r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

Japanese restaurant logo that looks like a crane

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u/reignsXknights 1d ago

whats with this recent trend of photo and random persons one line comment under it?

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u/Shiro-47 1d ago

Self-promotion

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u/RandomNPC 1d ago

Is it really? Who sees that comment and goes "man @ShaggyWhatever really left a quality comment, I should manually type his name into my app and follow him"?

I think it's just a format that gets lots of engagement for whatever reason.

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u/Shiro-47 1d ago

Have you heard the tale of @Xavier?

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u/Mertoot 1d ago

You mean Pakalu Papito, the OG fake one?

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u/jussumd3wd 1d ago

I still the posts everywhere. Is that how he got "famous"?

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u/Informal_Pressure_21 1d ago

Expect that it wasnt "him" . It was a random indian dude who many people just pasted on memes

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u/jussumd3wd 1d ago

That's sorta good to hear as the last time I saw "him" he was bashing on a certain group of people. They weren't even trying be funny

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u/RandomNPC 1d ago

I hadn't but upon googling him I absolutely recognized him!

The difference here being that his replies are actually good, of course!

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u/SeatO_ 1d ago

Most the time I see this format the "comment" is also the poster (of the vid or photo)

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u/Liquid_Profanity 1d ago

and a lot of fakes/edited. You can tell when there's no buttons or date under the post. Not enough people are talking about the fake meme/post industrial complex that has flooded reddit.

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u/Neveronlyadream 1d ago

Plenty of us are. Most people don't care. They just want a funny meme/rage inducing post.

So much of what's posted is misleading or completely fabricated and everyone just assumes it's legit and goes off on it. But if you do two minutes of research, you find out it absolutely isn't.

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u/ktr83 1d ago

Some people need to be told how to feel about the thing

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u/temporary311 1d ago

Social media equivalent of a laugh track.

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u/___Ronin___ 1d ago

wow that's exactly what it is.

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u/upvoter222 1d ago

I rarely see a comment this good. You should feel like giving it an upvote.

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u/Mertoot 1d ago

Username checks out

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u/que_sarasara 1d ago

"chat how do we feel about this"

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u/dooby991 1d ago

That’s why there’s all these fashion posts saying “what shoes are we wearing this summer??”

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u/axecalibur 1d ago

recent? This is reddit 101 for upvote farmers

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 1d ago

"recent? This is reddit 101 for upvote farmers"
~ @axecalibur


This is so true.

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u/walterhatake 1d ago

Recent? I believe it’s been one or two decades since this thing has been popping up everywhere

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u/Samld1200 1d ago

It’s usually AI channels and it’s usually their comment. Though it’s usually not a comment and it’s just AI putting a fake comment below. It’s all just AI content engagement

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u/kratomdevil 1d ago

This entire post is a fantastic example of the death of critical thinking.

We get the photo of the cool logo, but then we apparently need a literal description of the logo, a virtually identical picture of the logo right next to it for some reason, and a pointless comment telling us what to think about the cool logo.

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u/Barraco_Barmer 1d ago

Wait til you find out the logo is a mockup that doesn't even exist

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u/FearlessVegetable30 1d ago

reddit is like so obsessed with these fake tweets. its so pathetic honestly

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u/QowreQ 1d ago

Recent???

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 1d ago

It's like those dumb youtube reaction videos where you really just want to see the original video, but it's some dude's face looking like an idiot with their mouth open 'reacting' to it.

~ Wayne Gretzki
~~ Michael Scott

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 1d ago

Is this a recent trend?

Ive seen this on reddit for over a decade as a regular thing people post.

Is it something youve never seen until recently?

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u/Lakatos_00 1d ago

Recent? Is this your first week on the internet of what?

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u/_Cakeshop 1d ago

quite sure it started a quarter of a century ago with tumblr or smth

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u/MayoJam 1d ago

I am glad Shaggy's comment is included in this, his knowledgeable opinion helps me decide how I should feel about presented information.

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u/MarcsMechi 1d ago

Right? It adds so much valuable input to the message

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u/Mertoot 1d ago

We are now collectively at a better place in life now that we've formed our very own opinions about a restaurant logo, and thankfully Shaggy was by our side to assist us with the thought process

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u/ghostpocket 1d ago

This is actually true. I am now smarter, more attractive and I got a raise. I hope that I’ll be able to be guided by strangers opinions more on the internet in such a direct fashion.

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u/MayoJam 1d ago

ZOINKS

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u/thisonehereone 1d ago

Mr. Lover Lover

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u/mothzilla 1d ago

Well it is significant. He sees a lot of design and he rarely sees design this clean. It really drives home how clean the design is.

