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RedBubble Thursday (and Logo Design For Food)

The Logo

As you’ll remember from this we set Xavier the challenge of redesigning the logo on pain of biscuit deprivation. However the sneaky man went vegan at about the same time just to thwart us. But he still came through with the goods, which now adorn the top of every page for a day or two.

I, for one, think it reeks of awesomeness.

And all he used were these, in fact, only about two of these:

And to show that he’s not wasteful, after the shoot, he then proceeded to make two huge toasted sandwiches, and promptly ate the logo:

He was extremely encouraged by all of your support, and thanks you. However at the time of going to press no one could comment on whether he had scrubbed his feet or not.

The Competition

In other news, the new Compassion competition (and group) has been launched, and Gaia has been closed.

Other things

We didn’t quite finish the other big things we were working on this week, but we’ll have a special RedBubble Wednesday this week (due to Anzac day).

Reminders

There is only one week left before this awesome t-shirt concept disappears forever, go improve your wardrobe.

Your faithful reporters Charles Foster Kane & Justin

Nikki Trexel, about 1 month ago

very creative! but i’m kind of, deep down, glad it’s temporary! :)
olechka, about 1 month ago

Awesomeness!
coppertrees, about 1 month ago

refreshing
coppertrees, about 1 month ago

refreshing
Tom Vaughan, about 1 month ago

i like it!
Richard Veal, about 1 month ago

Well done.
Nancy Stafford..., about 1 month ago

awesome and refreshing great idea
Mundy Hackett, about 1 month ago

Desiderata is one of my favorite writings, I almost read it at the funeral for my grandmother. This looks like a very nice idea.
jegustavsen, about 1 month ago

Ha!!!! Great, I love it, it makes me laugh, it makes me hungry, and it makes me think what other food could one do the logo in???? Thanks, enjoyed.
teelecki, about 1 month ago

imagine the stench if you decided to keep the logo?...
KBSImages, about 1 month ago

Creative Genius!!!!! love it!
Erin Lyall, about 1 month ago

That’s so awesome.
Cassie Sitnik, about 1 month ago

Interesting idea!!
Darren Stones, about 1 month ago

I trust that’s a healthy grain bread the young fellow is eating.
BigFatRobot, about 1 month ago

good enough to eat! ... in fact he did
Laurie McClave, about 1 month ago

I hope he put butter lettuce and veganaise on it too!
KombiNation, about 1 month ago

And playing in the headphones would be motivational tapes….. no doubt.
adgray, about 1 month ago

YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM!!!
Love a toasted Tommy sanga! xoxoxox [salivating badly!]
Send me one would ya please Xavier mate :O) starving writer here!!! :o)
~ ryan ~, about 1 month ago

hahaha i hope you put lots of cracked black pepper on those ‘martos :)
Xavier Shay, about 1 month ago

Wasn’t going to post that but ben jumped in and made it.

Darren, of course. I believe that sandwich also had sweet potato, red onion, spinach and pesto in it. I’ll probably switch back to pumpkin next week which will tide me over until avocados come back in season.
Xavier Shay, about 1 month ago

frumphood: naturally
kombination: \m/ most likely
Stephen Colquitt, about 1 month ago

A nice bit of tasty fun guys.

Much better than Google’s efforts to regularly change their logos.
Larry Davis, about 1 month ago

Yeahhhh… And don’t forget the Toe-Jam. he he.
Cathie Tranent, about 1 month ago

Great work Xave!! (I’m rather pleased it’s only temporary too!!)

@ Charles. Rosebud
picketty, about 1 month ago

prefer the usual logo, at least this one was recyclable though. which one had the bigger carbon footprint?!!!!!!!!
Christopher E..., about 1 month ago

im craving a tomato sandwich now! very creative X, a shock to the system tho when not expecting it! lol should have read the redbubble wrap first! lol
reflexio, about 1 month ago

Vave cheated, he used the same tomato 3 times for the B, and two times for the E.

I think it is appropriate that each and every letter is unique!
Xavier Shay, about 1 month ago

reflexio, I actually made another B but it didn’t really look like a b so I canned it.
retepk, about 1 month ago

Novel design. I hope he persists with the veganism.
Zephyrme, about 1 month ago

I hope it is only temporary … I just got my website finished and really don’t want tomato letters. Funny but not as classy as the original … please bring it back.
Ben Ryan, about 1 month ago

Next week’s logo will be made with red meat, to satisfy the non-vegans.
Colin Tobin, about 1 month ago

I was craving a sandwich . . .

