No Headphones Icon Design Contest

|2ambo wrote:

http://justyouraveragejoggler.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/031307-headphones.jpg

That looks like it could be a clip of a montage from a Ben Stiller movie.

Surely they wanted something more like this (just a rough, as you will see from the jaggies)...

http://www.gallerynews.com/nohp.gif

remedial poster wrote:

The Road Runners Club of America unveiled a new universal "No Headphones" icon. Read about it in the thread here:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2370745

Here is the icon:

http://www.marathonguide.com/pressreleases/pressfiles/images/RRCANoHeadphones_080208_home.gif

As you can see, it's absolutely terrible. It's got a bunch of weird colors, and an icon like this shouldn't require words to explain what it means. I think the talented letsrun community can come up with something a lot better. I'd like to see an icon that displays somebody wearing headphones getting hit by a car, but that's just one idea. Go crazy.

Sorry, I don't have any prizes.

Thanks, I was the one who came up w/ that logo, executed by a graphic designer who has won numerous awards for her work. Sorry it was too gaudy and wordy for your tastes. I just wanted something to put up at my races, but RRCA (and others) took it and ran w/ it.

As for the words around the illustration, we are dealing w/ people who have ignored or missed announcements, emails, web postings, etc. and still worn headphones in races. IMO, you can't hit them too many ways in their music-benumbed brains.

I suppose you don't like the traffic signs that have a red circle/slash over a letter P and spell out "No Parking" either.

JimG wrote:

executed by a graphic designer who has won numerous awards for her work.

I really REALLY hope not... My 3 year old cousin could probably do a better job, it looks like you 'graphic designer' spent about 5 minutes in MS paint.

drsmrtypnts wrote:

JimG wrote:

executed by a graphic designer who has won numerous awards for her work.

I really REALLY hope not... My 3 year old cousin could probably do a better job, it looks like you 'graphic designer' spent about 5 minutes in MS paint.

No, about 15 min. in Adobe Illustrator. Basically, it was my idea - take the Napster guy, remove his cat ears, and add the circle/slash.

JimG wrote:

No, about 15 min. in Adobe Illustrator. Basically, it was my idea - take the Napster guy, remove his cat ears, and add the circle/slash.

In that case you owe Napster some money.

Why so many colors and words around the thing in a circle? Did it ever occur to you that they didn't miss the messages about no headphones, they're probably just like 'screw this guy I'll wear my headphones anyways, they help me'.

All you needed to do was in one color make a set of headphones and put a circle with a cross through it. It looks retarded, IMO.

JimG wrote:

Thanks, I was the one who came up w/ that logo, executed by a graphic designer who has won numerous awards for her work. Sorry it was too gaudy and wordy for your tastes.

Bullsh!t. Be honest: this was "executed" by your wife/daughter/niece, an amateur/hobbyist. If they are really a designer of any merit, they should be embarrassed by this work. This is simply an ugly graphic. There are no redeeming features.

As for awards, here is what real graphic design looks like:

Good for them. Ban cell phones, too.

I say give them hell over this...its a free country. We should be able to wear headphones if we want. Newsflash...if someone gets hit by a car at your race they'll bury your race whether they were wearing headphones or not. Nike & Apple need to get on the defense over this issue. Its a free country. What's next...they'll remove radios from our cars?! I think it should be up to the runners and everyone should respect that some athletes like to run with music and some don't.

scat wrote:

I say give them hell over this...its a free country. We should be able to wear headphones if we want.

You can. In fact, you can put them on now and run in traffic if you wish. You can even organize a race for headphone wearers only if you want to do the work.

But if you are running in someone else's race, they make the rules. If you choose not to follow those rules, the race operators can choose to throw you out.

It's all very simple.

It becomes a problem when selfish assholes like you think they are entitled to change the rules to suit their purpose while letting the race organizers assume the risk.

stupid letsrunners wrote:

Bullsh!t. Be honest: this was "executed" by your wife/daughter/niece, an amateur/hobbyist. If they are really a designer of any merit, they should be embarrassed by this work. This is simply an ugly graphic. There are no redeeming features.

As for awards, here is what real graphic design looks like:

http://www.americandesignawards.com/annual09.html

Bullsh!t, an icon discouraging headphone use at road races does not need that level of development. The colors/ugliness draw the eye more than something 'pleasing' and monochromatic would. That's the entire point, to alert people. People who have such a problem with the icon are busybodies with too much time on their hands. There are FAR bigger issues in the sport (not to mention the country and world) to be dealt with than this.

This whole idea is ridiculous. If we want to raise headphone awareness the we need plastic bracelets. Are there any colors left?

JimG wrote:

Thanks, I was the one who came up w/ that logo, executed by a graphic designer who has won numerous awards for her work. Sorry it was too gaudy and wordy for your tastes. I just wanted something to put up at my races, but RRCA (and others) took it and ran w/ it.

As for the words around the illustration, we are dealing w/ people who have ignored or missed announcements, emails, web postings, etc. and still worn headphones in races. IMO, you can't hit them too many ways in their music-benumbed brains.

I suppose you don't like the traffic signs that have a red circle/slash over a letter P and spell out "No Parking" either.

Tell us her name then. Or did she specifically tell you not to associate her with the design? If she's really an award-winning graphic designer, she would be embarrassed to be in any way attached to this icon.

It's kinda funny that you would come on here and defend your stupid logo. It's obviously bad. It looks like it was made by a child.

How about some more submissions for the contest? JimG, would you like to submit yours for a second review?

Jesus Christ Jim

You need to grow up a lot! you get all pissy when people have the nerve.....to complain...about a crappy design. I don't care how many contest the designer won, that doesn't mean she can't turn out a crappy design.

Get a thicker skin dude. No wonder RW bought you guys out.

thanks for your witty response :-) Just stating a fact that maybe some runners need to think about the "customer". AND have we met? If not, i don't think you have the right to call me a selfish asshole...not nice. Oh and i do direct several races myself AND when i was young i rode my bike without a helmet. I AM SO SELFISH!!!

The other poster was perhaps a tad rude in calling you a shelfish asshole, but his point is completely correct. The race director right to develop rules on what is acceptable and not at his or her race. If you dont like it, dont run in that race. It's a rule that makes the race safer, seems perfectly reasonable to me.

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Remove the text and here's a good logo for the ban:

http://static.flickr.com/54/140762498_c81d475ec2_o.jpg