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As someone who grew up with the meatball, I can’t fathom why they went back to the worm. It’s all nostalgia.
by theresistor 6y ago
As someone who grew up with the meatball, I can’t fathom why they went back to the worm.
It’s all nostalgia.
- systemvoltage 6y agoThe worm is objectively a better logo. It has less details, can be simplified in painting on large scale (rockets) and it is extremely iconic from any distance and any color. B/W image of worm is easy, try that with the meat ball. Logo design for the worm was exceptional in everyway. It was thrown away for reasons of executive team wanting to do something new.
- daveslash 6y agoI am always an advocate of logos that can be represented in black-and-white or 3 shades of gray at most. In addition to looking good when printed in monotone, they also are easy to engrave in granite/concrete - here's the Worm logo in Granite. Try that with the Meatball. https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/background/20190312_nasaconcrete.jpg https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/background/...
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- garmaine 6y agoThe worm logo is taught in design school. Like the FedEx arrow, it has become a textbook example of classic design. It also harkens back to the UI elements of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which is a very positive link for the NASA brand (although the causality is backwards--the worm inspired the Star Trek set designer).
- worker767424 6y agoI agree with the qualities that make a good logo, but it's also very much a product of its time. SF Muni adopted a worm logo around the same time, and it looks equally gimmicky and dated.