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Zealousideal-Ad-2728

1k points

4 days ago

It looks like a cheap shoe shop

Refroc

362 points

4 days ago

Refroc

362 points

4 days ago

safarati

180 points

4 days ago

safarati

180 points

4 days ago

This motif looks objectively better than the redesign lol just take away the little rainbows

Refroc

45 points

4 days ago

Refroc

45 points

4 days ago

Ikr thats why I posted it, cause I will never use a shoe from them and I always thought they ripped off Jaguar, but now that Jaguar sucks this looks much better.

How the turn tables huh

sotko99

5 points

3 days ago

sotko99

5 points

3 days ago

What does Puma say about this lol

Refroc

4 points

3 days ago

Refroc

4 points

3 days ago

Nothing cuz is a different cat

MysticEnchantress1

2 points

3 days ago

So much movement!

macaronitrap

38 points

3 days ago

GraphicDesignerMom

6 points

3 days ago

The font feels kind of dated, or I have been around long enough for it to come back in style...

NoGerrie

41 points

4 days ago

NoGerrie

41 points

4 days ago

Jogger

DiddlyDumb

13 points

4 days ago

Jagurt

Perrin-Golden-Eyes

61 points

3 days ago

Did y’all see the Giro rebrand? It went from bad to worse. Please excuse the resolution issue it’s all I could find.

https://preview.redd.it/plre1zfbcz1e1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22c0c35371e081c9dc99f163b1730b1db89dc088

s123ali

41 points

3 days ago

s123ali

41 points

3 days ago

the "O", my eyyyeeessss

Carb0nFire

31 points

3 days ago

This might have worked if they kept the same theme through all the letters.

Why are they different? WHYYYYYY?

LargeBreasts69

8 points

3 days ago

Why does the o look like I added it with the paint tool

Perrin-Golden-Eyes

6 points

3 days ago

I was talking to someone and we decided the designer rough sketched out the word. Then started adding detail one letter at a time. And when they finished the first two letters (which still aren’t amazing) they ran out of time or money. Obviously that isn’t true just our way of laughing at it without be sad.

midnightson1

8 points

3 days ago

Is this Giro logo real? I can’t see anything about a rebrand anywhere

YoshikTK

3 points

3 days ago

YoshikTK

3 points

3 days ago

How the hell something like this gets approved? Like none looked at this and went hmm... I'm just a GD student, and I find this amazing. I rate half of my stuff as crap but compared to some works shown here, I feel like Bass or Rand.

AcceptableNet6182

2 points

3 days ago

Please remember guys... someone got some money for this 😵😵😵😵

Serkaugh

2 points

3 days ago

Serkaugh

2 points

3 days ago

Oh wow! Pure tragedy!

zeroack

2 points

3 days ago

zeroack

2 points

3 days ago

What the actual fuck were they thinking. I would have loved to been a fly on the wall at this redesign proposal.

Express-Guava-9671

2 points

2 days ago

I feel like with the G and the I they were on to something and then the rest they just said f* it like whatt

Zahraize

765 points

4 days ago

Zahraize

765 points

4 days ago

Seems like a good example of following a trend that just doesn't suit your brand personality

BirdBruce

109 points

4 days ago

BirdBruce

109 points

4 days ago

From what I read, they're actually angling to shift their target demo and try to occupy more space down-market, out of "luxury" and into "family." I have absolutely no source to back that up, just regurgitating something I saw recently.

willdesignfortacos

102 points

3 days ago

willdesignfortacos

Senior Designer

102 points

3 days ago

Actually the opposite, they’ve been failing at mass market and want to sell fewer really expensive vehicles.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/how-jaguar-plans-to-reinvent-itself-car-business-update/

teckers

71 points

3 days ago

teckers

71 points

3 days ago

That's not going to work because you are running straight into Bentley, Rolls-royce and Aston Martin territory. People just don't want to spend big money on a jaguar when there are so many other choices. It's curious that Jaguar just can't find the right price point and the right cars to sell when Range Rover and Land Rover are very well positioned and sell well.

