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Today in Design Mishaps

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1
Flower power!
DOUG. on June 21, 2011 at 8:52 AM Report this
2
Let me handle this, Henry. I have a way with young people.
BostonFontSnob on June 21, 2011 at 8:55 AM Report this
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Well, he was president during the '60s and early '70s. I think it's very appropriate.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on June 21, 2011 at 8:58 AM Report this
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So if I drink that, will I become a paranoid, pathological liar with jowls?
TVDinner on June 21, 2011 at 8:59 AM Report this
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The hippies won.
TheMisanthrope on June 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM Report this
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@3 my thoughts exactly, it is very era appropriate.
Magyarhammer on June 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM Report this
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Linoleum products...
Rhett Oracle on June 21, 2011 at 9:16 AM Report this
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Sock it to me...?!?
laterite on June 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM Report this
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@3, well, it is reminiscent of the era, but not at all reminiscent of the man. Needs more of a paranoid sociopath flavor.
Reverse Polarity on June 21, 2011 at 9:53 AM Report this
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It's not remotely reminiscent of the era. Seriously, not even a little bit. A stylized flower does not the 60s make. What it's reminiscent of is a late-90s acid house CD comp. Maybe something with "Balearic" or "Ibiza" in the title.

Needs more "Roman Emperor" or "Last Days of Mussolini". Some nice Roman capitals (including "MVSEVM") with the edges crumbling and chipped away.
Fnarf on June 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM Report this
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That logo suggests Nixon himself was a hippie. Or is now into acid house or something like Fnarf suggests.

Also the lower text font is too slanted to be taken seriously.
treacle on June 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM Report this
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It's pretty but way too upbeat and pretty for a presidential museum, 'specially tricky Dick's!
Suz on June 21, 2011 at 10:29 AM Report this
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it's a great way to disguise a swastika.
djh on June 21, 2011 at 10:34 AM Report this
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Nixon wasn't that bad. He created the EPA and matched social security raises to inflation. He wasn't the complete devil that classless lefties claim he was. He almost certainly was as competent and intelligent as JFK.
robot ghost on June 21, 2011 at 11:49 AM Report this
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Sock it to me?
LogopolisMike on June 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM Report this
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damn it how I did I miss #8...I swear I thought I even did a ctrl-f.

I'm worse at modern office work than Nixon's secretary was.
LogopolisMike on June 21, 2011 at 12:10 PM Report this
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The slant of the text doesn't match the slant of the logo. Jarring.
saccade on June 21, 2011 at 12:16 PM Report this
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Tricky Dick must be spinning in his grave fast enough to light up a whole neighborhood. Those dirty hippies took over his X!
I have always been... east coaster on June 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM Report this

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