We all know about the subtly clever

But I clearly spent too much time looking at pert bottoms over the weekend and noticed this on the TdF – I thought it was actually quite clever and glaringly obvious once spotted…

That’s it…once seen…

Subtle!

im not in the ‘know’ here? 🙁

Too subtle for me

me neither, do tell?

The arrow above the N makes it look like a compass point…

If you turn it upside down you get the coordinates of the Garmin headquarters. v subtle. I like it.

And molly ruins it… 🙁

Simple but marvellous given what their products do (theres a big hint) 😉
Bugger, stoner spilled the beans!

That’s it? Given MFs lead in, I was staring at it like a magic eye pic waiting for a pert bottom to appear.

Exactly – satnav products and a compass point on the logo. I must have seen it thousands of times but never twigged until Saturday.

I bet that was one of those ‘knock off early chaps, we’ve sorted the logo’ moments when the designer came up with that.

BTW – the pert bottoms reference was to the fact the riders (not sure what team) have the logo on the back of their shorts.

Stoner – Member
If you turn it upside down you get the coordinates of the Garmin headquarters. v subtle. I like it.

🙂

When I got my first Garmin GPS (a Geko) the only waypoint stored in it was that of Garmins HQ. Do they still do that?

Oh – and I’m another who has seen that logo countless times (I even have a Garmin cycle jersey) and it’s never clicked.

Yes, they still do it. I wonder if there’s a geocache there?

And I also had never noticed it until this thread 🙂

BTW – the pert bottoms reference was to the fact the riders (not sure what team) have the logo on the back of their shorts.

You been checking out David Millar’s arse?

mleh. not that special. this is my company logo and Im sure I predate Garmin….oh, maybe not 😉

Jesus, that’s shit Stoner!

Did you knock it up in Paint or something? 🙂

so whats the fedex one?

The arrow between the E and the X

BTW – the pert bottoms reference was to the fact the riders (not sure what team) have the logo on the back of their shorts.

I don’t care….I am going to find a pert bottom in that logo if it kills me!

Enhance!

…….bugger.

so whats the fedex one?

The arrow.

E&X make an arrow

so whats the fedex one?

Are you new to planet earth? 😉

LOVFL at Jamie !!!!!!!

E&X make an arrow

And of course, FedEx move things so the left to right arrow signifies positive movement – it only works because of the relevance to their core business, just like the Garmin one does. There is an interesting article out there somewhere from the guys who came up with the logo.

Did you knock it up in Paint or something?

powerpoint, natch 😛

so where’s your sawdust and PVA logo then corporate-boy?

You think I’m going to post it up here to be ridiculed to the point of inducing suicide? GTFOOH! x

I reckon they just wrote FedEx in that font and then later suddenly realised that it made an arrow.. so they pretended that they meant it all along by writing white papers about it.

No wonder Stoner can only rustle up one days work each month 🙂

DD’s company slogan is ‘Oooh, Mr Darcy!’

DD’s company slogan is ‘Oooh, Mr Darcy!’

I prefer “Got Wood? Get Laid!”

It incorporates a blouson shirt and wet breeches! 😀

Actually, anybody fancy knocking up a new one for me? Mine does need refreshing and mrs deadly can’t be arsed 😉

Depends, do you lay paving slabs?

I would do it for free but given your wife is a designer but can’t be arsed, I don’t see why I should be 😉

There’s also the A-Style logo…

mastiles_fanylion – Member

Are you new to planet earth?

no, im just not old & boring 🙄

druidh – Member
The arrow between the E and the X

so obvious once you know, any chance it was a coincidence you reckon?

The article with the designer from Landor (so I believe it will have been very deliberate – you don’t get to be a designer at a place like that without having some flair).

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php

Actually, anybody fancy knocking up a new one for me? Mine does need refreshing and mrs deadly can’t be arsed

BOOM!