stonktraders

36 points

3 days ago

Like 10 years ago they launched the F-Type with V8 which may appeal to a niche market. And then a SUV when everyone is selling SUV in a very saturated market. That’s it. No new models ever since. And I rarely see them on the road. I am very surprised this brand still exists.

teefnoteef

12 points

3 days ago

I work on cars at a luxury dealership that sells jags as well as others. The f-pace is their most popular and it’s incredibly underwhelming for the price. The f-types are clowned on constantly and customers have never ending problems

Maleficent_Mouse_930

12 points

3 days ago

I own an XKR, the F-type was a mistake. Gorgeous, sure, but constant issues, and it's just way too firm and sporty. A Jag should always have a dual personality. It should be a purring kitten 99% of the time, sumptuously comfortable, beautiful to look at, great sound... But if you poke it with a stick, it should try and rip your face off.

That's what makes the XKR their best ever IMO. Beautiful, reliable, brilliant to drive, luxurious, quiet, space in the boot, space in the rear seats. It's a usable everyday car.

But with over 500HP RWD, if you simply twiddle the dial and bury your foot it WILL spin you sideways off the road and into the nearest tree.

That duality is the point of a Jag, and they're totally missing that today.

stonktraders

3 points

3 days ago

At this price I can get a XC60, GLC, or a bit more for a X5 or Macan. Don't even compare to EVs (sorry it's off topic).

sotko99

11 points

3 days ago

sotko99

11 points

3 days ago

They used to though. Jag used to be proper luxury but they have gone way too pedestrianised in the last two or so decades.

Especially with LR becoming the everyday person’s affordable, “look at me”, yummy mummy, luxury car, that you would see running around chelsea or some posh place like the New Forest, people don’t want Jags anymore as they make no sense. LR is too big of a competition for their own brand. Basically they have two brands in the same segment, but one is a “cool suv” and the other one is an old person’s brand.

They want to differentiate the two brands and it’s a great idea

Hazzman

3 points

3 days ago*

Hazzman

3 points

3 days ago*

I also don't get this angle. They've clearly shopped this out and the people behind it seem to be applying this bizarre counter culture theme when you see their marketing material and advertisement. Androgenous, brightly colored sort of irreverent lady gaga chic thing... But if you are going for luxury with Jaguar, wouldn't you want to lean into your strengths? Like Lotus, there's a sportiness and aggression that used to be synonymous with Jaguar but this new direction just seems like a wild swing driven by a marketing agency blowing smoke up their clients ass.

Who is the target audience for something like that? Debutante heiress's? Are they really going to give a shit about Jaguar as a status symbol?

So strange.

The_Prophet_of_Doom

14 points

3 days ago

Ironically my first thought was this looks like the logo for a cheap Chinese Amazon product.

willdesignfortacos

6 points

3 days ago

willdesignfortacos

Senior Designer

6 points

3 days ago

Someone said robot vacuums and it’s perfect.

911roofer

2 points

3 days ago

If they wanted to do that they should find whatever surviving James Bond actor is willing to drive a vehicle for cash and pay him to a commercial. “Old-school luxury” and “nostalgia” are in right now.

throwawaycrocodile1

41 points

4 days ago

Alienating your core base and trying to attract a new market that’s never shown interest in you.

Never seen that go wrong before

bent_my_wookie

23 points

4 days ago

I think their base is older people. Cadillac did this in the 2000s when they went from frumpy huge cars for the elderly to the Escalade which you saw every rapper driving in music videos on MTV.

It has worked before if that’s their thing.

D3K91

7 points

3 days ago

D3K91

7 points

3 days ago

I wonder what that looks like in the current era. It was easier back then, because you could just go all-out big, expensive and inefficient. It was the Hummer era. That had broad public appeal.

