I'm a graphic designer too, and whilst I agree it would look better with the limited usage version (in one colour) I can see why they aren't using it. They've paid millions to have their logo on the shirt so I guess it's only fair they get to use the full colour version for maximum recognition.There is a way, they could've just let us use their monotone logo. Company logos always have multiple versions, at the very least there will be both colour and monotone. I'm a graphic designer so I make the damn things, it's standard practice. The reason for this is simple: it's cheap to produce a monotone logo for apparel like embroidered employee shirts. A full colour logo in that situation would be wasteful.
It would not have been impossible for them to put a monotone logo on United's shirts, in fact most brands do that. It's not unreasonable or stupid for fans to wish they had just followed standard practice. Instead they clearly wanted the full colour - probably to make it stand out - and they've paid enough to get that.
Chevrolet even have a monotone logo in use elsewhere, so it wouldn't have even been outside their standard brand practice:
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Yep exactly, plus it's brought a hell of a lot more attention to it than they could have ever hoped for if they'd gone with a plain white one. Good marketing decision at least!
There is a way, they could've just let us use their monotone logo. Company logos always have multiple versions, at the very least there will be both colour and monotone. I'm a graphic designer so I make the damn things, it's standard practice. The reason for this is simple: it's cheap to produce a monotone logo for apparel like embroidered employee shirts. A full colour logo in that situation would be wasteful.
It would not have been impossible for them to put a monotone logo on United's shirts, in fact most brands do that. It's not unreasonable or stupid for fans to wish they had just followed standard practice. Instead they clearly wanted the full colour - probably to make it stand out - and they've paid enough to get that.
Chevrolet even have a monotone logo in use elsewhere, so it wouldn't have even been outside their standard brand practice:
Yeah but thats America and NASCAR. Everyone knows what a chevy looks like even if there was no badge. In Europe its about building brand recognition.
It'd still say Chevrolet underneath it, so there would be no problem with that either. This, basically:
This is the best one by far
Has that Benfica vibe, i'm sure Di Maria would love it
Annoyingly, the monotone/outline Chevy logo actually looks really good. While the gold plasticcy mess looks dogshit.
I'm potentially of the mind that the horrible shiny golden cross would actually look quite good on it's own, it's just the tandem combination of a logo and a brand name that's ugly. It's overkill. Even the universally adored SHARP era was significantly uglier with VIEWCAM added to the aways. Imagine how much more gorgeous that classic 93-95 black & yellow number would've been without it? Sheer perfection, that's what.
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The red and gold remind me of a typical Spain kitThis is the best one by far
The gold Chevrolet logo is here to stay. Why do you think they're paying United that much money?
Fitting i thought. Since they also lost someone to that crash. The result was irellevant. The fact we played them on that anniversary was poignant. The PL got something right for once.
Just a rebump for these. Easily the nicest ones we've seen. Really smart. Especially the white third strip. Gorgeous.
These are some great kits.
Ah yeh they amazzinngg.
I love the white of those three. The black one looks like an old school rugby shirt!
like those - something retro about them
I wish I'd kept all my kits since I was a kid
Hope it looks like the away Ajax kit, that they had the other season. That was amazing!
Black and pink with a massive gold splodge. Impossible to not be awesome.
I wonder if the badge will be one color press on like here.
edit: how do I spoiler the huge pic?
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Wait, are we really going to have pink on our shirt?..
Looking forward to next year's kit. I'm a big fan of Adidas football shirts right back to when we had them in the late eighties/early nineties.
Am I the only one who has really liked almost all our recent kits? I liked the 2009-2010 kit because the home and away ones were similar beside the colors, I even like the tablecloth, it looked very good in reality. And this seasons' s kit is one of the best I've ever seen, especially the gold of the chevro logo.
Added spoilers for you.the 3rd kit will look like this one. except it's black with hot pink stripes instead of the solar green ones on this one.
I wonder if the badge will be one color press on like here.
edit: how do I spoiler the huge pic?
How do you know that about the design/colours?
I like this year's, not the tablecloth though and hated the chevron.
A natural choice considering our fondness for passing backwards.
I have a friend in the business
Pink? And to think we mocked Madrid for their pink kit.
The only obvious conclusion is that we must be getting ready for our double Ronaldo/Bale summer deal
The only obvious conclusion is that we must be getting ready for our double Ronaldo/Bale summer deal
Wasn't Chelsea's away kit this year/last year black with pink trim? But shit if we're doing the same.,.
I think they're dreadful. Too much black on the home kit, the white trim on the black shirt just doesn't suggest United at all to me, and the white kit is generic but ugly at the same time. I hope our real ones are a lot better.
No accounting for taste I guess.
Adidas do great polo shirts. They are polyester instead of the cotton ones that nike produce. Nicer designs on Adidas' ones too.
Doing the rounds in twitter:
I'm not particularly a fan of it but then again I stopped buying the shirts a few years back.
I'm not particularly a fan of it but then again I stopped buying the shirts a few years back.
The Adidas logo looks slightly out of place.
Remake Real Madrid's kit with different colors and I'm more than happy. Plain kits with small details are the best.
@Maroon Lucifer is that tweet what you've seen?
They need to make it a United shirt only and none of this cookie cutter bollocks.
I agree. I dont really care if our shirt is from an adidas template. Once football shirts start being outright original, they start to look strange, with excessive trim and weird collars. Just keep it simple. Red shirt, United crest, Standard Adidas gubbins, no weird shite.
the same kit was a few pages back. Wasnt there a guy claiming they sell them already somewhere in Asia? Could be the kit, isnt the first time i see this kit.
The sleeves look heavy. Cut all that crap off the bottom of them and not only will they be lighter, the shirt will look great.
Iirc Maroon Lucifer said that that imagine is not the kit. He says he knows someone in the business and that isn't the kit.
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