The Albion's new badge?

[Marc]

yep

 

[Insel affe]

Option c is class and i love the albion at the bottom maybe a ring of red around the crest would set it off. But class well done sunshine

 

[perth seagull]

They are nice designs, but I prefer the simplicity of our current badge or the previous one.

 

[Silent Bob]

Me too. With Mayfair seagull's seagull you're perilously close to this kind of thing:

 

[Mayfair Seagull]

They are nice designs, but I prefer the simplicity of our current badge or the previous one.

I'm currently working on something along these lines and will post it on here when its finished.

Thanks for all the feedback - it's been really interesting to get everyone's thoughts.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

That Barnsley thing is hysterical!

 

[Mayfair Seagull]

Me too. With Mayfair seagull's seagull you're perilously close to this kind of thing:

Yep.. they almost look identical! lol

 

[7:18]

absolutely LOVE C, it is modern and oozes pure class!

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Of course the best way to carry out a rebranding project is have a clear brief at the start and work on from there. But not everything is this world is quite that simple and I would have thought that 20yrs in this industry would have taught you that.

Disgruntled with the current badge I felt it was worth spending some considerable time and effort working on designs to present to the club. I wanted them to see that we could have a much stronger identity than what we currently have. I love the Albion and want to do anything I can to help the club out, if it means lending my professional skills for free then I'm more than happy to do that.

I just find your negative attitude to this quite sad. Being a fellow designer wouldn't it be more constructive for you to bring some of your designs to the table and then for the debate to continue from there.

Your client list doesn't impress me. I've worked for HMV, Sky, FIFA World Cup 2006 and Visa but I don't want to brag.

I challenge you to post your recommendations for a new badge on this forum; saying we haven't got a brief is a cop out. Let's be friend's either way.. we all want the same thing; a badge we can all be proud of be it as a tattoo or on our shirts.

Mayfair Seagull, thanks for your time and effort so far. Keep up the good work

 

[portlock seagull]

Just playing devil's advocate because I really like B and Mayfair sounds a top bloke. But isn't this all incidental if the club won't listen to him or any of us regarding the new badge e.g. they've selected a company to do this and with the best will in the world, they're not going to listen to anyone else's ideas if they're being contracted to do the work. I wish we could have B, so that's put the Kybosh on that happening I'm afraid.....

 

[Titanic]

Perhaps it will be tied in with the iconic stadium branding?

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Forget the seagull, the important question is can we put some stars above it for something completely obscure and irrelevent like everyone else seems to these days? Sussex Senior Cup wins maybe...Then it'd be cool.

 

[Mayfair Seagull]

Just playing devil's advocate because I really like B and Mayfair sounds a top bloke. But isn't this all incidental if the club won't listen to him or any of us regarding the new badge e.g. they've selected a company to do this and with the best will in the world, they're not going to listen to anyone else's ideas if they're being contracted to do the work. I wish we could have B, so that's put the Kybosh on that happening I'm afraid.....

I would love to think that fan power could persuade the club to listen, after all a football club without its fans is nothing.

The branding of the stadium need not effect the club's badge and there's no reason why the architects cannot work with us on this, to produce something we can all be proud of.

 

[The Large One]

If - IF - a new club crest is going to be commissioned (at present there are no plans), they may well take a look at this thread (Insider already has) and take soundings and opinions to what many fans on here will like or want.

But just because you (or me, or any other designers or branding experts on here) are not being asked to do it, it does not automatically follow the club isn't listening.

 

[Ian Bairds Fist]

I would love to think that fan power could persuade the club to listen, after all a football club without its fans is nothing.

The branding of the stadium need not effect the club's badge and there's no reason why the architects cannot work with us on this, to produce something we can all be proud of.

Exactly. The fans are integral to this Club, much more so than 90% of others.

Please consider the designs in this thread Mr Bloom.

 

[Ian Bairds Fist]

Me too. With Mayfair seagull's seagull you're perilously close to this kind of thing:

Are you ACTUALLY being serious. I do hope not.

:US:

 

[The Large One]

Exactly. The fans are integral to this Club, much more so than 90% of others.

Please consider the designs in this thread Mr Bloom.

Please tell me why it's SO important to have a Brighton fan design the new badge...

 

[matt]

Please tell me why it's SO important to have a Brighton fan design the new badge...

That's not what he is saying is it? I assumed he meant that Albion fans should have a say in the choice of logo rather than be responsible for creating it...

 

[The Large One]

That's not what he is saying is it? I assumed he meant that Albion fans should have a say in the choice of logo rather than be responsible for creating it...

That's possible

However, there is always a risk that if you ask 100 or 1,000 people for an opinion, there is a distinct possibility you're going to get 100 or 1,000 different answers. Or at least answers that fewer than 50% can agree on. Then your fact-finding mission appears fruitless.

Or...

The club could brief their designer to come up with some alternatives (three or four) and ask the fans for their opinions.

I don't know if the club will ever do that once they decide to change the badge (or IF they decide to change the badge), but assuming you want the fans involved, that is one way of following the line of least resistance.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Seriously, you prefer the pregnant one?

Can we have a design where the pregnant seagull gives birth to a community stadium?