Brooklyn Public Library's New Logo Misspells 'Brooklyn'

Submitted by Bibliofuture on January 16, 2013 - 12:16pm
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Brooklyn Public Library's New Logo Misspells 'Brooklyn'

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 17, 2013 - 8:59am.

I like it. It tells of visual (and verbal) sophistication, not ignorance or, heaven forbid, impropriety. If all art is document, all documents, including a name, can be art.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 17, 2013 - 10:02am.

Also has a book angle because it can be read book-lyn

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 18, 2013 - 12:42pm.

Unfortunately the people who created it... did not consider the "Book-lyn" as a reasoning for what they did it seems. Also there is a pre-existing non-profit called "Booklyn." It also looks like they referenced the FedEx logo in the creation of this. Especially when used with the "Start Here" part of the logo.

Submitted by Walt on January 17, 2013 - 11:17am.

If they'd spelled it "Broklyn" or "Brooklin" or even "Booklyn," the story's headline might make sense. As it is, they used an abbreviated form, deliberately, for effect. Odd how you don't get San Francisco agencies accused of spelling errors for using SF... There's no story here.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 17, 2013 - 6:46pm.

I agree with Urban Dictionary about Bklyn -

BKLYN

An "Acronym" for "Brooklyn". Widely used by people who feel need to prove they're from there. Or just lazy people, and some stupid people. It is sometimes used on MSN Messenger and various cell phones (Virgin Mobile, Fido ect.), txting back and forth. Maybe even spraypainted on buildings, and scribbled in bathroom stalls.

Some of us find "Bklyn" an absolutely horrendous and disgusting abbreviation for "Brooklyn". Annoys me more than "the big apple" does.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 17, 2013 - 6:23pm.

I think that logo is fine. It shows the library is up-to-date. What's wrong with a library being trendy?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 17, 2013 - 6:52pm.

Here is a blog post by the BKY Library about the new logo:
http://brooklynology.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/post/2013/01/14/Go-logo-go!.aspx

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