Monday, 29 July 2013

OGC? OMG!


In 2005, at a cost of £14,000, this logo was adopted by the Office of Government Commerce, a body set up by the UK Government to provide guidance on the procurement and acquisition process for public sector organisations. But a replacement design had to be hastily commissioned after the logo caused the Government some embarrassment. To see why, rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise. OK, I'll do it for you.

Monday, 1 July 2013

Not seen on the road to Damascus

Jesus wept! This is just one excruciating example of the many awful posters to be found outside English churches. Why do they do it? Do they really think that passers-by might experience a Damascene epiphany after seeing such icky contrived wordplay? Have they actually done any market research to discover whether such shallow jokey signs might increase church attendance? Couldn’t their funds be put to better use than producing pointless punning posters?