27 comments

  • Account deleted over 6 years ago

    This is one of those thats going to get destroyed by media and the public. There will be the comments of "my kid could have done better" "what a waste of money" etc.

    Its a nice mark... but for a football club it feels like they have just ignored the history. It feels very disconnected from the traditions of a club the size of Juventus.

    That said, Im sure in 12 months time, after its fully rolled out, the fuss will be over and it will work well.

    8 points
  • Ix TechauIx Techau, over 6 years ago

    As a logo for some up-and-coming clothing brand making cheap sneakers: looks fine. As a crest for a 120-year old football club that supposedly took a year to reach a conclusion on: absolutely awful.

    The bromidic statements only makes it worse..."the new logo defines a sense of belonging"...what? It's two lines vaguely shaped as a "J", am I supposed to feel belonged by that? Typical trite agency bullshit to apply the illusion of depth to a logo that has none.

    Also, and this is perhaps the most annoying part, the "J" in "Juventus" written above the logomark is not even the same "J" featured in the logo. That's a glaring missed opportunity to bring some form of consistency.

    And another thing: this crest will have to be surrounded by a white or gold/yellow stroke at all times, as the Juventus shirt features the exact same colours as the crest. So it's not even the correct depiction of what the logo will look like in reality - they need to add a thick stroke for it to work.

    Baffling.

    4 points
    • Oz LozanoOz Lozano, over 6 years ago

      Completely agree. They threw away one of the most iconic and recognisable crests in the world for this? Absolute rubbish.

      1 point
    • Piero BorgoPiero Borgo, over 6 years ago

      It has a resemblance to the past, early 40s logo to be correct J

      ;-)

      3 points
    • Giovanni HobbinsGiovanni Hobbins, over 6 years ago

      Agree with all your points. But it doesn't look too bad on the shirt itself. Personally I don't mind the J badge. But the text above it is not nice.

      crest on jersey

      0 points
      • Ix TechauIx Techau, over 6 years ago

        Yeah looks better on the shirt than standalone, but seems a bit odd that their crest relies on a certain width of the stripes to work.

        0 points
  • James Young, over 6 years ago

    It's alright, footy fans will always complain about loss of tradition and blah blah blah but this mark looks more versatile and modern than the last one and with regards to history etc - this is the 6th logo they've had since the 1930's so it's not like they don't rebrand on a relatively regularly basis (relatively speaking).

    2 points
  • Pedro PintoPedro Pinto, over 6 years ago

    A really interesting article about the history of the J mark throughout the Juventus history: http://www.soccerstyle24.it/fascino-mistero-effimera-epopea-della-j-maglie-juventus

    It's written in italian but the google translator makes a good translation on this one

    1 point
  • Andrea GrassoAndrea Grasso, over 6 years ago

    Here's the case study on Interbrand's website

    1 point
  • Tom Mayes, over 6 years ago

    Goddamn that is tight. Love it. Love the subtle shield shape it creates from the negative space. Love the nod to the black/white stripes. Love the hidden player form. If every new logo mark had to reference its 'history' then rebranding would be impossible. Fresh as f*&k

    1 point
    • Account deleted over 6 years ago

      Nobody is saying every new logo mark must have reference to history. But when it comes to football clubs history and tradition is a HUGE thing. Its what fans are passionate about, its what fans relate to. Will the audience buying the shirts with this crest be millennials only? I can't see that 40+ year old fan relating to this new mark. Just feels like in creating this new identity, the club has lost some of its identity.

      The recent update to the Atletico Madrid crest is a great example of keeping a huge clubs history and tradition at the forefront.

      Atletico Madrid New Crest

      2 points
      • Pedro PintoPedro Pinto, over 6 years ago

        I agree. I think it is too radical, especially because a football brand is one of the things that people are more passionate about.

        If my football club changed the club symbol to something radical like this one probably 99,9% of the fans would be unhappy. Most would prefer something like the Atl Madrid update.

        1 point
      • Daniel GoldenDaniel Golden, over 6 years ago

        There was a huge backlash even for that redesign though.

        0 points
        • Account deleted over 6 years ago

          I think there would be backlash for any football club redesign.

          0 points
      • Tom Mayes, over 6 years ago

        Case in point. That logo is simply an iteration of (probably) an iteration. It's like the Everton saga a couple of years back that ended in the club having to revert almost entirely to its original emblem. 'Impossible' may have not been 100% the right term, but nothing fresh will ever come from having to hang onto 'history' so tightly.

        0 points
  • Christoph ZahnChristoph Zahn, over 6 years ago

    Anyone else see a player taking a dive in there? :/

    1 point
  • Warren BaskinWarren Baskin, over 6 years ago

    Nice!

    1 point
  • Daniel GoldenDaniel Golden, over 6 years ago

    Tweet translation (via Google translate):

    Andrea Agnelli: the new logo defines a sense of belonging and a style that allows you to communicate our way of being

    Anyone here speak Italian for a more clear translation?

    1 point
    • Account deleted over 6 years ago

      Pretty accurate. I speak a bit of Italian, and I think this part fits better:

      …"and a style that communicates our way of being".

      I think he's trying to say that it fits better with who they are now, their personality and values. Not necessarily means anything, though, as those are branding buzzwords.

      1 point
    • Andrea GrassoAndrea Grasso, over 6 years ago

      that's pretty much correct, not grammatically but correct :)

      1 point
  • Ale UrrutiaAle Urrutia, over 6 years ago

    Everything started with Instagram...

    0 points
  • Kenneth JensenKenneth Jensen, over 6 years ago

    That is just plain bad... They purely discarded history and just tried to make something vague and minimalistic.

    Just look at their case study, I can't imagine anything else than a rollback within a few years to a simpler form of the old crest.

    They should have just removed the bull (It is a Torino reference they don't want anymore) and simplified the shapes a bit.

    0 points
  • Catalin CimpanuCatalin Cimpanu, over 6 years ago

    Garbage. I understand some small tweaks here and there, but removing a crest and replacing it with a damn J is just idiotic. The Juventus crest meant something. It had a personality of its own. This looks like a half-assed logo for a soon-to-be bankrupt startup.

    0 points
  • Giovanni HobbinsGiovanni Hobbins, over 6 years ago

    The J alone isn't bad but with text on top I don't like it. I am a fan, though. So any change is hard.

    0 points
  • Dirk HCM van BoxtelDirk HCM van Boxtel, over 6 years ago

    Ghhhhh there's some optical illusion type stuff going on with the bottom of those lines, making them appear to not be parallel and it's driving my (grantedly overcaffeinated) brain NUTS.

    0 points
  • Sean O'GradySean O'Grady, over 6 years ago

    Very bold. Not sure fans will take to it though

    0 points