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- Marco, on 10/12/2007, -270/+16it wasn't him i done it he is an imposter and also i heard he is a homosexula but you didnot hear it from me he will bludgen me he will
- icefrakker, on 10/12/2007, -14/+96wow, if smeagol was a hick on crack he would be just like you
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -12/+27taters? whats taters, precious?
- Terc, on 10/12/2007, -23/+9Marco, you've just been blocked, thanks for wasting everyone's time
- macsrpoop, on 10/12/2007, -22/+10Just goes to show - the CEO of Apple isn't too bright. What a leap of logic an apple is for a company named Apple.
- SilentPurity, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I wilt bludgen marco I am.... mouses!
- bloqmon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Yeah macsrpoop, the Windows logo is really innovative. A window for Windows?! Genius!
- millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"and also i heard he is a homosexula"
There you have it. Homosexula. Dracula's brother that doesn't get talked about much.
- Vixenbergen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25More interesting on that site is the person who invented the cell phone and got nothing out of it.
- shiftt, on 10/12/2007, -13/+98I don't think this deserves much empathy.
I'm not upset that he got nothing out of it. I doubt he went out of his way to help Apple sell computers, so why should he get something special?
At the time all he was doing was his job.
He was a designer and his job was to make logos, so he did.
I'm sure he got paid for it, and the next day he made a logo for some other company and the day after he made another one. Just because one of those companies succeeded and became huge, does he deserve special attention?
Anyway, that's just my opinion. - primary0, on 10/12/2007, -18/+4Indeed. Check that out instead people... on the same list...
http://www.syncmag.com/article2/0,1895,1887823,00.asp - eastshores, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5shiftt:
You're deff right. I bust my ass everyday on people that may one day become a huge success. Granted I make more than what a graphic designer does *today* but... if one of them succeeds.. and I haven't kept pace with the owner.. then.. I'm just not in that league.
Now if he went on to create.. say... TBW-CHIAT then.. well by god, he could claim the popular i-Mac commercials. - kzinti, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1This happens all the time. The Clash invented the old Microsoft slogan "Where do you want to go today". Give a listen to Rudi Can't Fail on London Calling.
- nigeltufnel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yes, welcome to the world of being an "employee," where when you make something for your company, you're compensated with the paycheck you get at the end of the week.
You're still welcome to gripe about it for 30 years, though.
- shiftt, on 10/12/2007, -13/+98I don't think this deserves much empathy.
- BlackSheepx, on 10/12/2007, -36/+9He invented a picture of an apple with a bite out of it.
ONLY IT WAS RAINBOW COLORED!- duke, on 10/12/2007, -29/+2woo hoo! :P
- MySchizoBuddy, on 10/12/2007, -36/+2I Invented the Microsoft Logo, and got nothing out of it
- duke, on 10/12/2007, -11/+30Who invented that one with the capital M followed by a dollar sign (M$)? I see that all the time. :)
- GuyHersh, on 10/12/2007, -32/+4I invented the Digg logo and got nothing out of it. :(
- Aurarch, on 10/12/2007, -27/+5I invented the anti-stupid comment logo
- Rmplstltskn, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5That's the breaks in the business world. Get it on paper.
- Marlon, on 10/12/2007, -23/+12...but he feels GREAT!
edit: YEAH!- RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7Linking to ebaums world? Please.
- IchiroBoston, on 10/12/2007, -23/+27Whine.... It was his job! No Digg
- morganm, on 10/12/2007, -9/+31He was paid for his work by his employer, who was the actual person that donated the logo. It's called a work for hire.
- Jovan, on 10/12/2007, -29/+11Hold on, who's to say that he should 'get something out of it' ? Honestly, it isn't ALWAYS about money. After all, he was working pro bono, so quit trying to turn this article like Steve Jobs did something bad.
*****, no digg.- stev3, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Why do you call me an ***** for introducing other people to the man who created the Apple logo? I never said he should be rich. By got nothing out of it, I really meant he's not that famous, honestly, had you ever heard of him?
- fortezza, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3>Why do you call me an ***** for introducing other people to the man who created the Apple logo? I never said he >should be rich. By got nothing out of it, I really meant he's not that famous, honestly, had you ever heard of him?
Did I ever want to know who he was?
- sigUVa, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3Seriously, no digg. The logo is just an image and by itself is worthless. The goodwill that the logo represents is what is valuable.
- dsander, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18I didn't get out of the article that he was whining at all. He was just talking about the history of it's evolution. the writer added the part about not getting anything out of it.
Also, a logo doesn't have to be something complex to be ingenious. It's usually those that are the simplest that work best. A logo does though take on it's own life due to the companys success. - dmbatcu, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2What a whiny little bitch (the "inventor" not any previous posters)
- antihexe, on 10/12/2007, -10/+28Dr. Douglas Engelbart, 80, the inventor of the computer mouse, loathes Steve Jobs. "I'm just so angry with the single button," he says about Apple's early commercialization of the device back in the '80s. "Why would they make it with just one button? More buttons give you more control."