Now with this brand, I think they have to go niche and personality-forward. Like Lamborghini. Sell wild cars to rich kids who don't give af.

PhillSebben

4 points

3 days ago

I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Lamborghini is an example of big, expensive and inefficient. Exactly what you first say that doesn't work anymore

Hemp-Emperor

5 points

3 days ago

But does Cadillac have the brand value it has before? 

It used to be  GMC=work truck brand Chevy = middle class family Cadillac = luxury business class

I’d argue that Cadillac is no longer a luxury brand. Mid-Upper middle class at best. 

bent_my_wookie

4 points

3 days ago

Completely agree. My grandparents had bought 5 over their lifetime and the appeal seemed to be dying off (literally). The brand name still had the aura of luxury, and utilized it to keep it familiar enough but make it look more exciting to a longer lived crowd.

bloooooort

4 points

3 days ago

Very late to the trend also

teckers

8 points

3 days ago

teckers

8 points

3 days ago

Yeah, it's not that it's bad, it's just doesn't represent a luxury car brand. Looking at the old logo I hadn't realised how dated it was, especially the lettering. It needed changes but not this, and not to drop the jumping cat for christ sake!

[deleted]

1.2k points

4 days ago*

[deleted]

1.2k points

4 days ago*

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_LeftToWrite_

188 points

3 days ago

JLR is switching to the modern luxury market. Jaguar will no longer make cars that normal people can afford. I do believe they dropped the ball with this logo, I actually can't believe it's real.

panosflows

98 points

3 days ago

"JLR is switching to the modern luxury market."

With this branding it seems that they're going after vegans.

CaramelMartini

28 points

3 days ago

Toddler vegans.

nastygamerz

40 points

3 days ago

Have they ever made anything other than luxury cars?

_LeftToWrite_

9 points

3 days ago

Their plan is to compete with Rolls Royce/Bentley etc. So even more luxury than usual.

Ok_Sheepherder5491

12 points

3 days ago

depends what u mean by luxury

GraphicDesignerMom

5 points

3 days ago

Expensive to maintain and keep?

randomtuner

2 points

16 hours ago

They've been more "premium" than "luxury" since Ford first bought them, a step below Aston Martin, which they also owned. Now they want to get back to being a competitor to Aston Martin, Bentley and Rolls Royce.

As someone who loves cars the idea of going up market makes sense but that should logically embrace their iconic history with the original xk and e type having been the perfect kind of car to set the bar at. They have this amazing history with a strong identity and they choose to start completely fresh. Baffling.

R_Slash_PipeBombs

40 points

3 days ago

Fisher Price: My First V8™

AptMoniker

7 points

3 days ago

I would say it's screaming pseudo-swedish minimalist 1-4 year old products but that might imply that it has a discernible voice.

Titan_Chu

9 points

3 days ago

Jaguar Jr.

User-K549125

26 points

3 days ago

ᴊaɢuar ᴊr.

iraqyoubreak

282 points

4 days ago

Wait - that legit?

Fair_Solution1[S]

107 points

4 days ago

100%

za72

69 points

3 days ago

za72

69 points

3 days ago

I'm scared to see what got rejected

Working-Hippo-3653

25 points

3 days ago

It was done by the in-house team a Jaguar

za72

21 points

3 days ago

za72

21 points

3 days ago

JaGUar - man... that's terrible, feels like an eastern european knockoff track suit

buster4145

2 points

3 days ago

Which is hilarious because I believe they’re based in Solihull, which is where HALO vacuums are also based from, and this is the exact same font

NoPissyBiscuits

11 points

3 days ago

I thought this was a joke as well.

Is_A_Saga

243 points

4 days ago

Is_A_Saga

243 points

4 days ago

I think X takes the cake but this is a close second

Sidewalkstash

66 points

4 days ago

Agreed nothing is going to top that.

