[HN Gopher] Bruce Blackburn, Designer of NASA Worm Logo, Has Died
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       Bruce Blackburn, Designer of NASA Worm Logo, Has Died
        
       Author : NaOH
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2021-02-18 21:24 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | alvarlagerlof wrote:
       | Am i the only one thinking that the worm is looking so much
       | better than the meatball?
        
         | ggoo wrote:
         | This may be a brand new sentence.
        
       | ortusdux wrote:
       | I've been looking for an excuse to buy the NASA Graphics Standard
       | Manual. It looks like Standard Manual has published new books
       | dedicated to the Worm and Bruce's work on the Bicentennial logo.
       | Time to make room on my coffee table!
       | 
       | https://standardsmanual.com/products/nasa-graphics-standards...
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       | https://standardsmanual.com/products/the-worm
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       | https://standardsmanual.com/products/american-revolution-bic...
        
       | MontyCarloHall wrote:
       | I still can't fathom why NASA completely retired the worm in
       | favor of the meatball from 1992 until last year. The worm looks
       | like something from a high-art sci-fi movie, while the meatball
       | looks like it's from, well, 1959.
        
         | theresistor wrote:
         | As someone who grew up with the meatball, I can't fathom why
         | they went back to the worm.
         | 
         | It's all nostalgia.
        
         | jovrtn wrote:
         | Looks like it may be worming its way back into favour:
         | https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-worm-is-back/
        
           | interestica wrote:
           | The worm seems to break the mobile view. There's probably
           | some sort of comment on the incompatibility of the old and
           | new there.
        
         | kevin_thibedeau wrote:
         | The people holding the purse strings are old men with an
         | affinity for stodgy nostalgia. Know your customer.
        
           | throwaway0a5e wrote:
           | And the stogy old men of present grew up in the worm era so
           | worm it is.
        
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