This is why I think anyone doing a rebrand, logo change, etc... should forego regular focus group testing and such, and instead get a group of teenage boys.<p>They will immediately see if your logo is a dick/butt/boobs/swastika/etc... or if your company name can be taken in a "more vulgar manner"
Good, entertaining read.<p>>It appears that y-fronts are a uniquely British phenomenon whose popularity doesn’t extend far past their borders.<p>I don't think you can make that statement after sending a survey only to people in USA and UK. I'm Australian and I definitely see Y-fronts in the original logo.<p>Edit: I thought I'd add an interesting point. In medicine we include "Y-fronts" in the mnemonic to help us remember the order and direction of structures in the femoral triangle.<p><a href="https://radiopaedia.org/articles/femoral-triangle-contents-mnemonic" rel="nofollow">https://radiopaedia.org/articles/femoral-triangle-contents-m...</a>
I once tried to sell a software library as a product. Bad timing, concept, and execution, so it flopped. The thing I remember most is putting the phrase "slam dunk" in my initial product announcement. I took a lot of flack about that from non-Americans. That wasn't so bad, but I let that very temporary error distract and derail my marketing efforts, and <i>that</i> was a mistake. Personally, I'd have stuck with the underwear logo and put that energy elsewhere.
While from my cultural bias, I cannot see any "Y pants" in the dodecahedron, the logo of Magento BI (next to "Magento" at the upper left corner of<p>> <a href="https://rjmetrics.com/" rel="nofollow">https://rjmetrics.com/</a><p>and also the logo shown in the tweet) looks like - how should I express it - "a hanging male reproductive organ" to me. The four sides of the hexagon surround the region of pubic hair.
My personal favorite was the 5 1/4 inch floppy disk brand name: Janus<p>The first time I saw one of these laying on my desk with the first letter "J" covered up...well, I could never unsee it.
Could be much worse:<p><a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/worst-logo-fails-ever/" rel="nofollow">https://www.boredpanda.com/worst-logo-fails-ever/</a>
Ummm... it's not just Internationalization you need to worry about. Sometimes you should look at the logo from all angles. Literally, in the Office of Government Control's case...<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1901656/OGC-unveils-new-logo-to-red-faces.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1901656/OGC-unveils-new-log...</a>
Story reminds me of Yandex.Browser logo, which looked for many like a woman thongs on a ball: <a href="https://hsto.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/11e/fe1/9bb/11efe19bbb12e3d088ac3767fa251fe8.png" rel="nofollow">https://hsto.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/11e/fe1/9bb/11...</a>
Based on the title alone I assumed this was gonna be about Daewoo. Their logo is regularly compared to a pair of tighty whities (TIL they are also known as y-fronts).<p><a href="http://www.carlogos.org/Car-Logos/Daewoo-logo.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.carlogos.org/Car-Logos/Daewoo-logo.html</a>
I grew up in the UK and have never heard of this y front term before, I wonder if it’s regional. I have heard of briefs and tight whiteys. Based on my experience people in the U.K. will take the mickey/piss out of things like this more in general regardless of what it is.
Wait.<p>"UK schoolchildren sometimes tease each other with insults like “I bet you wear y-fronts.”"<p>Why is it an insult? I'm wearing it now, and I'm sure it's quite common here (not UK/US).
Not exactly a logo, but check out the "Hitler kettle", which was disturbing and funny at the same time.<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10084348/Kettle-that-looks-like-Hitler-brews-trouble-for-JCPenney.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/...</a>
hahahaah, man you're hilarious! You should consider writing comedy blogs! I was chuckling all through out the article<p>"I bet you wear y-fronts" hahahaha - it is something that I heard a lot growing up in the UK (and for the record, yes..no, I didn't wear them)