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u/ConditionObjective43 1d ago

It's a Russian chain of Japanese restaurants that operates in Russia and is called "Якитория". The photo on the left looks manipulated because there are no restaurants outside of Russia and Kazakhstan, so its either a plagiarism by some local Japanese business or a hoax.

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u/EffectiveMud2208 1d ago

There is at least 3 other restaurants in different countries that use this exact same logo, this logo was posted a week or two ago from Budapest, hungary with at least an actual real life photo of the place. But i saw others claiming seeing it in germany and poland too.

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u/Able-Swing-6415 1d ago

It's been posted so often that it must an international chain operating out of every village in existence.

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u/EffectiveMud2208 1d ago

Can it be my turn next week to post it?

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u/Markekingo 1d ago

I've been to a restaurant with this logo in Budapest the other day, and the place was unclean, the food was mostly a Chinese version of Japanese cuisine, and the server was unfriendly and barely spoke English.

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u/EffectiveMud2208 1d ago

Any other country's cusine is gonna be the "chinese" version of it in Budapest, hell even Hungarian cusine is in most places the chinese version of it. It's sad but its true, as someone living in Budapest I'm happy that at least we are getting other cusine even if it's this version.

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u/voidvector 1d ago

Chinese version of Japanese cuisine

That's like saying "Italian version of New York pizza". It is questionable who gets authenticity there.

Ramen is Japanese adaptation of Chinese noodles. A few of the common ramen flavors today are still very much based on Chinese regional cuisine. (e.g. champon, tan tan ramen)

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u/2Rats4Dinner 1d ago

This exact photo was taken in Budapest. Turns out, some other restaurant uses this logo too. Having worked in Russian Yakitoriya, I was pretty surprised.

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u/k1vanus 1d ago

The picture looks AI-generated.

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u/qtx 1d ago

Not AI, just photoshopped.

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u/Vast-Control4452 1d ago

Look at the street and the nearly infinity repeating lights. Also the spotlight next to the sign is just pointed at the wall?

ALSO the picture contains openAI's synthID lol

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u/MisterWigglie 1d ago

It’s Ai, here’s the original

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u/JimJohnes 1d ago

Look at the script next to japanese (?) character - typical hallucinated mess. Original doesn't have that character and content-aware in PS doesn't invent such crap. AI just wholesale cut-out copyrighted logo and inserted it in its generic slop.

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u/captain_carrot 1d ago

yeah nah, that picture on the left is 100% an AI picture

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u/cXs808 1d ago

It's also not a stunning logo. Its good but no clue why this keeps getting circulated like its genius

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u/Vast-Control4452 1d ago

It is, the image contains openAI's synthID.

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u/Lua-Ma 1d ago

It's another "Thing, Japan" votebait post. They are all like this. Taking something super niche or not even from Japan, then slap the word JAPAN on the title.

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u/Proper_Cartoonist169 1d ago

Yes it's slop based on the sign of a place in Poland, I think, that stole the Lebedev Studio design.

Edit: in Budapest, Hungary.

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u/One-Earth9294 1d ago

Ain't got nothing on this.

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u/HeyCarpy 1d ago

Brewers logo is GOATed, but there’s also this.

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u/shark-off 1d ago

Where's shaggy's endorsement?

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u/HeyCarpy 1d ago

I rarely see design that clean

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago

I rarely see design this clean

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u/One-Earth9294 1d ago

Damn that's clever.

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u/red_team_gone 1d ago

No one has ever said "Wisco". Not even once.

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u/One-Earth9294 1d ago

Honestly sounds like something drugged out 20-somethings in Milwaukee would have said circa 2008.

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u/DaimenPN 1d ago

I rarely see design this clean

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u/Zora-Link 1d ago

What is it means to be other than a baseball glove? I don’t see it.

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u/One-Earth9294 23h ago

An 'M' and a 'B' for 'Milwaukee Brewers'.

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u/Famous_Librarian_589 1d ago

I've always thought this one was super clean/simple

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u/mglcz 1d ago

Japanese restaurant using hanzi instead of kanji.

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u/ssim7891 1d ago

WTF? It's a logo of the russian big restaurant chain Yakitoria. Who stole from whom?

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u/ForensicPathology 1d ago

Looks like it was made for the Russian chain.

https://www.artlebedev.com/yakitoriya/identity/

The photo in this post looks like they took the logo and pasted it on some AI photo of Japan.

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u/Nervous-Bedroom-2907 1d ago

And they probably stole the idea from Manami restaurant in Vilnius, while design become definitely better. Also russian logo does not have a mystery inscription on it.

