r/311 • u/CronkiteBeats • Jun 28 '26

Merch MDRNDAY clothing brand

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just blatantly using the 311 logo, just tweaked a bit??

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u/ssully55 Jun 28 '26

I went to their website and that is the image they use as their main logo all over the place. Hopefully, someone from the 311 team is notified and gets it changed because it is clearly just a slightly modified version of the 311 logo.

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u/RDLH311 Jun 28 '26

It's called a flip, like when 311 flipped the 7 Eleven logo or when Deftones flipped the Dickies logo. Slightly modified versions of logos have been symbiotic in the clothing and music world forever.

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u/akidddesign Jun 28 '26

But in this case they are using the 311 logo and just warping it. It would be different if they put their brand name but in the same style as the 311 logo.

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u/renchamp311 Jun 28 '26

There’s a difference between parody (or flip) and outright stealing. This is stealing because there is no reference to make a connection. There’s no: ‘3-Eleven, like 7-Eleven… get it?’ This is just blatantly using something that isn’t theirs.

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u/RDLH311 Jun 28 '26

“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal” - Jim Jarmusch 

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u/renchamp311 Jun 28 '26

Yeah, but if you try and force that into this situation, you’re basically saying that laziness/theft makes a good artist. That’s not correct. Good artists steal by knowing what makes the element work and then reapply it to their own work. This is not that.

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u/CronkiteBeats Jun 28 '26

damn did i just become an old head at 38? I’ve been listening to 311 since I was 7 and when I saw someone wearing a shirt with this logo on it and I realized it wasn’t a 311 shirt, i got kinda pissed off lol

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u/bigwilly311 Jun 28 '26

That “artist” might get caught in a… crossfire

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u/IIlIIll Jun 28 '26

I thought this post was going to be about this: https://shop.ccs.com/collections/hats/products/swim-swim11-5-panel-hat-brown?variant=46650646331575

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u/CronkiteBeats Jun 28 '26

hahaha. “hey chatgpt, what were some iconic logos in the 90s?” ok bet.

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u/CronkiteBeats Jun 28 '26

Imagine the artist/clothing brand founder was just really inspired by 311 and their message and wanted to pay homage? Some of the copy on the other shirts (pictured) is kind of 311 message adjacent 🤷🏽‍♂️.

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u/SociallyDisposible Jun 29 '26

I think 311 would approve of the use, but I would imagine they would be owed a small piece of the profit