Worst Redesigns

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

I don't get the change to the Microsoft logo. The big bold letters would still be more legible than the new logo, wouldn't they?

I guess compared to the other logo changes this one is mostly about Big Tech's fetish for making everything look soulless and minimalist.

It's not supposed to be read, it's supposed to be instantly recognized without thinking about it.

You know what this is without thinking about it even though the logo or product name isn't even there.


Ad-people used to have a super-boner for cutting down a logo and still have people read it in their heads. The less you could see of the logo and still go "oh, [product]" the better, it was like a sign of their advertisement campaign dominating the minds of the plebs. Like this but taken to an extreme where as little as possible can be seen.


The Nike swirl is decent example of this, they don't need more than that little thing to be recognized.

 

[Cloaca Rimjob]

Tranny genitalia

 

[ClownBrew]

I get literally MATI over how websites are nearly all designed for phones now. I don't own a phone and don't want one. So now three quarters of the internet is rendered either useless or just an exercise in annoyance just in trying to use it on a real computer...wild.

Infinite scroll is one of the worst examples. Another is how sites increasingly wall you out entirely unless you download a phone app just to visit there. Still others don't function if the user cannot swipe and tap.

Fuck this crap sideways.

 

[deermeat]

Do Beanie Babies count? I really dislike the giant glittery "realistic" eyes of newer ones, and really every other modern plush you see in stores. I think the problem is they add way too much detail to the face.
I have to say though... I kinda like this one!

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OH Lord, yeah. I really don't like the new beanie babies. They all mostly look creepy.
Not to mention they don't feel the same either when you hold them, the ones I see in the store feel like they are mostly stuffing and the fur is greasy. Overall unpleasant.
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I'm not that old but I feel like the kids today and what they enjoy makes me feel like I'm 50. People on YouTube are talking about what "mobile games feel nostalgic" and it's just
The worst offender is the American animation industry. Jesus Christ. Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon? It's no longer just "bad animations" anymore, it's now how they act and what they post online that makes me cringe.
Do kids really need to be caring about "pride flags" while watching Blues Clues? Do kids need to be told "not to be a racist" by a cartoon character? Or be explained racial issues while watching TV? I thought that was the parents and school's job.

Spoiler: Totally about "education" and not brainwashing.

I can't even say this is unrelated because a lot of modern-day shitty redesigns have to do with this stuff LMAO

 

[Cowboy Cat]

Do Beanie Babies count? I really dislike the giant glittery "realistic" eyes of newer ones, and really every other modern plush you see in stores. I think the problem is they add way too much detail to the face.
I have to say though... I kinda like this one!

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I haven’t bought a beanie baby since I was a kid but damn I almost kind of want this one

 

[melty]

Thanks for making me feel old OP, your "old" littlest pet shop photos are my shitty redesign. When I was a kid they actually resembled animals and weren't neon colors:

 

[Solid Snek]

I don't get the change to the Microsoft logo. The big bold letters would still be more legible than the new logo, wouldn't they?

I guess compared to the other logo changes this one is mostly about Big Tech's fetish for making everything look soulless and minimalist.

Several problems with that Microsoft logo. As I stated above, contemporary graphic design theory is focused on making things easy to work with at any scale and being instantly recognizable on any modern media platform.

On a tiny phone screen, for example, a detail as small as that wedge-shaped cutout on the O is going to be lost. The oldschool MICROSOFT logo will look like just another word in a sea of undifferentiated text. Having a big dumb square of squares may look unimpressive on its own, but you can spot that logo anywhere, no matter how tiny your stupid Google wristwatch or whatever happens to be.

 

[Fareal]

Do Beanie Babies count? I really dislike the giant glittery "realistic" eyes of newer ones, and really every other modern plush you see in stores. I think the problem is they add way too much detail to the face.
I have to say though... I kinda like this one!

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Re the Beanie Boos: my kids and their friends are all madly in love with the big sparkly eyes and the sparkly fur and the flippy sequin shit on the Beanie Boos. I also find them unappealing (and I was a collector back in the first wave of Beanie madness) but Ty have zeroed the fuck in on the target market here. My home is lightly infested by these sparklefucks.

 

[Mnutu]

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The Meatball, replaced briefly by The Worm.

I was shocked to discover some people like the neon sign.

I can appreciate both

Raven in the New 52 looked too stupid, they went back to the goth gf design in the new continuity.
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I don’t mind this one at all. I actually like it by itself. I think Ravens simpler design is better suited but that’s not a bad design at all.

 

[Mal0]

Google ruins everything it touches:

I hate this new simplistic artstyle. The need to have less polygons and detail for a minimalist look is lazy and a pain on the eyes. It has no personality and is extremely bland and cooperate, which is what Google itself has become.

Also for a hit of nostalgia, the old YT app icon vs current day icon:

 

[The Thinking Tree]

Toucan Sam's recent redesign comes to mind...

His intro video is so awful they disable comments and likes/dislikes

 

[Hummingbird]

The Dark Queen
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Silly, don't you know that boobs and curves are evil now a days.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Not to mention how unfunny it became.

 

[Synthwave Obsessed]

The Firefox logo. It embodies my hate of minimalism so perfectly. I don't even recognize the logo anymore. It's just gradient orange swirl with a purple line. Good job, I guess, on sticking with the same color palette.



The Pringles logo has also managed to get worse over time, as well. Once again, minimalism claims another victim, where details are removed and it is changed for the sake of change. I agree that the new logo looks way too close to the Monopoly man, now. They even removed the Pringles man's hair.


"It's the same picture"

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Iron Man's armor having a visible nose is very off-putting, to say the least.

 

[BScCollateral]

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Iron Man's armor having a visible nose is very off-putting, to say the least.

Supposedly, this happened because of a misunderstanding.

Originally, he had no visible nose. However, artists started slipping up, and drew his mouth and eyes too close together. Stan Lee's comment was "Where is his nose," meaning "There is no room for Tony to have a nose." And they stuck a nose on the mask instead of leaving more room for a nose.

Just an unsourced rumor, but it makes sense.

 

[Kill a Troon for Pikamee]

 

[OrionBalls]

Makes me want to cry.

 

[Not Prower]

Probably the Steam Library for me, the old one worked perfectly fine and didn't hog up so much resources.
Its one of those things that you don't realize is good until you loose it.

 

[The Marauder]