The Bahamas is still using the similar campaign as evidenced in a TTC streetcar wrap I saw a few weeks ago. Oh the irony!

Absolutely terrible logo, and the campaign associated with it would get you a failing grade in school

The identity was the result of an intense “democratic” design process, where public participation was really intensified. Too many public workshops. Too many focus groups. Too many online surveys. Too much was too much. The designers probably struggled with this. But government requires it and agency front men go along with it to win contracts. Also reminds me of Tibor Kalman’s “Fuck Committees” piece. I made a few edits to recontextualize it, with (edits in brackets). You get the picture. “It’s about the struggle between individuals with jagged passion in their work and today’s faceless (government) committees, which claim to understand the needs of (all citizens), and are removing the idiosyncrasies, polishing the jags, creating a thought-free, passion-free, cultural mush that will not be hated nor loved by anyone. By now, virtually all media, architecture, product and graphic design have been freed from ideas, individual passion, and have been relegated to a role of (government) servitude, carrying out (democratic) strategies and increasing (public approval ratings).”

My objection is how crude the design is. The “r” is too long. The “o’s” are too small. The execution is so bad I wonder what drama caused this disaster. It does seem very like the Ontario Place logotype.