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Tesco's 'penis'-themed buttermilk and other design fails | Tesco's 'penis'-themed buttermilk and other design fails |
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Whoever designed this package of buttermilk may well have had something else on their mind at the time. | Whoever designed this package of buttermilk may well have had something else on their mind at the time. |
There’s no escaping it: the design on this carton looks a lot like a penis. And it’s a carton of buttermilk. We don’t need to say much more. | There’s no escaping it: the design on this carton looks a lot like a penis. And it’s a carton of buttermilk. We don’t need to say much more. |
The unfortunate design hasn’t gone unnoticed and attracted puns galore when it was posted on Reddit over the weekend. “They really made a cock and balls of this branding,” quipped redditor andyburdens, who said he found the cartons on the shelves of an Irish Tesco branch. | The unfortunate design hasn’t gone unnoticed and attracted puns galore when it was posted on Reddit over the weekend. “They really made a cock and balls of this branding,” quipped redditor andyburdens, who said he found the cartons on the shelves of an Irish Tesco branch. |
And in case you were wondering: it’s not photoshopped, though the item is only available on Tesco’s Irish website. | And in case you were wondering: it’s not photoshopped, though the item is only available on Tesco’s Irish website. |
It hasn’t helped that one mischievous customer appears to have added a crease to the carton on the right to make it look even more like a penis. | It hasn’t helped that one mischievous customer appears to have added a crease to the carton on the right to make it look even more like a penis. |
Obviously, there have been jokes aplenty. | Obviously, there have been jokes aplenty. |
Tesco's own-brand buttermilk brings whole new meaning to the term 'packaging' pic.twitter.com/nmDWTLwsnf | Tesco's own-brand buttermilk brings whole new meaning to the term 'packaging' pic.twitter.com/nmDWTLwsnf |
Really Tesco - this is your pakaging design? And on your 'buttermilk' too? Too many bad jokes http://t.co/YuyB0wHm7S pic.twitter.com/AI0DuFv1Vs | Really Tesco - this is your pakaging design? And on your 'buttermilk' too? Too many bad jokes http://t.co/YuyB0wHm7S pic.twitter.com/AI0DuFv1Vs |
Oh Tesco. I'm not sure this creamy stuff is buttermilk.... http://t.co/XYcuBa2LPw via @MetroUK | Oh Tesco. I'm not sure this creamy stuff is buttermilk.... http://t.co/XYcuBa2LPw via @MetroUK |
This won’t be the last time design fails cause a titter on Twitter – and this is by no means the first time: | This won’t be the last time design fails cause a titter on Twitter – and this is by no means the first time: |
London 2012 logo | London 2012 logo |
Imagine designing a logo for one of the biggest sporting events London has ever hosted... only to be told it looks like Lisa Simpson giving a blow job. It was also called a “broken swastika” and just plain “rubbish” when it was unveiled in 2007. | Imagine designing a logo for one of the biggest sporting events London has ever hosted... only to be told it looks like Lisa Simpson giving a blow job. It was also called a “broken swastika” and just plain “rubbish” when it was unveiled in 2007. |
Tesco’s Welsh lady ass fudge | Tesco’s Welsh lady ass fudge |
Dear Tesco, when faced with the decision of which word to abbreviate, 'Assorted' is not the one to chose. pic.twitter.com/RQiPwwfGoK | Dear Tesco, when faced with the decision of which word to abbreviate, 'Assorted' is not the one to chose. pic.twitter.com/RQiPwwfGoK |
Sorry to pick on you again, Tesco, but this one’s too good not to bring up again. It’s an image which has circulated since late 2013 – so much so, BuzzFeed reckoned it should have gone into sharing retirement last year. | Sorry to pick on you again, Tesco, but this one’s too good not to bring up again. It’s an image which has circulated since late 2013 – so much so, BuzzFeed reckoned it should have gone into sharing retirement last year. |
Air BnB | Air BnB |
Apartment rental site Airbnb was subject to endless mocking earlier this year when they unveiled their new logo. Instead of fanfare people reacted like this: | Apartment rental site Airbnb was subject to endless mocking earlier this year when they unveiled their new logo. Instead of fanfare people reacted like this: |
Okay yes and balls? I challenge you to name a sexual area not evoked by the Airbnb logo http://t.co/ptp3YUHM7j | Okay yes and balls? I challenge you to name a sexual area not evoked by the Airbnb logo http://t.co/ptp3YUHM7j |
Oh dear. | Oh dear. |
Here are some more as suggested in the comments: | |
Office of Government Commerce | |
Office of Government Commerce was a rather good one. Better was their response to queries - something about getting a firm grip on public project delivery costs. | |
The 'Office of Government Commerce' didn't really make a good logo choice.. pic.twitter.com/dCxMrj3Cy9 | |
Back story on that logo can be found here. | |
Euro plus Scandanavia | |
Picked up some Euro's today. Whoever designed them coins did not like Scandinavia! #Sack pic.twitter.com/Sbkgck64NN | |
The Euro penis?http://cantbeunseen.com/what-has-been-seen/14960-sweden-s-the-penis-finland | |
All Euro coins have a nob and balls on due to the decision to remove Norway from the map.Can we do amusingly shaped vegetables next week? | |
What’s the biggest design fail you’ve ever seen? Let us know in the comments below. | What’s the biggest design fail you’ve ever seen? Let us know in the comments below. |
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