Norway Post's new logo: Pok�ball or Marathon symbol variation?

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 5th 2008 at 9:00AM }

This is what makes us smile. Reader Olav sent us word this morning that the Norwegian post office switched its old logo (which we've placed after the break for reference) to something, he said, that "unmistakably looks like a pokéball." After checking it out, we believe Posten Norge's new symbol looks like the love child of a pokéball and the symbol from Bungie's Marathon.

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]

Tags: coincidence, conspiracy, marathon, norway-post, pokeball, posten, posten-norge

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Morrison @ Sep 5th 2008 9:06AM

Deathstar.

Temidien @ Sep 5th 2008 9:08AM

Pokemon Deathstar maybe?

Vegnagun bwf @ Sep 5th 2008 9:21AM

The posten is fully operational.

deaftly @ Sep 5th 2008 9:25AM

Thats no deathstar. Looks more like a moon.

Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Sep 5th 2008 9:38AM

Gotta guess them all!

vidGuy @ Sep 5th 2008 11:30AM

IT'S A TRAP!

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Sep 6th 2008 4:52AM

Dudes, it's GladOS.

AwesomeTown @ Sep 5th 2008 9:16AM

So does this make the mailmen trainers and the mail pokemon?

Van Faulk @ Sep 5th 2008 9:17AM

Durandal! I choose you!

Ross Mills @ Sep 5th 2008 9:25AM

Postmon! I choose you!

therpham @ Sep 5th 2008 9:30AM

Now all the mail carriers are required to throw the mail into the box while yelling a catchphrase.

Rick @ Sep 5th 2008 9:46AM

The old logo was a lot more interesting.

Vegnagun bwf @ Sep 5th 2008 9:47AM

Subpoena! I choose you!

#28 @ Sep 5th 2008 6:22PM

The old logo has a beer funnel on it. I guess that's just how they roll in Norway.

#28 @ Sep 5th 2008 6:23PM

The old logo has a beer funnel on it. I guess that's just how they roll in Norway.

phr3qu3ncy441 @ Sep 5th 2008 9:49AM

spam, i choose you! *throws postenball into the mailbox*

Mr.ESC @ Sep 5th 2008 11:01AM

Missing Adress I choose you!

Burnt Meatloaf @ Sep 6th 2008 6:18AM

Return to sender. Your county code is MissingNo.

Megadanxzero @ Sep 5th 2008 9:57AM

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

Stupidiot @ Sep 5th 2008 10:52AM

It's not the only logo to draw inspiration from pokeballs lately... Has no one seen the Google Chrome logo?

Rob Bourne @ Sep 5th 2008 11:14AM

Nobody has said "Gotta mail em all!" yet?

Tsk, I'm disappointed.

Psaakyrn @ Sep 5th 2008 11:17AM

It's a GlaDOS core. -_-

Logic Bus @ Sep 5th 2008 11:25AM

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

Psaakyrn @ Sep 5th 2008 11:29AM

Just because it's a circle within a circle doesn't mean there's a significant resemblence... this however goes far past that.

ZapDash @ Sep 5th 2008 11:05PM

That would be Samus' Rainbow Suit Morphball form thank-you-very-much.

ZapDash @ Sep 5th 2008 11:08PM

That would be Samus' Rainbow Suit Morphball form thankyou-very-much.

ZapDash @ Sep 5th 2008 11:12PM

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?

Edge @ Sep 5th 2008 11:36AM

I regret to inform you that the red makes it a pokeball. Most unfortunate.

chenry @ Sep 5th 2008 12:15PM

looks like a bit of both to me.

LaughingTarget @ Sep 5th 2008 12:41PM

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.

wiredknight @ Sep 5th 2008 2:54PM

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...

seakae @ Sep 5th 2008 3:52PM

Someone go back in time and kick Giotto in the nuts.

Tegolin @ Sep 5th 2008 5:03PM

I see Killzone
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c202/rhinowear93/screen3-3.jpg
It bears a crazy resemblance.

ZapDash @ Sep 5th 2008 11:19PM

That would be Samus' Rainbow Suit Morphball form thank-you-very-much.

Dio @ Sep 8th 2008 4:19AM

It's Electrode. Watch him explode.

Andrew @ Sep 8th 2008 1:33PM

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.

Xoduz @ Sep 9th 2008 8:47AM

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.

BadByte @ Sep 9th 2008 4:23PM

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)