Video: Stop Sign Designed by Committee
By Jeff on Jul 30, 2008 in Videos | 52 Comments
This funny yet painful piece of reality goes out to all my fellow designers.
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This is so funny! I noticed it was deleted on YouTube but found it here — thanks for posting it.
Do you know who made it and where it originated from?
Torley Lives | Jul 31, 2008 | Reply
This is so funny! I noticed it was deleted on YouTube but found it here — thanks for posting it.
Do you know who made it and where it originated from?
Torley Lives | Jul 30, 2008 | Reply
Torley, I could not find any info on it, would love to give the creators credit. Maybe the lack of credits is on purpose, part of the buzz, creating a “who are these guys” mystique… never know?
Jeff Lyons | Jul 31, 2008 | Reply
Torley, I could not find any info on it, would love to give the creators credit. Maybe the lack of credits is on purpose, part of the buzz, creating a “who are these guys” mystique… never know?
Jeff Lyons | Jul 31, 2008 | Reply
Thanks anyhoo, Jeff! Production was quite slick.
Again, I appreciate you posting it — Seth Godin linked to it too via http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/07/weekend-reading.html ; I wonder if anyone’s compiled a collection of these “design by committee” videos!
Torley Lives | Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
Thanks anyhoo, Jeff! Production was quite slick.
Again, I appreciate you posting it — Seth Godin linked to it too via http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/07/weekend-reading.html ; I wonder if anyone’s compiled a collection of these “design by committee” videos!
Torley Lives | Jul 31, 2008 | Reply
So true. So true.
Dan | Aug 4, 2008 | Reply
So true. So true.
Dan | Aug 4, 2008 | Reply
This is soo funny because it is also so true!
A great video. Kudos to the team behind it.
Abraham | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
This is soo funny because it is also so true!
A great video. Kudos to the team behind it.
Abraham | Aug 13, 2008 | Reply
Soooooooo funny & professional & unique
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Robertas | Sep 15, 2008 | Reply
Soooooooo funny & professional & unique
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Robertas | Sep 15, 2008 | Reply
Hysterical, and sadly, so very true!
Belinda | Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
Hysterical, and sadly, so very true!
Belinda | Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
I used to do some freelance graphic design for Microsoft. They are EXACTLY like this. EXACTLY.
(btw: I quit in a rage…)
Jay | Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
I used to do some freelance graphic design for Microsoft. They are EXACTLY like this. EXACTLY.
(btw: I quit in a rage…)
Jay | Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
This video is amazing. One thing though… I wonder if you could do something to make it really “pop”. Maybe if you put a starburst or some dance music in the background.
Jake | Dec 17, 2009 | Reply
This video is amazing. One thing though… I wonder if you could do something to make it really “pop”. Maybe if you put a starburst or some dance music in the background.
Jake | Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
I think it’s like 99.99% of the Fortune 1000.
Hewlett-Packard is exactly like this for most product designs and marketing material. The typical result we always claimed was that “HP would market ‘sushi’ as ‘cold, dead fish’”.
It comes from committee crap like this. This is why you couldn’t pay me enough to ever work as an employee (or even contractor) for any Fortune 1000. I’d prefer to die of starvation, homeless on the street, first. Really!
Stuart | Dec 17, 2009 | Reply
I think it’s like 99.99% of the Fortune 1000.
Hewlett-Packard is exactly like this for most product designs and marketing material. The typical result we always claimed was that “HP would market ‘sushi’ as ‘cold, dead fish’”.
It comes from committee crap like this. This is why you couldn’t pay me enough to ever work as an employee (or even contractor) for any Fortune 1000. I’d prefer to die of starvation, homeless on the street, first. Really!
Stuart | Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
What the video forgot to portray, is that once the designer is incapable of designing the STOP sign based on the input parameters, the committee will outsource the design to an agency for two-hundred-grand (or so).
Barbie | Dec 17, 2009 | Reply
What the video forgot to portray, is that once the designer is incapable of designing the STOP sign based on the input parameters, the committee will outsource the design to an agency for two-hundred-grand (or so).
Barbie | Dec 17, 2009 | Reply
Am I the only one who watches this and thinks of RoboCop 2?
Wes Gilleland | Dec 24, 2009 | Reply
Am I the only one who watches this and thinks of RoboCop 2?
Wes Gilleland | Dec 24, 2009 | Reply
Wow! I can relate to this on soooooooo many levels! This is GREAT!!!! Although…. Do you think you could add a Drop Shadow to make it stand out more?!? LOL!
André | Jan 22, 2010 | Reply
Wow! I can relate to this on soooooooo many levels! This is GREAT!!!! Although…. Do you think you could add a Drop Shadow to make it stand out more?!? LOL!
André | Jan 22, 2010 | Reply
Yeah, probably a good thing that committees only design non-essential things. Like laws.
Frank | Feb 16, 2010 | Reply
this will serve as a great gift to my friend…
Canvas Stretching Machine | Mar 18, 2010 | Reply
looks like my cousin gonna like it too…
Motorhomes | Mar 22, 2010 | Reply
Love the Chicago street car at 4:02 – brilliant
Mr. Sharkey | Apr 24, 2010 | Reply
may be a dancing baby?..
Антоха | Apr 28, 2010 | Reply
Then what is their point on doing this if they are non-essential? Is it something useful? I feel it is not.
website builder | Jun 19, 2010 | Reply
I too agree it looks like that..
SEO Pricing | Jun 22, 2010 | Reply
They are useful because what they design are laws. Laws are very important in every kind of situation that we are facing.
Naples web design | Jul 31, 2010 | Reply
Hehe very nice thing, I think it can help for my friend and also good video. Thanks
Petya Noname | Aug 3, 2010 | Reply
How come the video is not playing for me?
Luc Kurguz | Oct 1, 2011 | Reply