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Permalink Reply by amanda wilkes on September 21, 2015 at 22:12

Awful design.

Looks like a logo from some sort of graffiti-drug rehab centre for troubled young offenders.

Giant waste of money.

Typical Haringey.

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Permalink Reply by MICHAEL MCGOWAN on September 22, 2015 at 10:40

If the logo’s aim is to portray the borough as a community at a stage of development where it has almost succeeded in copying the letters of the alphabet accurately, then it is a master stroke. The £86,000 could have been spent more profitably in supporting residents who want to learn how to master the letters of the alphabet, improve their literacy skills and be in a position to contribute more to their community.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on September 22, 2015 at 13:49

At least it doesn't look like a broken window any more. 

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Permalink Reply by James Lloyd on September 23, 2015 at 15:32

In fairness, I think the logo looks much better when you see it in the context of the new Haringey website and colour scheme. 

http://www.haringey.gov.uk

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Permalink Reply by Dave Corcoran on September 23, 2015 at 18:30

An appalling waste of money.

Councils ought to be spending money to actually DO stuff for residents, not just creating the APPEARANCE of doing stuff with PR and advertising.

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Permalink Reply by Lucia on September 25, 2015 at 14:16

I'm not sure what I think of the design itself, I think as it settles we might like it more. Having been through a few re-brands myself, they always tend to divide people, especially design wise. It is quite a bit of money to spend - but I imagine the aim is to attract investment and challenge some of the negative percepptions 'people' have of the borough. Only time will tell if this will contribute positively to that!?

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Permalink Reply by Renato B on September 25, 2015 at 19:05

 If every council came up with a wacky design like this .... Haringey Council would quickly return to its original designed logo and colours to stand out from the rest. This new logo is horrible and the design conveys a message to me of  two fingers up at the borough's location and history, a chaotic an unprofessional organisation who do not know the meaning of respect, and has a "I don't care attitude". Something like the American "have a nice day" when we know the message really means "we couldn't care less" and all the variants of that expression!

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Permalink Reply by Rosalind Kidd on September 25, 2015 at 20:44

What a waste of money! Think it looks very naive and therefore totally inappropriate for a council.

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Permalink Reply by stephen brice on September 26, 2015 at 9:49

With the 'I'm in ... ' idea, Haringey is quite spectacularly leading with its chin. I think most residents would have a succinct way of completing this on the Council's behalf, probably in not more than two words.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin@The Ground Bean Café on September 28, 2015 at 10:49

I'm with Lucia on this. The old logo was grim. 

Of course content is more important than style, but residents and council staff all take their cue from appearances. I take the rebrand as a positive step by executive staff to ensure that the Local Authority engages more effectively with residents.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Matz on September 28, 2015 at 11:35

Rebrand by all means but the logo looks like poor graffitti and already looks dated

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