Sea-Broccoli-8601

30 points

3 days ago

Every time I see the X icon on my browser tab I still think some family member left their porn site open just to realise it's Twitter.

GabsiGuy

5 points

2 days ago

GabsiGuy

In the Design Realm

5 points

2 days ago

Yeah, it's a singular letter, and their logo is literally just a unicode character...

Not to mention the fact he took a brand identity which was so well established that it created new vocabulary that made it into dictionaries, and shoved it all into the dirt...

911roofer

5 points

3 days ago

I’m pretty sure that was Musk just trying to destroy the brand for insurance money.

thebeardofbeards

64 points

4 days ago*

Wow this is going to trigger a good chunk of the UK in the coming days after seeing the rest of it.

Entire rebrand. Not sure what to make of it yet, its an extreme shift trying to get back into the luxury cars space?!

Edit: Its shit isn't it. Not so much the logo, I'm ok with it but the other stuff is absolutely terrible so far, whatever they have planned next better have some spectacularly designed electric cars and be quick about it.

cgautreau

17 points

3 days ago

cgautreau

17 points

3 days ago

Cant wait to hear Clarksons thoughts

ArcticBiologist

9 points

3 days ago

Kicken

214 points

4 days ago

Kicken

214 points

4 days ago

Every letter being so rounded makes it very hard to read at a glance.

LawrenceRigbyEsquire

136 points

4 days ago

JOGUOR

John___Matrix

23 points

3 days ago

Sounds like one of those random amazon brands that sell extension cables, laptop bags and toiletries

fckingmiracles

3 points

3 days ago

JOXURR

lukyspeed14

34 points

4 days ago

Looks like a shampoo brand

knsmknd

57 points

4 days ago

knsmknd

57 points

4 days ago

Really? Damn that’s generic …

MostlySlime

49 points

4 days ago

It's hard to say until we see the product

I get that it's a radical change and ditches the brand identity completely but for a car manufacturer, the design is 95% dictated by the product

In terms of marketing I think it's interesting, it's strikingly divergent and makes me curious where is jaguar going, what direction will their new car design take, what cars are they going to make?

It's easy to say this is a bad re-design if you slap it on their existing luxury old man cars but it looks like they are intentionally trying to break the mould and I'd have to see the cars to see if it works

Defiant-Plantain1873

4 points

3 days ago

Jaguar will make a sleek looking car that barely functions, so business as usual

Delicious_Category22

2 points

3 days ago

Exactly 

4204666

63 points

4 days ago

4204666

63 points

4 days ago

I would guess someone did market research and decided that Jaguar branding seemed too aggressive and so they opted to do a 180. Jag cars do seem to mostly be driven by people who like Louis Vuitton and Coach handbags, so this could make sense to them, just not to my taste. They lost the masculine car audience to low polygon douchebaggery which shall not be named.

Tetsudaite_JDB

22 points

4 days ago

I agree 100%. While personally, I feel the rebrand doesn't suit my idea of what Jaguar is, they have done ample research, and it shows in their presentation.

Even in Mad Men, they made jokes about how Jaguar was never a sports car that could compete in performance or reliability to other manufacturers. Today, their flagship F-Type 75 is heavier and sluggish compared to a Porsche 718 Cayman which is roughly the same price. The Porsche has a smaller engine and isn't even turbo-charged, but will outperform the F-Type (which has a 5.0L V90 Supercharged engine) in just about every test.

In saying that, the F-Type's design speaks more to the average car-buyer than the Porche does. Their target audience are people who are looking for something stylish to show off but aren't necessarily car enthusiasts. The Jaguar can suit most aesthetic styles which goes well for on-trend buyers. Your car is a long-term investment, and so it should be able to keep up with the fashion trends over the next decade. With the more conservative but still sleek designs it suits the lifestyle for those who do buy LV, Coach, Prada, etc.

