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Ok, maybe I'm just a little slow...

i actually noticed the question mark rather early off and i thought it was very cleverly done, and its part of the reason why i like the logo of this site so much, because its done very cleverly
 
PlaceofDis said:
i actually noticed the question mark rather early off and i thought it was very cleverly done, and its part of the reason why i like the logo of this site so much, because its done very cleverly
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Well, look who's so smart... :p :D
 
telecomm said:
In fact, the Olympic logo wouldn't quite be a properly drawn venn diagram with 5 classes, since the intersection of each class should be indicated on the venn diagram (there is no way, for example, to indicate that something falls in both the blue and red classes). One way to draw the five class venn diagram looks like the graphic found near the bottom of this page.
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All of the circles don't have to intersect in a Venn diagram. The Olympic rings describe a universe in which nothing belongs to both Set Blue and Set Red, among other things...there's nothing wrong with that.
 
WildCowboy said:
All of the circles don't have to intersect in a Venn diagram. The Olympic rings describe a universe in which nothing belongs to both Set Blue and Set Red, among other things...there's nothing wrong with that.
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Actually they do, but perhaps we're getting a little off topic here. Again, here's a reference for the mathematically brave on the definition of a venn diagram. It was an interesting question at one point whether venn diagrams could be constructed for any number of classes. This would be pretty simple if they didn't have to intersect properly.

Venn Diagrams

Definition of a Venn Diagram
 
Okay, maybe I should just start another thread, but I'm not going to. Let's just open this up to finding hidden things in logos. The first example that comes to mind for me is my high school's logo that had its initials hidden in it, but that really won't mean much to anyone but me. Instead I'll open it up with Volkswagen. I know it isn't too mind-blowing, but a lot of people miss the fact that it's a V and a W...

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Wow. I NEVER even noticed that :eek: Very clever. I was wondering what the "•" at the bottom of the apple.

This is a nice thread, as I love logo design :D
 
telecomm said:
Actually they do, but perhaps we're getting a little off topic here. Again, here's a reference for the mathematically brave on the definition of a venn diagram. It was an interesting question at one point whether venn diagrams could be constructed for any number of classes. This would be pretty simple if they didn't have to intersect properly.
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I suppose you are correct. Strictly speaking, Venn's definition of his diagrams does include the stipulation that all possible intersections be included. Venn diagrams are really just a subset of Euler diagrams, which don't have the requirement that all zones be represented and preceded Venn by a century (not to mention even older examples of such diagrams which went largely unpublished). But over the years, the distinction between Venn and Euler diagrams has generally been lost, to the point where many people are taught that Venn diagrams can include mutually exclusive sets...I certainly was in my youth. Euler diagrams are more flexible for describing various real-world situations, as mutual exclusivity is certainly possible, but Euler was famous for lots of other things, so we call them Venn diagrams and give John Venn a little bit of fame.
 
Macaddicttt said:
Okay, maybe I should just start another thread, but I'm not going to. Let's just open this up to finding hidden things in logos. The first example that comes to mind for me is my high school's logo that had its initials hidden in it, but that really won't mean much to anyone but me. Instead I'll open it up with Volkswagen. I know it isn't too mind-blowing, but a lot of people miss the fact that it's a V and a W...

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Is there a very small line of fine print at the bottom of the inner circle? what does it say?
 
Count me as one of the dumbstruck. I've been here two years now, and I just noticed that. Now I see the question mark everytime I look at it. Maddening! :D
 
I've never see a logo as clever as the one that our electric utility company, Southern California Edison, used to use. But they don't use it anymore! :(

I couldn't find a copy of it online, so I did my best to reconstruct something like it from memory. It's their initials, but it looks like a power cord!
 

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The is one of my favorite logos with a little trick in it. It's Sun Microsystems.

Look at the four SUNs....:)
 

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Freg3000 said:
The is one of my favorite logos with a little trick in it. It's Sun Microsystems.

Look at the four SUNs....:)
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wow, that is a very good one. I never would have noticed that
 
wow, I never noticed the MR logo either. very cool. I also like the FedEx logo, its amazing what you miss without looking carefully. I would love to see more, keep em coming!
 
The only one I hadn't noticed was the FedEx arrow, but I don't see much of their logo..when did it change to being purple?

I like the VW badge, a real classic.
 
Another logo

For those of you who don't know, the Big Ten Conference added an 11th school to the conference. But, they didn't want to change the name of the conference. But, look closely at the logo.

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HINT: Look around the "T".
 
mac-er said:
For those of you who don't know, the Big Ten Conference added an 11th school to the conference. But, they didn't want to change the name of the conference. But, look closely at the logo.

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HINT: Look around the "T".
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wow, thats a pretty good one. BTW, what is the big ten conference?
 
killuminati said:
BTW, what is the big ten conference?
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Sorry.

The Big Ten is a college sports conference in the US.

Member schools are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin
 
I've noticed the MR and Sun ones, but not the arrow in the FedEx one. However, FedEx is quite rare here.
 
mac-er said:
Sorry.

The Big Ten is a college sports conference in the US.

Member schools are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin
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Ahhhh, I see. Living in Canada the only sport I follow is hockey :p . Except right now where I follow nothing :(
 
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