{"id":433,"date":"2011-04-14T08:20:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T13:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/?p=433"},"modified":"2012-08-31T06:48:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T11:48:49","slug":"a-couple-of-takes-on-mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2011\/04\/14\/a-couple-of-takes-on-mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"A couple of takes on: Mitt Romney Nears Presidential Run, Commits Design Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1663609\/mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-435\" title=\"romney-logo\" src=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/romney-logo.jpg\" alt=\"The new Romney for president logo\" width=\"264\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Romney for president logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Really enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/fastcodesign.com\/1663609\/mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime\">this link<\/a> that my friend KPP sent on the new Romney for president logo.<\/p>\n<p>Two things struck me.<\/p>\n<p>First, when the goal is trying to please everybody, the end result is almost always milquetoast &#8211; and this logo certainly proves that point. \u00a0 A designer friend, Cornelia, came up with this interpretation:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-434\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-434\" title=\"aquafresh-for-president\" src=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/aquafresh-for-president.jpg\" alt=\"Aquafresh For President by Cornelia S.\" width=\"600\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/aquafresh-for-president.jpg 600w, http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/aquafresh-for-president-300x61.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aquafresh For President by Cornelia V. S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Second, is that\u00a0a quick look at the font treatment of &#8220;OMNEY&#8221; and it can read as &#8220;MONEY&#8221; (and not only for the dyslexics in the crowd). \u00a0Sadly, the way the system works these days, it is only because of the fact that he has personal heaps of money is why he gets to do what he does in the public arena. \u00a0So this is my take on it:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436\" title=\"new-and-improved-romney-for-president-logo\" src=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/new-and-improved-romney-for-president-logo.jpg\" alt=\"New and Improved Romney for President Logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/new-and-improved-romney-for-president-logo.jpg 400w, http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/new-and-improved-romney-for-president-logo-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New and Improved Romney for President Logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So there you go, MONEY for President. \u00a0Anybody have any good ideas on the tag line?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really enjoyed this link that my friend KPP sent on the new Romney for president logo. Two things struck me. First, when the goal is trying to please everybody, the end result is almost always milquetoast &#8211; and this logo certainly proves that point. \u00a0 A designer friend, Cornelia, came up with this interpretation: Second, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2011\/04\/14\/a-couple-of-takes-on-mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A couple of takes on: Mitt Romney Nears Presidential Run, Commits Design Crime&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[83,84,82,85],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-design","category-humor","tag-logo","tag-logo-design","tag-mitt-romney","tag-money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}