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August 25, 2005 12:03 AM
Broken: "Greek" spa sign
Andrew Lyons writes:
A spa called Athena (after the ancient Greek godess) is opening near where I work. It has an odd banner. I think the designer was told to "put a picture of a statue on it". The problem is, they used a statue of Queen Victoria. To my knowlege she wasn't Greek (or ancient enough).
Given the conservative climate of the day, they probably used that because they couldn't find a non-nude or non-partially nude statue of Athena.
I'm surprised every time I see something that mixes up Roman and Greek mythology because it seems like such a simple task to figure out if your company logo/store name/etc actually makes sense. This is a little worse because the Queen has nothing to do with either mythology. So very broken...
What's broken is their ugly logo...obviously whoever designed it has never heard of the term lineweight.
Also amusing, but not truly broken for advertising, is that the image on the banner is a mirror image of the statue. Queen Victoria holds the orb in her left hand and the stick in her right hand. See:
http://royalwindsor.org.uk/Windsor_Castle_history.htm
So maybe it isn't broken? Maybe it is trying to say...
"I am Athena/Victoria. Come to my spa so you can dress in heavy garb from head to toe. Or I will crush you with my orb. No... I will hit you with my stick. Ummm, no... I will mirror image you. Ah, no... Well, whatever I do, I will do it with authority, like the imperious Greek/British authority figure that I am."
That's not an orb. It's a bong. Like the one the designer must be smoking while visually crafting such brilliant logos.
Or the one the owners of the spa are smoking when hiring such individuals and approving their work.
"Well, it looks like the typeface was designed by an ADHD kindergartner and that statue is nowhere near Greek or Roman or heck, even Macedonian, but..." puff puff puff "...at least our designer gets us some good ganja!"
the "plunger head" looks like a container for oil of perfume, and the stick is a horse whip. Of COURSE she is going to go and perfume her horse, and go for a ride!
i just realized it is not her horse she will perfume and ride. She is going to perfume and ride the A of Athena
Well, at least they got the "E" right on their sign. So many times, greek-themed businesses will use a capital sigma in place of the letter E. That pisses me off so much... so ignorant, so broken.
Non nude images are easy to find for Athena.
Tennessee has built a reproduction of The Parthenon, in Nashville (complete with statue).
This link takes you to the Museum Web page:
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whats she holding? a plunger with a broken handle?
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Posted by: gmangw at August 25, 2005 12:31 AM