Apple. lol. Interact. - mpeters13, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2What happened to the acid trip?
- Trav3133, on 10/12/2007, -23/+5Apple sucks.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -25/+131. Someone invents something
2. Apple copies it
3. Inventor gets screwed
Why exactly is this news? - gxcdesign, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2and I invented the cookie he gets to eat
- CyberTroll, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4You man the same logo at the heart of a trademark lawsuit and has cost apple MILLIONS of dollars. Maybe he should share in the expences.
- arctic, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0Its just colors my gosh.... ohhhh!
- wshwe, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2No digg! If he wanted to be paid royalties he should have worked as a consultant under contract.
- GodsHand, on 10/12/2007, -15/+22He made Apple Computer's logo an Apple. How... inventive.
- Ace02, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1"He made Apple Computer's logo an Apple. How... inventive."
Of course he did. APPLE Computers. - GreenAlien, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well it may be the world's most famous logo, so he did something right.
To compare it, check out the logo for Apple Corps (the music company). Their logo is rubbish IMHO, and it's still an apple.
So yes, Apple Computers logo is simple, but the best ideas always are.
Nobody said the graphic designer should be rich over it. But nontheless it's interesting that the guy who created possibly the world's most famous logo got just a basic salary for it.
- Ace02, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1"He made Apple Computer's logo an Apple. How... inventive."
- yukevster, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4um... he basically just copied the Beatles logo, dude.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -13/+5isnt the beatles logo a vagina?
Edit: guess not, but ive seen one where they cut it in half and they shaped he seeds and stuff to make it look like one.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -13/+5isnt the beatles logo a vagina?
- hollimer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11it doesnt sound like he's all that bitter about it. he designed the logo and sold it to them. thats the life of a graphic designer. my aunt designed the Northwestern University logo (the purple "N" with a wildcat busting out of it), sold it to them and that was that. now its all over the place and she doesnt see any extra money. say lah vee.
- the_snitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8c'est la vie.
- kalisphoenix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"lah vee."
- Jestermask, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10You fought the bull and sometimes the bull won and sometimes you won...and it was good, and there was wine, and people danced, and people laughed!
- espek, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Nice Hemingway.
- gypsyjoe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hemingway is/was gay.
- rv8ch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Good for him.
- espek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1gypsyjoe....you have a lot to learn. Being a man has nothing to do with sexual preference. And Hemingway was more of a man that you could possibly be in 100 lifetimes.
With that said, you may resume your state of inadequacy by being a homophobe.
- shooby, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20ironic that the logo is NOW a monochromatic gray logo
where'd the color go Mr. Jobs?- Jestermask, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Mr. Jobs decided that Apple had done enough "humanizing" of the PC, and decided to make it so far out of reach for the common man cost-wise that he took all the color away.
- rickpable, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10He replaced it with colorful computers, and then colorful iPods. I admit, it's not there anymore...but hey, with all these rumors of colorful MacBooks, who knows?
- eddieroger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Its actually not monochromatic. It has the very aqua theme to it with shadows and highlights. Yes, its one color, but it has shades of that color, too.
And I consider myself a "common man", yet I have a Mac. - oboreruhito, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Its actually not monochromatic. ... Yes, its one color"
mon-o-chro-mat-ic
adj.
Having or appearing to have only one color.
Of or composed of radiation of only one wavelength: monochromatic light.
Done in monochrome: monochromatic prints and paintings.
Of or exhibiting monochromatism.
- danr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Things like this come up all the time. The person that designed the Nike logo did it for $25 or something of that nature (she later received some free stock options after the company become huge though, I believe.)
It is a graphic designers job to design a logo.... the logo might contribute to the success of the company, but that is what they are being paid for in the first place, to act like they aren't getting their fair share if the company later becomes huge isn't logical. You can be sure that people who are paid to re brand or redesign the logo of an already large business are paid very nicely. - slamm6, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Well, that was very interesting !
- jbus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8This guy was doing his job AND getting paid to do it... He didn't even work for Apple, he was working for a contractor that Apple happened to use. If he hadn't come up with the logo, someone else would have.
Now, we are supposed to feel sorry for the guy because Apple Inc. became a success and he didn't get a piece of the pie?
This guy should just be happy that he has bragging rights about coming up with the original design and quit whining about not getting holiday cards.- oboreruhito, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3They give iPods to celebrities who give awards on shows that have nothing to do with Apple. They can give the dude who designed their logo a *****' iPod.
Also, FTFA: "In 1977, Rob Janoff was handed a lousy pro bono assignment"; pro bono means doing work for free, usually for the public good. So either the article is wrong, or he did not, in fact, get paid for it.
- oboreruhito, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3They give iPods to celebrities who give awards on shows that have nothing to do with Apple. They can give the dude who designed their logo a *****' iPod.
