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Old Posted Jun 29, 2017, 8:50 PM
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I absolutely hate our provincial flag, not just for political reasons. It's just disgusting to me, awful. I hate it. So of course I inevitably hate all of the thousands of logos here that feature it.
Disagree... the politics of it is one thing, but from a design standpoint it's one of the better flags in North America.

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Ugh, I hate it. It's like a four-year-old's attempt to better the Union flag with no understanding of what symbolism went into the Union flag.

I mean... a golden arrow pointing the way to prosperity? I'm surprised "NEWFOUNDLAND" isn't literally written somewhere on it.
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I mean... a golden arrow pointing the way to prosperity? I'm surprised "NEWFOUNDLAND" isn't literally written somewhere on it.


Fair enough, those are valid points! I still think it's pretty nice, though.
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Agree. It's a great flag, instantly recognizable and with good symbolism.
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Add me to the fans of the NL flag.
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This might be venturing into mascot territory but does anyone remember Louie the Lightbulb from those 80's commercials?

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This might be venturing into mascot territory but does anyone remember Louie the Lightbulb from those 80's commercials?
I sure do. Were those for Transalta or someone else?
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Calgary's horrible flag!

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Alberta, the new and the old logo (bottom) - I still prefer the old...
Yes the old one was much better!
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Calgary's horrible flag!
Reminds me of the old WHA Calgary Cowboys uniforms



I wonder which came first?
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Uh...all I see is Arby's stupid logo in that Calgary flag. I never even had Arby's....bleugh.

I can see why they'd use red and appreciate that...but it's far too simple and it seems to be generalizing Calgary as a "cow-tippin' town" or something.
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Uh...all I see is Arby's stupid logo in that Calgary flag. I never even had Arby's....bleugh.

I can see why they'd use red and appreciate that...but it's far too simple and it seems to be generalizing Calgary as a "cow-tippin' town" or something.
Yes it's horrendous. We only recently got updated welcome to Calgary signs at the city limits without Heidi and Howdy (Olympics mascots) or 90's cowboy hat squiggles.

Here's the old logo vs the new one:





Here's a new welcome sign being installed:

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As a kid, I always had a hard time making out the "B" in the above logo. it just looked like some weird ribbon shape to me, closer to an M than to a B.

Yes, of course, I can see the B but it is really strange and not immediately apparent.
Yes I had the same experience. I thought it was quite nice but it never really looked like a "B".

Great Canadian logos include:
  1. CN - the first and still greatest modern-style logo
  2. TTC
  3. The "Montreal" wordmark/logo
  4. The "Alberta" wordmark - probably don't use it anymore, but it was simple, unique, legible and memorable.
  5. Hockey Night in Canada
  6. CBC's original exploding doughnut
  7. Parti Québécois
  8. VIA
  9. The Great-West Life GWL "key"
  10. Montreal Canadiens
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Yes I had the same experience. I thought it was quite nice but it never really looked like a "B".

Great Canadian logos include:
  1. CN - the first and still greatest modern-style logo
  2. TTC
  3. The "Montreal" wordmark/logo
  4. The "Alberta" wordmark - probably don't use it anymore, but it was simple, unique, legible and memorable.
  5. Hockey Night in Canada
  6. CBC's original exploding doughnut
  7. Parti Québécois
  8. VIA
  9. The Great-West Life GWL "key"
  10. Montreal Canadiens

good list
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