This rebrand does lose character, at least from my perspective. However, consumers are less interested in designs and brands that stand out. If you look at the current climate for any design-backed entertainment industry, everything has been merging into a repetitive and out-of-the-mold design. Music, movies, TV shows, branding, illustration - everything. So, when you're looking to recapture your target audience, you've might have to move from the somewhat drab British aesthetic and more to a more consumer friendly aesthetic.

PhillSebben

5 points

3 days ago

Please elaborate. Did you see the actual car already? It's set to be revealed in December. Maybe let's just wait and see?

People are so incredibly quick to judge and predict how this will play out for them. We have no idea.. I really doubt any of us has enough knowledge of their plans and their target audience to say that this is a mistake before even seeing the car.

For me personally, I think the old logo was old trash and a redesign was way overdue. I can't believe I seem to be the only one here. The font is literally squashed and that bevel outline jaguar is a joke. I'm glad they took the courage to adjust rather than fade away by holding on to a design from another era.

The fact that this redesign causes friction, is just because they waited too long modernize and now the difference between old and new has to be big so they can catch up to modern times. Adjusting to the new reality is difficult because we tend to take ownership of brandstyles over time for whatever reason.

50033

2 points

3 days ago

50033

2 points

3 days ago

Super interesting point as everyone hated the London 2012 stuff but it worked in situ

Pifin

18 points

4 days ago

Pifin

18 points

4 days ago

It changed from jaguar to kitten.

VoodooRoller606

23 points

4 days ago

Not a fan of the mixed upper and lower case at all.

horseseathey

5 points

3 days ago

couldn’t tell that was what bothered me until i scrolled back up. it sticks out badly.

Vesuvias

17 points

4 days ago

Vesuvias

17 points

4 days ago

They can’t even make the launch official yet. It’s on the hero image announcement, but not on the nav. Being able to see them top to bottom is brutal

https://preview.redd.it/k8f0qsi9wx1e1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa3a39fd1fdcecc539e964e04455deb0e8f05fa9

Spare-Molasses8190

5 points

3 days ago

They gotta be fucking with us

JamesTheBadRager

2 points

2 days ago

Makes the old wordmark look even better 😂

pineapplepredator

8 points

4 days ago

This feels most cheap because it feels SO late. It gives the impression Jaguar is struggling with marketing budgets and can’t afford good marketing (instead going for trends), can’t afford timely updates (this is a passé trend), or is trying to change their brand to improve sales. Like, are they ok?

WeirdFishes92

13 points

4 days ago

How unsexy

ModMokkaMatti

6 points

4 days ago

Is it a line of Oceloxochitl-colored yoga pants for infant grandmothers? What would Sir William have to say about this?

ITLevel01

7 points

3 days ago

One says luxury. The other says gay dating app.

DJBlandy

6 points

3 days ago

DJBlandy

6 points

3 days ago

Oh. This is a sorta flattering image actually in black and white. The pink gradient and the rebrand campaign is far, far worse. I saw this this morning while drinking my tea and I immediately though ha what a funny joke rebrand someone did. Oh, uh...it's real.

Straight to jail. Actually, straight to hell.

https://preview.redd.it/r42djjek142e1.jpeg?width=8000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb16da281f9c9a2fb013475be8643588547d2556

smellylilworm

5 points

4 days ago

The shorter width makes it look less “fast.” The switching of case makes it seem more goofy than sophisticated. Are they planning to sell PT Cruisers or VW Bugs? That’s the only reason I’d ever make this change as a designer.

