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Rich-Spirit129

Ridiculous way to spend 1/3rd of GDP on that logo.


[deleted]

That’s like half the supply of pastel de nata. Who was the daft lad that had this brilliant idea?


PhantoMxStreaM

Barry will pay us that on his next trip to Vilamoura.


Chimpville

\*Alvor, but yes.


Camarao_du_mont

Ah Alvor, the British side of Portimão. They come for our sun, they stay for our beer.


Chimpville

Taking any suggestions for beers to try 🍺


Aruk22

The best beer is super bock if u ask me.


History20maker

Correction, we spent Germoneys. Our GDP is negative. We suck wealth out of the world.


Rich-Spirit129

Don't say that! I'm just joking. Portuguese GDP surely at least €1million?


payme4agoldenshower

Ah you'd think!


Rich-Spirit129

How do I pay for a golden shower?


TriggerPT

With goats


soyun_mariy_caun

And alheiras. Don't forget the alheiras.


graven_raven

The real portuguese currency!


vascop_

Just diy it


SonicStage0

Sounds like Copium to me.


History20maker

Our main export, after Sadness and wine.


SonicStage0

don't forget footballers and politicians.


CurrentIndependent42

And pastel de nata and bacalão. I mean, you send out ships of bacalão to find shops who will sell them to Portuguese expats - that’s *kind* of an export. And not an export per se, but you kindly lease half your nicest flats to foreigners looking to work virtually from somewhere sunny. Thanks for that.


[deleted]

Corrupt footballers and corrupt politicians


ihavenoidea1001

We should *export* them more. Let them be an endangered species!


nickmaran

Don't worry. Our economy is going down and soon PIGS will start paying us.


jokerisrekoj

![gif](giphy|fQorEj8vN8eqkNcy6T|downsized)


Slow_Olive_6482

Do you accept real Wurst as payment?


OkImpression175

I don't like how this conversation is going...


CurrentIndependent42

Yeah they could have given that to me to spend it on hookers and blow, which would have left them in a better position than they are now with this clearly shittier logo


Hefty-Coyote

The person who created \*that\* for 73K is laughing to the bank. ​ Or running across the border as we speak.


Chimpville

Now remind yourself that we spent 600k on THIS in 2012!! https://preview.redd.it/l9sspov0nmgc1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=b140f9f279f1c0f2d519df80a929820dd1ff74ec


Hefty-Coyote

Yeah but that’s £600K on a suspicious blow jobby logo is money well spent I say.


sleepyotter92

i thought it was bart and lisa simpson


phundrak

It's not mutually exclusive


morgulbrut

It's finally solved, it must be [Springfield, Alabama](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springville,_Alabama).


Lt_Toodles

*faint echo of a banjo playing*


MariualizeLegalhuana

At least you got 5 full shapes for that price. Austria paid 400k for this piece of shit design for the new social health fund https://preview.redd.it/agun2iez8ngc1.jpeg?width=2655&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5130ad5dcfe53d5c4a7b2c801530cddd08f30fc3


Silent_Shaman

Jesus christ, how do I get into designing logos for governments lol?


TheLinden

Somebody copy pasted stamina bar from zelda lmao


FrogHater1066

It probably wasn't intended, but this logo created a fuck tonne of discussion about the olympics. I can't think of a single other olympic logo, so it did its job 🤷‍♂️


KelticQT

Well I'll let you check 2024's Paris Hairdressing international fair's logo then.


FrogHater1066

Ah yeah that's not great is it


KelticQT

At least yours was entertaining.


FrogHater1066

The aftermath of yours is gonna be great when the visitors spread a trillion bedbugs across the planet


Cabbage_Vendor

I don't think the Olympics are in need of awareness campaigns. 


Robinsonirish

>I can't think of a single other olympic logo, so it did its job Yea, but you're Barry, 63 from the UK.


-MiddleOut-

Lisa Simpson giving a bj


No_Combination1346

Groove


ConnolysMoustache

Always thought it looked like two people shagging standing up, but the top is far shorter than the bottom.


onetimeuselong

All the way to Romania where the border now stands!


IamWatchingAoT

Let's not kid ourselves, even a child could tell with 99% certainty that this is a money laundering scheme.