. . . but then you had to go and show me your foot.
artyrau, about 1 month ago

Hats off! for your creative logo.
Luckyvegetable, about 1 month ago

hahaha, Xavier. You’re gross. But awesome too.
=)
Adria Bryant, about 1 month ago

It was very eye catching! I noticed it as soon as I signed in. Now I have a craving for a BLT!
BubbleDoll, about 1 month ago

creative and edible ->>> awesome!! (^^)
Sue Buckingham, about 1 month ago

Fantastic creativity x
Paul Vanzella, about 1 month ago

Fantastic – I love typography that’s both creative and edible! Well done Xavier!
Glenn Esau, about 1 month ago

really really amazing
trevorb, about 1 month ago

Great work. Very creative.
pmarella, about 1 month ago

So cool !
Priscilla Rodr..., about 1 month ago

aha cool logo! yay for vegans!!
Natalie Tyler, about 1 month ago

That logo would make a very cool t-shirt ;)
Angel Ortiz, about 1 month ago

looks like it say reobubble or reobubce is not lack of imagination
Lam Tran, about 1 month ago

Marvelous design! Very creative, healthy food awareness, art can be anything, if you but the story and imagination at work!
jerry alcantara, about 1 month ago

get my TO MAY! makes a DELICIOUS sandwich or maybe GOOD LOGO
aglaia b, about 1 month ago

ohhhhh xavier…thank you for showing me that foot again….as for avocados…in wintertime yeah….although i did pick one up the other day for $1…from memory around the end of winter you can pick up at least 5 for that price!
jack01, about 1 month ago

Creative thought went into that logo.Now im hungry
MuscularTeeth, about 1 month ago

most amusing !
Mike Emmett, about 1 month ago

So long as you throw it out before it festers…
yeldarb, about 1 month ago

a novel idea, i’d would have thought that a roma tomato would have made a better D.
cheers
oh by the way, has anyone seen the pepper
Adrian Jeffs, about 1 month ago

Nice!...(with an abundance of sarcasm).. I though that we are now at “REOBUBBLE” the fresh food people…..
revad, 29 days ago

No worries it will soon get eaten…
susan davies, 29 days ago

brilliant idea lovin it
paulspoon, 29 days ago

in a word….......tasty
hilarydougill, 29 days ago

very clever design and very well executed, but not my favourite.
pijinlane, 29 days ago

Very very clever!! Would prefer a hot meal at this time of year!! LOL
ltruskett, 29 days ago

Soooooooo clever…......give the little fella a chokkie bikkie, or tomato sando. He has earned it. Well done.
awoni, 29 days ago

Lol, the man’s a legend!
itsallgoodamanda, 29 days ago

very good !
Tim Hatcher, 29 days ago

Er… yes!
Kitty Rispens, 29 days ago

Great logo, Let’s keep it that way ;)
Phil Deaves, 29 days ago

Good Job!
christine7, 29 days ago

The logo rocks
Cheryl Ribeiro, 29 days ago

great logo!
traceyanne, 29 days ago

Rock on!
TnTPhotoart, 29 days ago

Now im wondering what it would look like in Kiwi or Dragon fruit maybe star fruit, Even trying the old food pressed in paint on paper. But me thinks toasted with Brie, walnuts an grapes much nicer combo.

Where did you get the inspiration from just out of curiosity
Les Magee, 29 days ago

am hungry now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aila, 29 days ago

Cool logo!!
Austin Texas, 29 days ago

ZZZZZzzzzzzz
georgiegirl, 29 days ago

Brilliant work Xavier… Seeings as you have nothing better to do with your time other than make yummy looking logos for bickies (at least they’re Arnotts!) maybe you could do us a new logo each week? You could slice up red jelly beans next time! Then raspberries, strawberries… or any other red foodstuffs!!
budrfli, 29 days ago

ahhh and not a single biscuit was hurt in the process???
:O) nce job??
Scott Ruhs, 29 days ago

Nope, don’t like that logo at all, sorry! IMHO if a logo includes the name of the company it should be clear what the name of the company is. That could just as easily be read as REO BUBBLE.
PeterGregory, 29 days ago

Nothing wrong with a bit of fun…..but no longer than a couple of days
Mike Emmett, 29 days ago

Hmmmm… now that its sat on the bench a few hours… it looks less appetizing… I think twas a fine journal entry, but I’m liking it less as the top of my portfolio…
EOS20, 29 days ago

And to show that he’s not wasteful, after the shoot, he then proceeded to make two huge toasted sandwiches, and promptly ate the logo

Brings new meaning to “Eating your words” doesn’t it! :P
Faizan Qureshi, 29 days ago

That logo scared the crap outta me this morning!!!!
Chris Cohen, 29 days ago

sorry, NO!!!! can’t help it – for me it jusn’t work. i’m with mike emmett (above) it doesn’t look good at the top of the page. it’s like lots of my photos; nice idea, good try – didn’t work!
Sophie Shapiro, 29 days ago

I prefer the fresh crisp design. Very difficult to read for people who have dyslexia! Just a point you might like to consider!
LostBoy, 29 days ago

Thats not permanent…IS IT?
Mike Savad, 29 days ago

not to be insulting, but that’s the ugliest thing i’ve ever seen. hard to read, not professional. i think there are better things to concentrate on.

