Siah, I love a lot of your designs, however you may want to fix this one by simply retitling the piece as "bipolar", since, as someone on Smashing Magazine article pointed out:
"Schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple personalities or any kind of mood disorder that could be indicated by the :): symbol..." -Alicia
@onesummer: Yea, I've received dozens of comments and messages from offended people about this logo. I finally took the time to revise it. Changed it from "schizophrenic" to "bipolar". Its not worth offending people when its just for a fictional logo.
ha, yeah. didn't offend me or anything though. I think people were just jealous because it was such a clever concept, and wished they had come up with it ;)
Damn... ^^(Sorry, my browser totally flaked there...) :)
sdijock said on
Oct. 13 '09
siah - It's a very clever design, and political correctness is definitely in the eye of the beholder. Having worked on ad campaigns for bipolar medications I can tell you that a lot of bipolar patients are pretty sensitive about their condition, and deep depression and suicide rates are pretty high among that patient population. Who knows how they'd actually react to this logo - I don't think it's overtly offensive - it could be a breath of fresh air to them.
@sdijock: Thanks for the comment. I used to have this logo titled as, "Schizophrenic" but I literally had dozens of people contacting me how they were offended and that it was not accurate and that I should change it to "Bipolar". Apparently schizophrenia is the inability to decipher between reality and fantasy.
I would like to think that people who suffer from a bipolar disorder would smile at this one instead of frown...
premal123 said on
Oct. 13 '09
have seen this concept already. But I guess it is yours "Siah-Design"
**And just to clarify things again.** This logo was originally titled, "Schizophrenic" and was sold on BrandStack a while back. But due to dozens of people contacting me offended that it didn't represent the schizophrenic disorder accurately I changed the title to bipolar for my portfolio.
Hm, that is similar and was uploaded before this one. But, this is just one website. I'm assuming this design could've been uploaded somewhere else by Siah prior to putting it here.
skywalkerone said on
Apr. 15 '10
Like the simple things. Turned horizontally should work good enough. The smile...good day, solar seal today, HAND, solar tone 7, perfect for healing. By
Just occurred to me a more ironic name might be "Bitpolar'
verosch said on
Jun. 26 '11
i must say - bipolar as i "am"and being much more than that :): that this logo was GREAT to see. i was going to speak about living with bipolar disorder in a big christian swedish conference, since i´m a writer. when I "accidentally" saw your logo on my way there, it was only liberating, cool and fun, to see my feelings expressed in one single symbol/sign. way to go! thanks! /bipopular
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onesummer said on Apr. 15 '09
"Schizophrenia has nothing to do with multiple personalities or any kind of mood disorder that could be indicated by the :): symbol..." -Alicia
Siah-Design said on Apr. 15 '09
Am I politically correct, now? :)
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siah-design said on Oct. 13 '09
@sdijock: Thanks for the comment. I used to have this logo titled as, "Schizophrenic" but I literally had dozens of people contacting me how they were offended and that it was not accurate and that I should change it to "Bipolar". Apparently schizophrenia is the inability to decipher between reality and fantasy.
I would like to think that people who suffer from a bipolar disorder would smile at this one instead of frown...
premal123 said on Oct. 13 '09
http://www.logomoose.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/schizophrenic.jpg
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siah-design said on Feb. 22 '10
**And just to clarify things again.** This logo was originally titled, "Schizophrenic" and was sold on BrandStack a while back. But due to dozens of people contacting me offended that it didn't represent the schizophrenic disorder accurately I changed the title to bipolar for my portfolio.
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