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Pon
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The red "o"?
« on: Jul 28th, 2006, 11:16pm » |
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I notice in the title "goo goo dolls", the last "o" in "goo" is red. Is there any special meaning in it? Is there something I don't know...hehe. Can somebody crack the code? Or was it like "let's just make it red"? haha.
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 28th, 2006, 11:49pm » |
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if you look on the cover of the new cd --Let Love In ---- Goo Goo Dolls is in white except for the second o in the second goo
so on your cover it would be something like this
The Goo Goo Dolls and all the other letters are white....
if that makes any sense...if you have the let love in cd you will probably get a better idea of what I mean and I think the person who made the banner was using that as a model.
just my thoughts though,
Shannon
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #2 on: Jul 29th, 2006, 12:37am » |
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I'm not talking about the banner, i'm talking about the CD cover itself. It seems to be the new layout for their trailer and advertisements or whatever.
on Jul 28th, 2006, 11:49pm, collegegoofan wrote:if you look on the cover of the new cd --Let Love In ---- Goo Goo Dolls is in white except for the second o in the second goo
so on your cover it would be something like this
The Goo Goo Dolls and all the other letters are white....
if that makes any sense...if you have the let love in cd you will probably get a better idea of what I mean and I think the person who made the banner was using that as a model.
just my thoughts though,
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #3 on: Jul 29th, 2006, 10:25am » |
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I have no idea why they did it but I like it. I'm sure after 20 years of trying to be creative with the logo it gets challenging. But I really like this new one.
Are you an IM member? That would be a great question to ask. If you're not I could ask it for you.
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #4 on: Jul 29th, 2006, 10:47am » |
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Sorry Pon, I just thought you meant the banner....my bad.... 
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #5 on: Jul 30th, 2006, 12:08am » |
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You could ask them...it's a fun question to me..hehe.
To me, I feel that in their early years, their name logo had holes in it cuz it means "sex maggots". Like a bunch of maggots ate holes through the name. That's what I thought? Also, not sure, but I think they were "goo goo dolls" before, then after they became big, they became "The goo goo dolls", solidifying who they are.
on Jul 29th, 2006, 10:25am, Shannon wrote:I have no idea why they did it but I like it. I'm sure after 20 years of trying to be creative with the logo it gets challenging. But I really like this new one.
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #6 on: Jul 30th, 2006, 10:49am » |
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I submitted the question Pon. It'll be interesting to see if it gets answered.
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #7 on: Jul 30th, 2006, 11:40am » |
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As a graphic design student, this is a fairly common typographic (anything that relates to words/letters) element. It's just for visual interest, as having all the letters white would appear very flat, especially next to a grayscale photo.
A tiny bit of red then just adds a punch of color, and they chose to make one of the letters red, although they could have just as easily put the text inside a colored box or something.
But this is just my perspective.
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #8 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 2:14pm » |
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I'm an art dork too, but I still don't get the red O thing. I totally get that they'd add some color for interest (and having the title written that way looks good!) or that they'd do it to "balance" the image, but I just don't see how it's supposed to work there. It just seems like a pretty random part to accentuate, IMO. But it all comes down to personal opinion as to whether or not you like it, I guess. In any case I'd say they just did it for the visual effect and not because of any meaning or other.
But while we're on the subject -- wasn't there a shirt from back in the DUTG era that had a red O on it too? I can't seem to find a picture of it now, but I just thought of it and now it's gonna drive me nuts because it seems like something that's too weird to be coincidental, haha. 
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Re: The red "o"?
« Reply #9 on: Jul 31st, 2006, 7:44pm » |
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on Jul 30th, 2006, 11:40am, dizzilyblue wrote:As a graphic design student, this is a fairly common typographic (anything that relates to words/letters) element. It's just for visual interest, as having all the letters white would appear very flat, especially next to a grayscale photo.
A tiny bit of red then just adds a punch of color, and they chose to make one of the letters red, although they could have just as easily put the text inside a colored box or something.
But this is just my perspective.
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Totally agree with you there. I'm a Graphic Designer as well. Just graduated this year...and still unfortunately, looking for a job. There is nothing where I am....
Anyways, yes, very visually interesting and it makes it really stand out. I actually like how simple they went on their design and used Helvetica, out of the thousands of fonts they could choose from. I actually like the simple sans serif fonts.
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