‘M’ is the loneliest letter that you’ll ever see…
How many ways can you write the letter ‘M’? I can do about six (most are illegible, and I don’t count cursive, because I can barely write my name in cursive). But this post by Rabble (of Odeo fame) got me thinking; how many ways can you do a logo based off of the same letter? The MetroBits site has gone a pretty long way toward answering that question, check out this page:
Often, when I talk to people about new ideas (for businesses, applications, etc.) the common reaction is “Oh, that’s been done before.” I think this page of logos is a good example of why I disagree with that mindset. Just because it’s been done before doesn’t mean it can’t be done again, or done again better. That’s the nature of evolution and innovation; the same processes get repeated over and over again, improving slightly each time, until the final result is much different than the starting point.
So if you’re thinking about building something, don’t let the fact that someone else has done it before discourage you. It should just motivate you to do it better.
Comments (2 comments)
It’s not just the letter M, of course, with this example ;-) Good point made, but the graphic is a little inaccurate :)
Peter Cooper / September 7th, 2006, 7:35 pm / #
True, but most of the ones that aren’t Ms are the letter S (for ’subway’ or ’subte’, etc.)
bruno / September 7th, 2006, 10:37 pm / #
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