In view of the responses which it has prompted. I would like to wholeheartedly apologise for my use of the word 'gay' in a sense that caused offence..

well, i was not in the least offended. just so you know.

May I explain why I used that word? Well, it has come into common usage amongst my friends and other people I have come into contact with here in the South East of England to mean 'naff'. This is a usage that no doubt originated from the homophobia which is seemingly everpresent amongst teenage schoolchildren. Nevertheless, it will oft be heard used in a pejoratitive sense, rather than the use coined around the 1980s to mean homosexual, or the earlier sense of happy, joyous, etc.

I would speculate that other people have heard the word used in this sense...

this is EXACTLY what i was refering to in my previous post. i wasn't kidding when i said it sounded like it came from a 12 year old boy. my nephew says that sort of thing ALL the TIME.
I find it rather funny, actually.

although i have pointed out to him that he is using that term in a rather inexact manner.

don't feel bad for offering an opinion. i knew what you meant. i just disagree. and i like the Pegasos blue butterfly.

So there. i think these logo's are much nicer and friendlier than anything MicroBorg has ever come up with.

[realstar]

The "Juggler" demo was much more impressive
and pervasive in NorthAmerica.  I didn't
even see "boing" until many years after getting
an Amiga and being able to get it from the
internet.  MorphOS Butterfly logo is more
appealing/recognizable to the average person
but past Amiga users can identify the
boing logo.

[Cyberus]

@cecilia et al

I think I owe you guys an apology...I really should've phrased the original post a bit better, and then not over-reacted like a spoilt child when you criticised my use of language.

When you write you really do have to choose your words carefully, especially as you don't have any body language / tone of voice to help convey the meaning, plus what you write isn't easily forgotten!

But I suppose I got the message across in the end, just don't hire me as a diplomat :-)

[Opi-Poi]

I've (and others) said it before, no matter what logo their use :-

AMIGA NEED A CONSISTENT LOGO AND FONT THROUGHOUT THEIR
PRODUCT RANGE AND BEYOND!

Look at Amiga's home-page, there are 4 types of boing ball, all slightly different.
It's sloppy.

People need to feel comfortable in a brand name.
Like Windows and Apple, though they have changed over the years,
people can identify with a product's image like XP and Mac OS X

Even Linux which is an open source / free system can have a standard image
in the form of the "Tux" penguin.

That's what Amiga at some point will have to do.
Standardise the Amiga look, if they are to be taken seriously.

Personally, I would choose the boing ball from the 'Amiga OS' section and the font
from the 'Amiga Anywhere' section.They are more modern.
(I'd get rid of the silly red dot above the ' i ', though.)
You can have different logo variations, just base them on the same boing ball image!

[Herewegoagain]

SHADES wrote:
@Herewegoagain

Ohhh!! I love it!
I always liked the coloured check.

Gee that looks great mate. Did you send those in to AI ? I recon they would be really impressed!

Yeah, I did.  I sent them into the contest submission.  I did one other set but it is more conservative and uses the Amiga "text" with the red box dotting the i.  I didn't use the boing or check on that one.  It's kind of simple:



Also done in 5 color sets, you can preview them all here, and download them here.

I always liked the Amiga text with the red box "i".  It's kinda unique, and as someone else said, it's almost more marketable than either of their more famous logo's (tick mark or boing ball).

I just always felt like the tick mark (check) gave the feeling of "approval" or a good product.

[cecilia]

Cyberus wrote:
@cecilia et al

I think I owe you guys an apology...I really should've phrased the original post a bit better, and then not over-reacted like a spoilt child when you criticised my use of language.

When you write you really do have to choose your words carefully, especially as you don't have any body language / tone of voice to help convey the meaning, plus what you write isn't easily forgotten!  

I make the same mistakes. all is forgiven :-D

But I suppose I got the message across in the end, just don't hire me as a diplomat :-)

hey, i suck as a diplomat, too. we all have different talents.
i think we should be a little bit more tolerant of each other.
after all, it's only a message board. :-D

[Opi-Poi]

@ Herewegoagain

I've seen your backdrops before, and I like them, but I really do hate that "AMIGA" font.
I believe Escom were responsible for that and they paid a huge amount of money for it's design if I remember rightly.
In my view, it's dated terribly.
And the red dot above the ' i ', I though was to link it to the Escom company which
is now irrelevant.
And it doesn't work in black and white.
However (like my post before) if they adapted this font throughout the product range then I'd buy it.
I'd still call it dull, but I'd buy it.
:-)

[Damion]

May I explain why I used that word? Well, it has come into common usage amongst my friends and other people I have come into contact with here in the South East of England to mean 'naff'. This is a usage that no doubt originated from the homophobia which is seemingly everpresent amongst teenage schoolchildren. Nevertheless, it will oft be heard used in a pejoratitive sense, rather than the use coined around the 1980s to mean homosexual, or the earlier sense of happy, joyous, etc.

No worries, it's the same where I'm from
(western US). There are the "official" two
definitions of gay, and the emerging third is
indeed the use of the term 'gay" to mean lame,
silly, 'retarded' etc..I use it myself all of
the time (and before anyone says anything it's
NOT meant as an insult to those who are 'gay'
in the homosexual sense of the word).

To answer the topic, I've never really liked
the boing ball, I think it looks "kiddie"...
the checkmark is better IMO, but logos have
never been the amiga's strongpoint..

[Herewegoagain]

I've seen your backdrops before, and I like them, but I really do hate that "AMIGA" font.
I believe Escom were responsible for that and they paid a huge amount of money for it's design if I remember rightly.
In my view, it's dated terribly.

I was trying to remember which "Amiga" was responsible for that particular text logo.  The one I hated the most was the one that streched out like a bat's wings.  That one was aweful.

[ronybeck]

Yep.  It is very boring.  Time for something new.

[SHADES]

@Herewegoagain
The Silver like pictured above looks really proffesional.

Did you get a reply? or even a response? It's very good work!

Team Aros would probably be interested in your work too, although I think they just settled on a new logo design.

This type of packaging would SELL in stores. It does not look like a gimic which I'm afraid the last few releases of the OS 3.5 and 3.9 did.

They are not just my opinoins there, but everyone whom I showed the newer OSs to.

Had it been packaged like yours above, I am certain that the responses would have been completly different.

As for the Escom association, I'm pretty sure the name AMIGA came from another company too so I don't see the font or word to be a problem there heck all you need to do is look at old amiga video footage to realise that the boing ball demo was also pitched at exactly the same time and way running on ATARI. This was the supposed selling point for "powerful " h/w at that time, it showed the PCs off. but Boing Ball was not just an AMIGA demo at all.

VWD
Very Well Done.

[Argo]

You forgot the paint smears for OS 3.0