Comments on: A styleguide for people who don’t like styleguides

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:58:06 +0000

I used to do work for comcast, and i can tell this is the only style guide our art department had on hand for Mtv, and we got it direct from them. to this day though, still think of it as one of the best i’ve ever seen. I almost never had a question about what was acceptable usage and therefor had very few pieces kicked back from their legal department.

By: christy

christy — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:10:40 +0000

I just realized that you did say “identity guidlines” so pardon me for not getting it, if what i just said was totally irrelevant. :)

By: christy

christy — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:07:57 +0000

As a graphic designer, I always made a big distinction between a style guide and logo regulations. A style guide can change frequently depending on the current marketing strategies as far as color, fonts, etc. but chances are the logo guidelines will remain pretty static (don't make the logo plaid, don't add drop shadows, don't crop the logo or remove any of its elements, etc.)

So to me, this would only be one part of an overall style guide.

By: Billifer

Billifer — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:08:12 +0000

It would be nice if they'd at least include PANTONE® PMS numbers with their "suggested" colors, ya know?

As for the guidelines, etc., yeah, the idea of "do not alter the logo in any way (including but not limited to bleeding off the page, twisting, or cropping)" could have been a little clearer. The "styleguide" looks more like a cheatsheet for MTV design interns/noobs than for actual PR or media kits.

By: Dudical

Dudical — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:41:59 +0000

Sometimes my #2 is constrained. But then I take some metamucil and everything is A-ok ;-)

By: Captain Obvious

Captain Obvious — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:34:15 +0000

I like the simplicity… and I guess you could crop the logo Bone but of course you may be constrained by #2.

By: Chanpory

Chanpory — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:39:30 +0000

Mr Observant, thanks for noticing that. I’ve posted an update to the end of the post. A mystery indeed.

By: mr observant

mr observant — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:57:12 +0000

check ou tthe Hi-Res site – there’s a lot more to the styleguide than this one page that talksabout the logo

By: jsaltz

jsaltz — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:25:07 +0000

An abomination, it seems.

By: Bone

Bone — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:44:23 +0000

@Ben

Totally disagree with you on this point.

B only showing what you can do - print using a single color using these colors, logo must be upright, it must be atleast this big, etc., etc.

Little to nothing at all is open to interpretation.

I.E. The first thing I would challenge with the MTV standards is that I would crop it heavily.

Nowhere in this document does it say I cannot crop it.

That is my point. By attempting to cover all possible unwanted uses you inevitably open up unitended uses as well.