Coincidence, or conspiracy by some gamer in the art department?
Source - Article about new post symbol (it's in Norwegian)
Source - Norway Post in English
[Thanks Olav]
Norway Post's new logo: Pokéball or Marathon symbol variation?
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Sep 5th 2008 9:00AM
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Coincidence, or conspiracy by some gamer in the art department?
Source - Article about new post symbol (it's in Norwegian)
Source - Norway Post in English
[Thanks Olav]
Reader Comments (38)
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 9:16AM AwesomeTown said
So does this make the mailmen trainers and the mail pokemon?
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 6:22PM (Unverified) said
The old logo has a beer funnel on it. I guess that's just how they roll in Norway.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 6:23PM (Unverified) said
The old logo has a beer funnel on it. I guess that's just how they roll in Norway.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 9:49AM (Unverified) said
spam, i choose you! *throws postenball into the mailbox*
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Posted: Sep 6th 2008 6:18AM BurntMeatloaf said
Return to sender. Your county code is MissingNo.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 9:57AM Megadanxzero said
Maybe it's supposed to be a strangely coloured eye, suggesting that the postmen can look through your letterbox and catch you doing naughty things.
Or catch your POKEMON LOLOLOLOLOL
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Or catch your POKEMON LOLOLOLOLOL
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:14AM Rob Bourne said
Nobody has said "Gotta mail em all!" yet?
Tsk, I'm disappointed.
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Tsk, I'm disappointed.
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:25AM logicbus said
I've been thinking the same thing about the Google Chrome logo -- it looks a lot like a Pokéball.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/GoogleChromeLogo.png
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/GoogleChromeLogo.png
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:29AM (Unverified) said
Just because it's a circle within a circle doesn't mean there's a significant resemblence... this however goes far past that.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:05PM (Unverified) said
That would be Samus' Rainbow Suit Morphball form thank-you-very-much.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:08PM (Unverified) said
That would be Samus' Rainbow Suit Morphball form thankyou-very-much.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:12PM (Unverified) said
Yay! My first time having a comment system problem!
How long does it take for the feeling of shame and self loathing to wear off after your first time?
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How long does it take for the feeling of shame and self loathing to wear off after your first time?
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:36AM Edge of Blade said
I regret to inform you that the red makes it a pokeball. Most unfortunate.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 12:41PM LaughingTarget said
Makes carrying junk mail easier. Carry all the real mail in the pouch (you know, two envelopes per thousand people) and put all the ads and shit into the ball to save on space, time, and postal carrier's backs.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2008 2:54PM WiredKnight said
No no no no no.
It MUST be the Inner Sphere in disguise:
http://www.classicbattletech.com/images/gallery/Handbook_House_Davion_Panel%203%20of%204@1600x1200.jpg
I miss MechWarrior so much...
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It MUST be the Inner Sphere in disguise:
http://www.classicbattletech.com/images/gallery/Handbook_House_Davion_Panel%203%20of%204@1600x1200.jpg
I miss MechWarrior so much...
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 5:03PM Tegolin said
I see Killzone
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c202/rhinowear93/screen3-3.jpg
It bears a crazy resemblance.
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http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c202/rhinowear93/screen3-3.jpg
It bears a crazy resemblance.
Posted: Sep 5th 2008 11:19PM (Unverified) said
That would be Samus' Rainbow Suit Morphball form thank-you-very-much.
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Posted: Sep 8th 2008 1:33PM andrewh12 said
The design was created by a Swedish design bureau! And it's not just the logo for the Norwegian Postal service but Scandinavia's *largest* postal service company! The companies in the group, Posten and Bring, are represented and major players in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2008 8:47AM (Unverified) said
Doesn't matter if it was made by Swedes, Danes, Japanese, Russians or a bunch of unemployed bums drifting along the roads - it still sucks donkey butt.
"Renewal" is all good and well, but throwing anything old out the window just "because it's old" - that's not a good strategy however you look at it.
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"Renewal" is all good and well, but throwing anything old out the window just "because it's old" - that's not a good strategy however you look at it.
Posted: Sep 9th 2008 4:23PM (Unverified) said
It should be noted that Dagens Næringsliv (a financial newspaper) [1] estimates Posten payed approx 37 million euro for their new "logo".
[1] http://www.dn.no/forsiden/naringsliv/article1484102.ece (in norwegian)
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[1] http://www.dn.no/forsiden/naringsliv/article1484102.ece (in norwegian)
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