Native American motifs
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a NFL (national football league) franchise based in Maryland, Virginia, USA. Their logo consists of a Native American In a circle with yellow and white feathers coming of the side of it. It has sparked controversy over the years in relation to some Native Americans who find it Insensitive towards their culture and identity.
The logo from a design perspective doesn’t really jell together. The feathers go to far below the circle making the logo seem unbalanced. The colours derive from the teams uniforms and it would be a safe bet that they are influenced by colour used in Native American art. The chief inside the circle is the main focal point and draws your attention to him because of the thick stroked circle and the contrast of his dark face and the white background.
I personally don’t like the logo at all and evidently, after doing some research its constantly called one of the worst logos in the NFL and I can see why. It’s very bland and the colours are quite boring. And to top it of it seems like there’s blood on the feathers and they’ve made it yellow... I’ll let you guess what that could mean.
The Washington Redskins are a NFL (national football league) franchise based in Maryland, Virginia, USA. Their logo consists of a Native American In a circle with yellow and white feathers coming of the side of it. It has sparked controversy over the years in relation to some Native Americans who find it Insensitive towards their culture and identity.
The logo from a design perspective doesn’t really jell together. The feathers go to far below the circle making the logo seem unbalanced. The colours derive from the teams uniforms and it would be a safe bet that they are influenced by colour used in Native American art. The chief inside the circle is the main focal point and draws your attention to him because of the thick stroked circle and the contrast of his dark face and the white background.
I personally don’t like the logo at all and evidently, after doing some research its constantly called one of the worst logos in the NFL and I can see why. It’s very bland and the colours are quite boring. And to top it of it seems like there’s blood on the feathers and they’ve made it yellow... I’ll let you guess what that could mean.
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21/35 Great effort. Your analysis and opinions are vey interesting.
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