Say so long to the splat & other logo news

It’s nice to see that I’m not the only one who was a little stunned by the news that Nickelodeon, the kid’s TV network, is ditching the iconic splat logo in favor of some boring, round, sans-serif logo. Coming on the heels of the news of Les Lye’s death, the man who played the male grown-up characters on “You Can’t Do That on Televison,” the new logo made me think, “Gosh, Nickelodeon, I don’t even know who you are anymore.” (We’ll just ignore the fact that I haven’t been an avid Nick watcher in a few decades).

But more than my self-pitying whine about the death of childhood icons, I wanted to point you in the direction of the discussion and breakdown of the new logo over at idsgn. It’s absolutely fascinating if you’re a brand/design/logo nerd (make sure you read the comments).

In other logo news, yes, believe it or not there is more logo news!

The logo for the planned Microsoft retail stores has been revealed. And if you guessed it would be sort of boring and confusing, you’re right!