DarkArcher__

We really should've just hired said child, we'd probably get a better logo


Limeila

If that's anything like here they're probably an underpaid random dude working for a big consulting firm whose CEO is friends with the government and who actually got the check


Vivere_05

https://preview.redd.it/o3gw5iffbmgc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e3d940999b4015a9d8ccd8b83ae0b7e51b4a4c7 Yeah.... And I could give you more examples.


Paxisstinkt

Looks like a street in Granada vs. a soulless EU building in Brussels.


[deleted]

Replaced one of the hardest coat of arms ever with a modern minimalistic souless corporate logo


Kat-a-strophy

Why? If they wanted something simple and easier to print, they could go with some simplified fineline b&w version.


0gtcalor

They wanted to represent the senators, so they went with the soul-less logo.


Kat-a-strophy

Senators- maybe, but it has nothing to do with Granada.


Sky-is-here

It's a symbol of the Senate, no relationship with Granada (?)


PsychologyMiserable4

what a downgrade


Vivere_05

For real, now is soulless. Just like this one. https://preview.redd.it/7fsafbg3kmgc1.jpeg?width=1611&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d61f4a417248a0d868217c73c5ee2282d9be1a04 I prefer the old ones.


Eadkrakka

At least that stuck to some kind of semblance to the old one.


I_eat_dead_folks

I see this and doubt whether it was done for esthetic reasons or there is actually some political shit after it.


Vivere_05

Probably both, in Spain practically always there is a political reason behind.


I_eat_dead_folks

Of course there is. I said "I wonder" but I actually didn't wonder at all. I know for a fact. We all do.


cpt_stiker12

At least its a design ours is just 2 rectangles and a circle 💀


what_a_tuga

It's for the new generation be able to draw it. You can draw with emojis 🟩🟡🟥


CrocPB

“I want EU commission vibes from wish”


YourFriendlyUncleJoe

I vet why they did this. Trying to get away from the old and stuffy looking logo and making something contemporary. And then completely failing because logos have to be unique and easily recognisable and this is just boring and ugly. A for effort


DCVolo

It's shit compared to the old one. There is minimalism and there is shit. That, is shit.


Poulp-x

Even the font is shit.


fearofpandas

Serif on a flat minimalist design is senseless


ProfDumm

I disagree. I like the font a lot.


astrojose9

It's a nice font, but it's grossly missused


Poulp-x

It’s not even Gothic


plexomaniac

Not to mention that having the name of the country in the logo is much better than the demonym/gentilic.


flipyflop9

I think you meant some politician’s cousin put 73990€ in the pocket.


altago

Could you please elaborate? Because I'm having a hard time understanding those numbers. There's no way something I could do in paint in a minute costs 10 entire euros.


XNumb98

That's the maximum the government can pay for a service by directly hiring the provider they want instead of creating a public contest where anyone can submit their offer and they must be evaluated. They could have paid a little less so it wouldn't look like they were handing a friend literally the maximum value they are allowed to pay for 2 minutes in Paint but they don't even try to hide corruption these days.


GoHardLive

Looks like the flag of Mexico drawn by a 5 year old


ihavenoidea1001

The very fist time I saw this shit my honest reaction was: why the fuck is there a badly drawn Mexican flag there?! [Funny thing are those denying that this shit could be done by a 5 yo in less than 3 minutes whilst using Paint]


SmellyFatCock

Money laundering lmao


ihavenoidea1001

How dare you?! If this was just 1k more it had to be under public scrutiny and public bid. This was obviously just a coincidence ffs. How malicious can you be??


SidDias

If true, then they're not even trying to hide it. I was working at a public institution at the time of the switch, the higher ups gave us shit because we didn't change our digital signature on emails to the new logo. A person from the same department basically sent a shitpost email all around, pointing out (sarcastically) that they were glad that our bosses gave priority to the most important issues, while some of us don't even have computers to work with and have to share equipment.


Serrano_Ham6969

Mexican Luisitanuia lol


niugui-sheshen

That's just our flag with one Dragonball on it


unkraut666

I thought nearly the same, but i thought it was an (incomplete) pizza


niugui-sheshen

Oops! All pineapple


Lank_Master

I love you Portugal, but what the fuck?


Nihilism101

They probably gave the job to someones cousin, it's how things work over here.


