[HN Gopher] Bruce Blackburn, Designer of NASA Worm Logo, Has Died ___________________________________________________________________ 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... | | https://standardsmanual.com/products/the-worm | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-02-18 23:00 UTC)