Romania Disgrace
Brancusi was possibly the most important Romanian artist of all time. Yet both websites—brancusi.com and brancusi.ro—dedicated to him exude bad taste and sheer incompetence. A shame.
Romania archives
Entry no.: 308
24 Oct 2007, 12:41 PM
Tags: antidesign, best practice, bewilderment, branding, cluelessness, criticism, design, identity, interview, press, protest
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Romania More on Romania's draft ID
Two new episodes: three, four [links in Romanian], following the previous two: one, two, regarding Romania’s draft ID commissioned to Imagina SRL (imaginastudio.ro) and not developed in-house as the Agency for Governmental Strategies representatives previously reported to a Brandient inquiry.
Embarrassing.
Romania Slang from the hood
Romanian language is not dead, it just smells funny and Urban Pedia, the Romanian slang dictionary, harvested an inventory well above the 2k mark to prove it—lexpionage (lexicon+espionage) at its best, well worth a RSS subscription. And if colloquialism is your thing, don’t forget about Dictionar Urban and their definition of the day feed. [links in Romanian]
Entry no.: 238
14 Sep 2007, 1:46 PM
Tags: antidesign, bewilderment, cluelessness, identity, Romania
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Romania Romania’s draft ID
Romania’s ID — a follow-up. It seems that the infantile identity program was developed in-house by The Agency for Governmental Strategies. Contacted representatives declared that the logo and manuals were posted for public consultations, are drafts and should not be regarded as final. Journalists should look into it and clarify this matter.
Entry no.: 237
13 Sep 2007, 6:18 PM
Tags: antidesign, bewilderment, cluelessness, identity, Romania
Comments: 8
Romania A joke, right?
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.
Romania National unease
Not even 24 hours passed since my previous, optimistic post and the Parliament just voted in favor of elected President’s impeachment. Meetings showing support for President Basescu — and against the Parliament — will possibly follow and violent scenarios are not totally far-fetched. Romanian political class proves once again decisively moronic. I feel miserably ashamed.