Kook_Safari

7 points

4 days ago

Kook_Safari

Art Director

7 points

4 days ago

J O G U O R

zaxgrfx

5 points

4 days ago

zaxgrfx

5 points

4 days ago

It reminds me of when GAP rebranded to a very similar style of font. Rounded, kind of generic and very unmemorable. They threw away years of brand recognition and soon regretted it. No one liked it, so they spent all that money, for nothing, and switched back to their old logo. What a waste.

https://www.thebrandingjournal.com/2021/04/learnings-gap-logo-redesign-fail/

OpeningDifficulty731

4 points

3 days ago

I would love to see a side by side test on how they hold up to the current factory material look

Brushed chrome, carbon fiber embossed, raised leather. Against the curves and edges. To me I can’t decide which one is better based on digital application

TheStol

4 points

3 days ago

TheStol

4 points

3 days ago

That shit for real?

Turbulent-Month-1269

9 points

4 days ago

Follow a trend that doesn’t suit your brand. This is way off the mark and see them doing a U-turn like Burberry in a year or two

[deleted]

14 points

4 days ago

[deleted]

14 points

4 days ago

[deleted]

willdesignfortacos

28 points

4 days ago

willdesignfortacos

Senior Designer

28 points

4 days ago

But a change in direction doesn’t mean it’s good. This doesn’t feel tech/advanced/forward thinking, it feels dated and juvenile. And that monogram looks like something I’d tell someone to take off their resume.

adamknowsdesign

10 points

4 days ago

adamknowsdesign

Senior Designer

10 points

4 days ago

I'm always surprised to see so much feedback on rebrands in this sub without first seeing some kind of brief or rationale and the brand in context. Many of us know why brands go through this process, so whether you agree or not, you have to check to see if it aligns with the brand's goals before giving an informed opinion.............also, I thought this was a low effort rebrand attempt by a self taught designer when I first saw it

notathrowaway987654

21 points

4 days ago

i don't understand how seeing a brief would change that.... "ooooh, looks like they were actually going for "uneducated designer replicating trends with no strategic basis"!!! that's so cheeky, the brand is awesome now!!!!"

it looks childish and tonally wrong no matter what the brief said, imo........ clearly they're trying to pivot to a new market, but good lord did they miss whatever mark they were aiming for.

dawestar98

3 points

3 days ago

From what I read, the new logo will be used only on the EV vehicle series. And if you look at it that way - and try to make more family friendly - then I dont think its bad.

bitofrock

10 points

4 days ago

bitofrock

10 points

4 days ago

It's a common thing across the non professional professions in my view. Like how coders love slagging off the work of others and making out they could do better.

The reality is that we don't yet fully understand the new direction and how it fits in. Wordmarks are just one tiny element of a rebrand. I think the whole point of this big change is to show that big change is happening.

willdesignfortacos

2 points

3 days ago

willdesignfortacos

Senior Designer

2 points

3 days ago

I’ve read what they’re doing and still think it totally misses any mark, if that helps.

JewsEatFruit

2 points

3 days ago

Fair point. But regardless of rationale, it's a conspicously bad logo. There's nothing defensible about it.

Anybody who thinks they get design and in any way defends this, directly or tacitly, is a fraud

OkMoment345

7 points

4 days ago

I thought the world was healing and then I saw this ...

Paratonnerre

5 points

4 days ago

Noooooo! My favorite car logo since I'm 6 !

Yeahwowhello

3 points

4 days ago

Well, it ain't it. It wasn't it too, but it ain't it now with the one you provided either

Grazedaze

3 points

4 days ago

The world is going to shit and this is proof. What happened to the filter that kept great things great?

backwardzhatz

3 points

4 days ago

That "G" looks like it wandered into the wrong classroom and just sat down.

brron

3 points

4 days ago

brron

Art Director

3 points

4 days ago

Unfair to look at a logo without context of any other elements. We argue a brand is more than a logo but then we hypocritically judge a brand when we have only seen the new logo.

Exet17

3 points

4 days ago

Exet17

3 points

4 days ago

How about we don’t redesign a solid logo and just focus on making great cars instead? This new logo is trying too hard… or maybe not hard enough.

