http://elbowroomdesign.com/musings/262/good-design-tourism-kamloops/ Graphic Design Trends, Tips and Reviews Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://elbowroomdesign.com/musings/262/good-design-tourism-kamloops/comment-page-1/#comment-3429 Shane Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:17:02 +0000 http://www.elbowroomdesign.com/musings/262/good-design-tourism-kamloops/#comment-3429 Love everything but the font. An ultra-thin geometric sans-serif, in all-caps, does *not* say "playtime." Love everything but the font. An ultra-thin geometric sans-serif, in all-caps, does *not* say “playtime.”

]]> http://elbowroomdesign.com/musings/262/good-design-tourism-kamloops/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Amy Browne Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:13:00 +0000 http://www.elbowroomdesign.com/musings/262/good-design-tourism-kamloops/#comment-931 As soon as I saw this article, I immediately started laughing, and thought "oh no". But I am proud that you would pick this as a feature! As a seasonal resident of Kamloops, I have to say that this old logo really didn't look out of place, because it matched the rest of the cheesy and dated media around the city. When I say that the advertising/design for all local businesses is terrible, I really mean it. Its a small city filled with low-budget residents. Neil if you watched the ads on CFJC TV you would probably laugh REALLY hard, or puke and want to smash the television. Surplus Herbies, a really cool outdoor equipment store, (who's motto is "The Craziest Store In Town") has a commercial that features a mannequin with a dubbed-in talking mouth. But hey! Good on the city for taking a step forward. Their tourism Kamloops website looks great, but if you look at the <a href="http://www.kamloops.ca/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">City of Kamloops website</a>, you'll see how far behind everyone else is. I really like the new logo, and also something you didn't mention is that "Kamloops" is the anglicized version of the Shuswap word "Tk'emlups", meaning 'meeting of the waters'. The north and south Thompson rivers meet in Kamloops, which the lines coming together could also represent. I move there in two weeks, so we'll see how long it actually takes the city to switch their signs and advertising over...and if there is a city uproar on this new modern logo, I won't join in the protest. As soon as I saw this article, I immediately started laughing, and thought “oh no”. But I am proud that you would pick this as a feature! As a seasonal resident of Kamloops, I have to say that this old logo really didn’t look out of place, because it matched the rest of the cheesy and dated media around the city. When I say that the advertising/design for all local businesses is terrible, I really mean it. Its a small city filled with low-budget residents. Neil if you watched the ads on CFJC TV you would probably laugh REALLY hard, or puke and want to smash the television. Surplus Herbies, a really cool outdoor equipment store, (who’s motto is “The Craziest Store In Town”) has a commercial that features a mannequin with a dubbed-in talking mouth. But hey! Good on the city for taking a step forward. Their tourism Kamloops website looks great, but if you look at the City of Kamloops website, you’ll see how far behind everyone else is. I really like the new logo, and also something you didn’t mention is that “Kamloops” is the anglicized version of the Shuswap word “Tk’emlups”, meaning ‘meeting of the waters’. The north and south Thompson rivers meet in Kamloops, which the lines coming together could also represent. I move there in two weeks, so we’ll see how long it actually takes the city to switch their signs and advertising over…and if there is a city uproar on this new modern logo, I won’t join in the protest.

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