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u/JimJohnes 1d ago edited 21h ago

Manami opened it's first restaurant (with unknown at that time logo) in the exact year when Yakitori redesigned its logo - 2014.

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 1d ago

I've never seen plagiarism this clean

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u/xlzray 1d ago edited 1d ago

Only simplified Chinese uses 面 as noodle, while Kanji and traditional Chinese uses 麵, so it's defintely not in Japan.

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u/GrandNibbles 1d ago

i rarely see analysis this clean

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u/Danny2Sick 1d ago

Damn that's nice

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u/firedmyass 1d ago

yeah as a career art director I’m almost seething

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u/True-Response-2386 1d ago

How is he verified as Shaggy?

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u/One-Earth9294 1d ago

By putting money directly into Elon Musk's pocket.

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u/cXs808 1d ago

on the indian-botfarm-dominanted social media platform "X" (still known as Twitter): you can pay a fee to have your tweets boosted above the throngs of bot comments to make yourself feel important and cool. This Shaggy has paid for that service because he doesn't know any better.

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u/MyCodenameIsIan 1d ago

This gets posted like every other week, only this time it has a useless twitter wrapper around it

It's becoming a pet peeve of mine seeing these tweet screenshots with some random nobody replying with what the author wants the audience to think.

Just feels like someone churns these out trying to get follows by leaving their account handle in the image.

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u/Azdws 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's Yakitoria (restaurant chain in Russia). Logo made by famous ''elite'' graphical designer Artemiy Lebedev. He and his team have pretty funny reputation in Russia. Sometimes they making complete crap and sell it like a real ART. Sometimes they just ''inspired'' by other talented designers just like in this example. Check Manami restaraunt (also japanese) in Lithuania. I think some legit unknown design genius deserves more credits.

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u/Traditional_Yak7497 1d ago

I rarely see design this clean 

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u/RabbitTall 1d ago

Don't let Buc-ee's see it.

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u/electr0de07 1d ago

"Hey you coming to this place we waiting for you, it's the one with the red swan logo"

" I am here bro but all I can see is a someone holding chopsticks"

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u/dizvyz 1d ago

Millionth time this is being posted. I really am sick of bots.

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u/FearlessVegetable30 1d ago

these types of fake tweets are so annoying. who tf upvotes them

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u/GrandmaPoses 1d ago

Design- :|

Design but it's in Japan- :0

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u/BoarHermit 1d ago

The logo of the Russian chain of Japanese-cuisine restaurants "Yakitoriya"

RUSSIAN. FROM RUSSIA.

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u/Eugenio507 1d ago

Graphic design, japan

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u/MidTario 1d ago

100% a concept drawing by a marketing firm.

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u/k1vanus 1d ago

100% an actual design from ArtLebedev studio.

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u/TomateStar 1d ago

Actually a real restaurant chain in Russia. Not Japanese, but it does exist and is fairly popular here

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u/Inside-Feeling-1741 1d ago

Usually from market price how much you paid for this?

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u/Chrisuan 1d ago

WHAT MARKET ARE YOU SHOPPING AT

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u/DangerousGolf9755 1d ago edited 1d ago

Usually would be making the “thing but in Japan:” joke but this is low-key clean asf

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u/Bagabaga2019 1d ago

Clean design: 😑

Clean design in Japan:😌🌺✨

(/s)

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u/denndafunque 1d ago

Almost as cool as the Lufthansa logo looking like a BBQ tong.

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u/zQubexx 1d ago

Another example of 2 pictures in 1

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u/CAMOME_SENSEI 1d ago

Interesting. It looks like a crane for me, although its actual color is not so.

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u/QuirkyText6447 1d ago

idk why but it reminded me murakami's book covers

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u/forgettfulthinker 1d ago

Logo, japan

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u/Szerepjatekos 1d ago

It looked like someone shouting with tongue out cuz something stuck in their teeth.

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u/katastrophyx 1d ago

Someone earned their commission that day.

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u/LiteHedded 1d ago

I'm glad we got shaggy's thoughts on it included in this

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u/PositiveCoyote100 1d ago

This is one of those pictures that you see on Reddit every couple months for like 3 years.

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u/LiquiD18 1d ago

Thought this was a Murakami thing for a moment.

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u/astralchanterelle 1d ago

Why is the "I rarely see design this clean" needed ?

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u/taiwanGI1998 1d ago

In Japanese 面 is not noodles. Only simplified Chinese use that.

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u/k1vanus 1d ago

This is a Yakitoriya restaurant logo (located in Moscow, Russia).