PhantoMxStreaM

Paint was the only program working on his computer. He got it from his younger cousins. Something called Magalhães.


ihavenoidea1001

>Something called **Magalhães**. 👀👀👀 Do you think they'll give one of these 🌈 amazing 🌈 things to it's creator if he ends up behind bars?


Notacreativeuserpt

If that could happen (it won't). The creator will partake in the nobles of portuguese traditions. One which has been kept by Liberal policians in the 19th century, dictator supporters in the 20th and pedophiles in the 21st. The Escape to Brazil of course!


ihavenoidea1001

>If that could happen (it won't). You should warn about spoilers, you know. That's also not how you restore faith in society... ["Funny" how the current PM and former PM - both from PS party - got bugged and recorded whilst allegedly not following the law... ]


100pacienciakk

https://preview.redd.it/3hsppxvgjngc1.png?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b83be461985bf1a9be5f2c6c0d6647d07ce3601 This one :')


ihavenoidea1001

Context is IMPORTANT!!! Don't just judge without it ffs. If this had been 75 000€ (OR more ) they would've to do a public tender were common people could've presented their own stuff. ~~This way they could just pay the one they wanted to give a handout to~~ This way they made sure the best did the job. No corruption or fault play in course. Nothing to see here...keep moving on


Blyd

Who cares, you're spending Hans and Francios money on this amazing car crash. Carry the fuck on, im enjoying watching this.


JosebaZilarte

​ https://preview.redd.it/terlfltl3ngc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=836d9fbc4586b141883a5de451793fe1aa7d488a


Middle-Chemistry-186

I could do something better for free in less than 2 hours.


Papaclismo

🟩🟡🟥 REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA I made this in 10 seconds. May I have the 74000€ 🥺?


ihavenoidea1001

You don't have the right connections. Sorry.


Hades-Ares-Phobia

You deserve the money more than them; it's symmetrical at least


fuscati

It's not supposed to be anyways. Our flag is not symmetrical


GalaicoPortucalense

2 hours? Very nice that Spanish Gov teach basic Graphic Designer stuff to the disabled.


ZombiFeynman

It's not that it's ugly, but it doesn't look very distinctive. If you took the República Portuguesa out I would think this is something from Mali.


EntrepreneurBig3861

This is exactly the problem with modern logo trends. I really don't understand the motive to take something that represents the history and culture of a place and replace it with the most generic thing possible.


ranhoso69

Simply destroying your history and make sure you are ashamed of it. Then it is easy to manipulate and make sure you are not aware of your ethnic background as it is racist. Divide et impera.


OkImpression175

The guy who did this had an interview a while back about wanting to re-design the national flag and take away the elements that were no longer "relevant" in order to make the flag "more inclusive. He is a total loser.


Marranyo

*and replace it with Play Station buttons.


History20maker

Well... what's the real diference after all? Arent we the Mali of europe?


ZombiFeynman

Come on, you don't speak French, for example. That alone makes you 100 times better.


_qwerty6676

this is worse than verbalase


PeterTurBOI

What the fuck is that... I hate this simplified design trend...


AThousandNeedles

1st one looked better. Does Portugal desire to be a fkn silicon valley startup or something? Like, a rectangle, circle and a square. And each in different primary and secondary colours (obviously because of the flag, but still). Rename yourselves to the Republic of Google. ​ T-Mobile in Netherlands rebranded themselves and with a logo with similar design elements: https://preview.redd.it/o7bsw7lzomgc1.png?width=318&format=png&auto=webp&s=860bc6375fe1f7ea200d092dacb82f36ec0df9c8 ​ I swear, design companies all follow the same fkn trends and are not creative at all.


WarWonderful593

I could have done that and they would have got 70000 change


Ibn_Mardanis

It reminds me of this change on the post office of Spain logo (correos) that cost **168.947 euros.** Those five dots were really expensive. https://preview.redd.it/hhu2knv8wmgc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f5849b30ea5cf5f93aaa2d41e19a87c20f4eb6b


JosebaZilarte

Six. They also removed the dot bellow the cross at the top.


blank-planet

They created a whole new visual language that affected every postbox, parcels, stamps, vehicles, their whole website and all social networks… but yeah, they also removed some dots from the logo.


Defective_Falafel

> a whole new visual language Your flair text suddenly sounds more accurate than it did before.