—-Mike Savad
Roland Schicht, 29 days ago

Eat it!
Juilee Pryor's..., 29 days ago

ha ha talk about eat your own shorts….. wonderful bit of whimsy…... well done…..
Roland Schicht, 29 days ago

OK! I know it was meant to be funny. I can be funny too…as I said before “Eat it” and see the result next day. Hey! Bingo!
Crowmanic, 29 days ago

Am pleased to know its a bit of “fun”. Isn’t it??
Barbarosa, 29 days ago

THIS IS MY COMMENT ON YOUR NEW LOGO THAT I DONT¨T WRITE TWICE
http://www.redbubble.com/people/barbarosa/writing/1022169-comment-on-redbubble-logo
Philip Hutchinson, 29 days ago

clever
Rpnzle, 29 days ago

I noticed it when I logged on this am. Very creative!
jussta, 29 days ago

Got hungry now ;p
Steven Guy, 29 days ago

Clever but I just don’t like it as a banner !
Adrian Jeffs, 29 days ago

Quick put it in the recycle bin before it stinks up the whole site….
Roslyn Lunetta, 29 days ago

:D well done, funny bit to wake to the morning and you also see that people so look at the logo.
LoneAngel, 29 days ago

A great idea, shame you ate them but then they wouldnt have lasted long and nobody likes waste
RedBubble in reply to Barbarosa’s comment, 29 days ago

It’s only going to be up for a day.
juliex, 29 days ago

Yummy scrummy!!!!!!
Vickie Emms, 29 days ago

great creativity, but also glad it’s not staying more than a day or two, wait till it starts dripping :-)))
Amandalynn Jones, 29 days ago

Excellent. I love delicious logos.
Ed Michalski, 29 days ago

I guess it proves the overused phrase, “will work for food”
gillsart, 29 days ago

gREAT TO KNOW YOU LOT ARE SO HEALTH CONSCIOUS…VERY GOOD LATERAL THINKING AND CREATIVITY ..FUN AT WORK ??..MY GOD I WISH THAT I HAD WORKED FOR SUCH A GOOD LITTLE COMPANY AS RED BUBBLE !!
NineTomatoes, 29 days ago

I LOVE TOMATOES!
Harlequitmix, 29 days ago

awsome new logo :D
russellphoto, 29 days ago

i did look when i looked in this morning and wonder what had happened, but i actually really like it
Ken Haley, 29 days ago

You say to-may-toe, I say no-way-go, you say great logo, I say que loco.
EOS20, 29 days ago

The logo looks like something promoting healthy eating!

“A tomato a day, Keeps the creative block away” :P
hoboannie, 29 days ago

Hey, it’s all about creativity here at the RB, a little fun at the top of the page is no skin off my tomato!
mmlkbsr, 29 days ago

well good job :D
cinderella1225, 29 days ago

I love it! Very creative….and healthy too! :-)
kseriphyn, 29 days ago

If this is not an innovative twist of a salad logo. I wondered what the logo was made of at first. Never thought tomatoes were artistic pieces of fruit. Well done.
Sarah Robinson, 29 days ago

fantastic logo – very environmentally friendly too :)
gemlenz, 29 days ago

it’s not very professional for a top of the line site like this… especially after winning Webby award..I hope they get real and hire a pro to design a new logo…. if they need one…. what was wrong with the old one?
Xavier Shay, 29 days ago

TnTPhotoart: I think about food. A lot.

Now excuse me I need to go and get breakfast.
Damian, 29 days ago

LOL, cool idea! I’ve enjoyed the change of scenery at the top :)

So, who’s the next RB staffer who’s going to be put through their paces for a speed logo?!
Darren Stones, 29 days ago

For those who are concerned about the new logo, this crew is about to save Redbubble.
Sarah McKoy, 29 days ago

The new temporary logo is very unique… I HATE it. But it did reek of creativity. As for Darren Stones commentary—Funnnny.
doctorwoo, 29 days ago

this is an outrage! we pay thousands of monopoly dollars to be profiled on redbubble for some shady fruit to take the lime light. Please do one out of battered savs !
ginnymac, 29 days ago

yeigh I love fun! Weigh tew gow,I am only goighwing tew have won chance of life on Eieaght
wot
coffee4me56, 29 days ago

LOL I loved it!!
Steven Guy, 29 days ago

HI Xavier, thanks for waking us up with a challenge.
toma, 28 days ago

well..my id is tomatowoma soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo….this is perfect!
zacco, 24 days ago
Beau Ravn, 22 days ago

Hehe! Ok Xave … next challenge, hmm … now repeat it using the nice, ripe AVOCADOS you are waiting to come into season.

Actually, having said that, did you know that Avocados, organic chocolate (or carob), and rice syrup (or honey if you’re into bees bums), all mixed through a blender make a really great base for a cool vegan version of chocolate mousse!!!! YUM!!!