Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

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Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by HurricaneYosef » Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:58 am



Davidson rolled out a new logo.

I hope our athletic department never does something as bad as this for a rebrand

(I know the university made some not so good changes this summer)

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by AppSt94 » Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:45 am

Why would ever use a Wildcat for a rebrand? It’s not even our colors.


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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by BoonBandit2006 » Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:52 am

HurricaneYosef wrote:
Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:58 am


Davidson rolled out a new logo.

I hope our athletic department never does something as bad as this for a rebrand

(I know the university made some not so good changes this summer)

This looks like a Highschool mascot from 1992

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by appstate24 » Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:31 am

Yikes :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by VNova » Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:34 am

I liked the old one more, just because it was more uniquely theirs.

People need to stop hiring “expert design firms” that make generic logos.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by MrCraig » Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:26 pm

it's not particularly bad, but it's not particularly good either. Kind of like the university's new Taco Bell logo.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by AppStateNews » Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:43 pm

It's a mix of Western and Ga State
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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by proasu89 » Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:38 am

AppStateNews wrote:
Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:43 pm
It's a mix of Western and Ga State
Nailed it.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by Stonewall » Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:44 am

We have done similar , fortunately we saw the error and fixed it.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by BayouApp » Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:06 am

VNova wrote:
Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:34 am
I liked the old one more, just because it was more uniquely theirs.

People need to stop hiring “expert design firms” that make generic logos.
Ad agencies and design firms are sometimes too quick to tout periodic re-branding, especially in situations where tradition and history are important such as with a university.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:08 am

BayouApp wrote:
Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:06 am
VNova wrote:
Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:34 am
I liked the old one more, just because it was more uniquely theirs.

People need to stop hiring “expert design firms” that make generic logos.
Ad agencies and design firms are sometimes too quick to tout periodic re-branding, especially in situations where tradition and history are important such as with a university.
Ad agencies are quick to help you with new branding as they see dollar signs😂😂.
Many are great...but, like any industry, some not so much.
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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by Rekdiver » Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:09 am

Totally not necessary….

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by AtlAppMan » Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:49 pm

What happens is somebody new decides they want to make a change to say they are doing something, so they hire a firm or somebody to create something new/different. Just to say they did something. May be better, same or worse than previous but they now say this did something. Many times it is a waste of money.

Hey, it's different!

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by Rekdiver » Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:05 pm

All ya gotta do is ask Coca-cola……. and Hot HotHot was not not not…

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by Bootsy » Sat Aug 26, 2023 12:36 pm

Not sure what's worse:
  • This logo looking like generic clip art in PowerPoint? OR...
  • Davidson paying some consulting firm a pile of money to come up with it?
On the bright side, they'll never have to worry about this image offending anyone. EVER.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by T-Dog » Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:59 pm

Looking at the Davidson message board, their fans actually like it.

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Re: Davidson Wildcat Rebrand

Unread post by hapapp » Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:02 pm

It’s their logo, I guess if they like it that’s all that matters.

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