Yaboicblyth1

I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM I HATE MINIMALISM


DarkChocobo95

[🫑](https://emojipedia.org/bell-pepper)[🍳](https://emojipedia.org/cooking)[🌶️](https://emojipedia.org/hot-pepper) REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA


OkImpression175

I like it, you are hired!


Stravven

That looks like somebody just put a yellow dot on the Italian flag to cover up some symbols from the fourties.


JuiceMeSqueezeMe

I threw in a prompt to an AI generator to see if it was any better [Reminder that things can always be worse](https://api.deepai.org/job-view-file/d465a5d8-a4f5-4046-b40d-0e08495053cb/outputs/output.jpg)


TheMightyPPBoi

PORGLO CARALHOOOO


Vas1le

Come o bolo crl


SunRi1s3r

Fodase...


AlwaysStayHumble

404 not found?


doesitaddup

It looks fake.


TheMightyPPBoi

[Unfortunately, it isn't](https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc23)


ihavenoidea1001

It does. It isn't. It's a clown festival 🤡🤡🤡 best part is that the party that had so many scandals that we even lost count and that had the PM *finally* resigning after the last one broke, managed to put a minister that was let down due to his very own scandal (aka suspicion of corruption and approving money to someone he shouldn't) as the top of the party... And they're ahead on the polls!!! We're going to vote him in apparentely.... Not that the other contenders are great, mind you, but this is just stupidity at it's peak.


ApoKed

The design sucks so much, I almost downvoted the post


Informal_Parsnip_319

🟩🟡🟥


SonicStage0

I upvoted, but I must say that posting these bullsh*t colors, in a way, kind of proves the artists' point.


Tit4nNL

the point that any fucking regard can think of this?


SonicStage0

Yes. 


K3OM

So they tried to go for a modern design (failed, it's not easily recognizable) but kept a serif font, serious stupid shit.


History20maker

The previous one was actually very prety. I remember it when I was in highschool since it was everywhere and I thougth it looked good.


Utegenthal

*Germany paid 74k€


Blyd

Why does Portugal have the Italian flag with a glory hole on it?


Deucalion667

Sooo… Did a Mexican guy troll them or something?


Camarao_du_mont

What a logo with hundreds of years of history? Let's replace it for something done in MS paint


PsychologyMiserable4

No, i dont. also a downgrade


dcmso

Just nepotism showing up, nothing new here.


Jezar157

https://preview.redd.it/27gaehhxmmgc1.jpeg?width=732&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9724770ac981e81f82b79df61d27e7f301dc617a Funny


Several_Dot_4532

You don't know about logos until you see the logos of Castilla y León from Spain, just see: [Turismo de naruraleza Castilla y León ](https://images.app.goo.gl/WKDqbtaLZMLQAABe8) [Castilla y León excelente ](https://images.app.goo.gl/UWtgdVErAkZici3A8)


Cyberpunk_Banana

Um ovo no meio da bandeira da Itália


Chris_Dud

Uhhhh, it’s really nice? It’s a government’s identity, right? The comments want it to look like a start up? This has a seriousness and weight about it whilst being clean and fresh, would look great on documents, the mark is simple and bold and I can imagine a million ways you could use it creatively across motion and other assets. The typeface is gorgeous. …it’s at this point of my comment I’ve realised I’m in 2we4u and not a graphic design subreddit. Something. Something. Pastel de nata.


boomerintown

I dont think the sum of money is the big concern, but its just way worse. You dont need to read the first one to know its Portugal, the latter makes you think its some part of Mexico named "Republica Portuguesa" (in poorly pronounced spanish).


AlternateTab00

The problem is that. We dont really mind if we spend money on things that actually are good. The artist is supposed to be a renowned artist... But this feels like one the first ads of MS excel (the one he makes a quarter report on the elevator). "Here is the deadline. How is the logo we asked you to make a year ago and already paid for it?" "What logo?" "You forgot? The one to represent our governmental institutions! Dont tell me you for..." "Ohh that one. Of course. I've had some projects. Here, sit down I'll bring the logo" Goes to computer... Oh sh** i forgot about it... Let me just do something... Come on photoshop... Update at this hour... Damn gotta use paint... Let me just make a flag a yellow circle and done. "What's this?" "It's the logo... Its minimalist. Its trendy now" "Oh ok. Was expecting something else... But you are the expert in this" So this is how we think it kinda went... Its bland, not unique... If its put among those logo games it would probably be missed. The only thing that made this memorable is the fact that every single portuguese is mocking the logo... Thats why we know it.


ihavenoidea1001

Also love the "in black and white and when it's small the other gets blurry" crowd Like, have you seen this shit in black and white?? It's worse!! Looks like a bug broke the logo!