- gxcdesign, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4It's not like he even improved the logo ever since...and yes I use Macs
- whalesalad, on 10/12/2007, -11/+6Like he did much... its a damn Apple.
- Korvaras, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You know NOTHING about graphic design. It's a lot more then just drawing a simple apple.
- D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Ingsoc invented the Apple logo during the American Civil War.
- aOenEz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I don't get why he should get credit for inventing a logo. He was working for a company, the head of the company was friends with Jobs, they told him to make a logo (which was his job), and he did it. End of story. All in all, he did his job. Nothing more, nothing less. Albeit, I guess he should have gotten some credit if it was the LOGO that made the company famous, but it wasn't. It was the product. I doubt ANYONE goes to a store and sees the logo, and their first reaction is, "Oh man, I REALLY want to spend about two grand on a new computer right now."
- CryingWolf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Agreed, I have created a few Logo's in my spare time. If one of them became a icon like the apple logo I wouldn't expect anything else from it. I wouldn't expect my customer to give me anymore then what I asked originally for it and I wouldn't expect fame or fortune from it. I wouldn't expect people on the street to stop me and ask, "Did you design that logo?"
- jpesicka2, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3my friend's dad (who died) worked at motorola & revolutionized the cell phone to make it fit into ''the bag''. damn that sac of *****. (***** = first cell phone) - (first = worst)
- lobbster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2so at google they get the 80/20 thing which you all know about. adsense came out of the 20, the coder got his pay check google got the program. that is how it works same with this guy, his job was a designer he designed the logo which became property of apple because he was a contractor to apple its like, when you get your house built the builder does not own the house does he you do.
(sorry grammar is not my thing)- stealthboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Try making grammar your thing. Please.
- stealthboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Try making grammar your thing. Please.
- wesball, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Got nothing out of it?
I'm sure he didn't do it for free. - lilazndrumrboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4well, lots of companies create famous logos and don't get much recognition out of it.......
and btw, this is getting out of hand.........it's become like a standard story.....
Meet the (insert gender) who (insert verb) the (insert object) and got nothing out of it.
it's like madlibs, except what you add in isn't all too important........... - keslacr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Here is another guy giving out his sob story for something that he was paid to do on a job. He should not be complaining about it because not only can he say he created it, but he was also paid by the company he worked for. Enough of the I did this so people please recognize me.
- mooTed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So long as he didn't happen to have invented the Mac itself, I don't see what value there is in this.
- Geterix, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Can you post a story about the guy who invented the logo for Ralph's Pizza to Go next. Im sure that is front page material. More so than this fankid circle jerk.
- saisumimen3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4*LOL*
that would be funny if he walks around everywhere with that 80's apple t-shirt carrying that mac screaming " I INVENTED THE APPLE LOGO!!!!" at traffic. - kayla, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1The logo of a company as well as the website design.. (all of the visual) means a lot to a company and helps them attract and maintain a customer base. The guy who made the Apple logo should at least get some computers for free.. he probably has. If not, that's pathetic.
- smhill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What about all the years that Apple was tanking? Should he have refunded what he got paid then? Or what about the logos that guy did for companies that didn't succeed or since gone under?
No of course not. He was paid to provide a service. He got paid regardless of the outcome. Additionally, he gets to have the Apple logo in his portfolio. It is one of the most recognized marks in the world. You don't think that has helped him along the way? You can bet it has.
Of course a logo/branding/marketing is very important to a company. But ultimately the success rests on the product/service it provides. While very important, let's not over exaggerate the importance of it.
- smhill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What about all the years that Apple was tanking? Should he have refunded what he got paid then? Or what about the logos that guy did for companies that didn't succeed or since gone under?
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4A logo can make or break a company.
Thus is the life of a graphic designer... sometimes it's just an average job, other times it's a world-changing hit... You can't tell the future.
I think Mr. Jobs should send him a nice thank you cheque, though... I know I would. - DeckM70, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Believe me, that guy gets a great price on Mac Software and Hardware.
- zaofreek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That's a pretty interesting site...I always wondered about who invented all of these things. I guess the first step after you have invented something should be to get a good lawyer.
- KillerX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Most of you are dorks, the guy isn't asking for anything, retards, it's just an article about the guy who created the Apple logo, it doesn't say he wants anything out of it. Last year I listened to an interview with this guy on Your Mac Life and at no time did he say he wanted anything from creating the logo.
And yes logos are an essential part of a company, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a lame uneducated dumbass. :)
Big DIGG because of all the idiots making stupid comments. Go on now, piss and moan some more about something you know nothing about. - quick5pnt0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They should give him a $5 off coupon for a new ipod.
- maxtor2002, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I Created the logo , who the hell are you !!
- sonofa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hmm. I had always thought it was Clement Mok that designed the Apple logo.
http://www.clementmok.com/career/index.asp?yeargroup=1980&
But I guess he only did the packaging. -
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