Entry no.: 237
13 Sep 2007, 6:18 PM
Tags: antidesign, bewilderment, cluelessness, identity, Romania
Comments: 8
Please tell me that Romania’s visual identity is an elaborated practical joke. I try to find the right words here—indignity, humiliation, shame, misfortune, pity, disgrace… shall I continue? Romanian bloggers/designers, please spread the word and protest against this horror.
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“Horror” indeed! I guess I better not think of how much they spent on this new “identity”.
On the other hand, thinking of how things are going here, maybe this is representative for Romania. Looking on how any debate on this topic (e.g. on brandingromania.ro) brings up rather bad things about this country…maybe this “new identity” is accurate :(
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Unfortunately, at the provided toll free telephone number 080.080.0169 nobody would pick up the phone. I strongly encourage you to call or send your inquiry by email at manual@publicinfo.ro. Journalists should really look into this.
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Laurian:
I really wonder if the abomination was done in house, or they managed to get an unknown agency to do it.