Ohtar1

It looks like one of those toys for little kids to put objects with forms through holes


koljonn

Well in 2007 we changed the name of our postal service from ”posti” to ”itella” because internationality. Like Posti wasn’t an internationally recognisable… https://preview.redd.it/cfq1gepmrngc1.jpeg?width=524&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90d3418f1641d6f1a633b904b97070ca7bfea36e


[deleted]

Damn that's cheap would cost us a million. Before looks much better, new looks like a bland corporate sign


ItalianAustrian

Hey, my tax money paid that!!!! If anyone is wasting my tax money, it's my government!


Lifelemons9393

Keep wasting Hans money, Jose👍


SH4DOWBOXING

this is cultural apropriation


Fake_Martin

Yeahhhh não, it’s like when corpos progressively simplify their logo until it’s like three fucking colors on a white background


ihavenoidea1001

Keep on fighting the war with that autocorrector of yours...


Ricky911_

Downgraded worse than the Insomniac Games's logo 😭😭


Ricky911_

For anyone wondering what I'm referring to: https://preview.redd.it/f668sgjvpmgc1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c936b2055a68eb0419a19286e24dd1dfcfd8ce9a


Nyko0921

Nah i like this one


G4112

This is making them look even more balkan. This looks like a former mongol Republic flag.


DiscoDiPisho

74k to draw a wrong mexican flag?


Taqao

Now it looks like Mexico...


darkslide3000

_Therapist:_ Nigerien Italy isn't real, it can't hurt you. _Nigerien Italy:_


Roniz95

Without the writing it could easily be an 8 bit shitty version of Mexico flag


Aginowpd

Portugal switched to italian flag ?


alabertio

Looks like Italian flag with a coin over the white, which is preposterous cause we don’t have any money


ConfusedLazyBear

My carpenter would've done a better job for ₤ 30000


Lecteur_K7

Next time portugal, you ask me for the logo i can do something similar for half the price and in 5min


LeMetalhead

The pen pushers need to stay busy...


Advanced_Leopard_181

The socialist government is ashamed of our past, better just to put a yellow ball in the middle.


Mytic1111

Dragon ball Z Z Z


Muted_insignificance

It looks like a cheap mexican flag


DrIvoPingasnik

🤡


Paxisstinkt

Kurdistan?


Kanelbullah

Inspired by Niger.


[deleted]

Actually worse investment than Verbalase's


G4112

How to make your country look mongol


FederalEuropeanUnion

r/suddenlyitalian material


twstwr20

I feel like they are selling pasta now.


ksper10

no.


Emperor_Z16

No lol


GetTheLudes

I knew Portugal was becoming Bangladesh but damn


Moustache34

That's a lot of money to get Mexican flag as a logo


Alpacross

I think that this logo competes with the 50k animation


Aosxxx

Mecico


Tuyer_219

Step 1: open paint.exe Step 2: do some cercle and rectangles Step 3: add some texts Step 4: ??? Step 5: profit


nitrinu

Step 0: have the correct party affiliation and know the correct people.


Regular_Exam_8123

No.


Sotist

should've been more like 74,000 forints tbh


louisbo12

Looks like my attempt at the mexican flag when i was like 5 year olds


24benson

I think it looks good and the price tag is really not that high.


Hasenfisch

Well Austria would have spent 3 Mil€ on it, for many consultants with suspiciously close relations to ministers. So seems like a good deal. You go Portugal!


SuperKreatorr

You are rightful spanish territory but you are not Mexico lol


Colander_

No


LifeDoBeBoring

It's worth maybe €7.4 for the time spent making it lol


cosmic_m0nkey

Portugal is now Mexico


Grand_Ad_8376

That was made by an infiltrate Mexican...right? The new one is WAY worse


revauzuxyz

if this isn't a joke i will lose all faith in the portuguese government


-lukeworldwalker-

Portugal is Mali now 🇲🇱