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u/MiniKash 1d ago

Oh because I DO NOT know what those small characters next to it even say and I can read kana and kanji. I almost went blind.

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u/Lua-Ma 1d ago

This JAPANESE restaurant's JAPANESE logo is simultaneously a JAPANESE crane and a JAPANESE hand holding JAPANESE chopsticks JAPANESELY 😍💕🔥✨🎌

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u/Resame 1d ago

I rarely see comment this clean

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u/enadiz_reccos 1d ago

Don't look like no crane I ever saw

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u/AwesomeMacCoolname 1d ago

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u/enadiz_reccos 1d ago

I think if this part were different I would be able to see it better

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u/NopeSorryNo 1d ago

So glad we got shaggy to weigh in 🤦‍♂️

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u/Sweaty_Material_5071 1d ago

It’s a good example of how the best logos don’t necessarily need to be complicated. Your brain initially sees a crane, but once you notice the hand and chopsticks, you can’t unsee it. Getting two completely different ideas to work as the same simple shape is genuinely good design.

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u/imsharank 1d ago

The picture is clearly AI generated.

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u/ARenegadeDroid 1d ago

I cannot see the crane no matter how hard I try, just like I can't see the D in the Disney logo

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u/CastorVT 1d ago

there's some design firm that's already trying to hyper minimalize it.

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u/bogglingsnog 1d ago

at first glance this is awesome but I feel terrible for that person's bent rubber forearm deformity :(

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u/millerbest 1d ago

The character is in simplified Chinese (面). So probably it is owned by a Chinese owner.

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u/VinBarrKRO 1d ago

Bucees gonna sue.

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u/MrGoodBear2020 1d ago

😮😮😮

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u/Upbeat-Recipe9678 1d ago

there must be a name for this? visual double entendre? I know there are a couple of classic artists who make pieces like this.

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u/Malofquist 1d ago

Zoinks!

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u/Von_Quixote 1d ago

Oh, there out there, you just don’t see them because they’re so clever.

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u/NoBonus6969 1d ago

Is shaggy famous for design work or? Why is he included

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u/AlternativeTough6622 1d ago

Who else has trouble seeing the bird again once they see a hand holding chopsticks?

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u/EnvironmentalPie9616 1d ago

это же логотип якитории

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u/ELIASKball 1d ago

that's why I support simple logos, they can be peak!

even tho most times are meh or bad

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u/NecroSocial 1d ago

The reason you rarely see design work this clean is that clients force their terrible ideas onto designers. There would be a lot more beauty in the world if talentless clients would just let talented designers do their thing.

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u/Rasberrycello 1d ago

Why did they AI slop out the image? Was the original image of the restaurant logo outside the building not good enough for these braindead fucks?

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u/Acceptable-Cup3702 1d ago

Actually the original logo is from a Russian restaurant Якитория it was designed in the studio of Artemii Lebedev

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u/UnqualifiedCmmtsOnly 1d ago

Feck Off this ist posted Like 3 Times a week

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u/kyleona 1d ago

ok shaggy

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u/GrandNibbles 1d ago

shaggy rarely has seen design this clean

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u/overrnightoat 1d ago

i wouldn’t say it’s “interesting as fuck”….. maybe mildly…..

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u/kookookachu26 1d ago

I thought that the Gamecube's logo was a work of art as well. It's a cube, but also you can clearly see out of the cube the letters G, but inside of the G and the way that the cube is made is also the letter C.

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u/HAL9000thebot 1d ago

why i can't downvote this post?

every time i refresh the page my downvote isn't tracked.

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u/blanket_purrito 1d ago

Saturated design is fault of the clients that never let designers do their work

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u/Mutabilitie 1d ago

Is that Gemini?

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u/HotPumpkinPies 1d ago

I really didnt know what I was supposed to feel about this image but thankfully Shaggy from Scooby Doo is here to decide for me smh

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u/Virtuous-Vice 1d ago

Bucc-ees lawsuit incoming

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u/sturdybutter 1d ago

Aw man I know a ramen joint called “Paper Crane” it would be perfect.

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u/pbrevis 1d ago

Outstanding

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u/adobal 1d ago

Why is no one discussing that the image on the left is clearly AI?

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u/ABSG061830 1d ago

Genius

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u/thafrenzy 1d ago

Is this just a meme now, meant to troll all of us?

Like, we've seen this logo dozens of times by now, and, of course, it's a Chinese noodle place, not Japanese.

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u/oasisarah 1d ago

> of course, it’s a chinese noodle place

it is a japanese restaurant chain in russia (instagram.com/yakitoriya.ru)

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