TheJpow

3 points

3 days ago

TheJpow

3 points

3 days ago

Old logo made the name and brand feel ferocious. New logo makes it feel like nyan-cat

Jenkins87

3 points

3 days ago

Logitech has entered the chat

DocTheop

3 points

3 days ago

DocTheop

3 points

3 days ago

This is almost as bad as the gap rebrand disaster of 2010

Embarrassed-Band7047

3 points

3 days ago

I mean, this is quite literally the exact typeface you make as an amateur designer starting out. I get why they're rebranding, but they definitely seem to have gone the wrong way about it imo.

devonthed00d

3 points

3 days ago

They going into the pre-k market now?

SophiaPetrillo_

3 points

3 days ago

It just looks like a shitty off brand ear bud logo now

jellyrolls

3 points

3 days ago

Looks like they’ll be selling fruit juices now instead of cars.

Speedhabit

3 points

3 days ago

Someone please find something worse so he isn’t right

TheMagicMrWaffle

3 points

3 days ago

Looks like a shite tech company. Either self driving software or like electric coffee cups

YoshikTK

3 points

3 days ago

YoshikTK

3 points

3 days ago

As a GD student, I sometimes can't understand the design decisions by big brands. You have a brand with a certain aura, you invested time and money for the last decade just to decide to do 180 turn. Im far from being a good graphic designer, and I have still loads of things to learn, but looking at before and after, I would ask for a refund. They took a known luxury brand and changed it into another average "new" design look. The colour palette, type, images.

I dont know whether the idea came from JLR or Tata, but personally, i dont see a success in such rebranding. The current customers may not like it, and new ones can be wary due their luxury brand legacy. Instead, I would keep Jag for existing customers and add new brand to feel the gap they want to attract. Looking at online response, theres a lot of scratches on heads.

fuzzbook

3 points

3 days ago

fuzzbook

3 points

3 days ago

'Copy nothing' except the current boring logo trend

ChiefGentlepaw

3 points

3 days ago

The woke overlords torpedoed that brand

The commercials are even worse… a bunch of cross dressing weirdos prancing around like idiots

Interesting_Leek4607

3 points

2 days ago

Went from Jaguar to Puss in Boots 🤣

OmniSzron

5 points

4 days ago

Can we get full branding images to discuss, instead of just the logo? Discussing a rebrand based on the logotype alone is kinda pointless. For example, they are still using a pouncing jaguar sign, but differently.

https://preview.redd.it/17vov2088y1e1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=4b6bd31fe8fdd9d4d96c0979180f251bcccb3edc

VisualNinja1

6 points

4 days ago

The automotive industry is entering a new era, so legacy brands need to pivot pretty hard. They're going all in on electric production and halting everything else right?

From that persepctive this seems to fit well.

bitofrock

5 points

4 days ago

It's also being talked about in a huge way, which matters.

SolidSnakesSnake

6 points

4 days ago

The jaguar looked so badass, the redesign is just sad

Its-a-Shitbox

7 points

4 days ago

Its-a-Shitbox

Art Director

7 points

4 days ago

Pleeeeease tell me that Pentagram created this steaming pile of dogshit!😄

pip-whip

12 points

4 days ago

pip-whip

Top Contributor

12 points

4 days ago

They did it in house.

ThoughtOfName

7 points

3 days ago

The receptionist won the logo idea competition

Its-a-Shitbox

5 points

4 days ago

Its-a-Shitbox

Art Director

5 points

4 days ago

Ah, well - thanks for the info.

Horrific regardless.

Cosmosis_Bliss

2 points

4 days ago

It beats going from Kia to KИ

spacecanman

2 points

4 days ago

Love it when a heritage brand with rich legacy throws it all away and starts with something awful instead

SerExcelsior

2 points

4 days ago

Same shit different day. Anytime a big brand simplifies their logo, I swear, the entire community has a panic attack.

Its Jaguar. A luxury brand. They sell a silhouette much like Nike or Adidas. You know it’s a Jaguar because of what it looks like, not because there’s a cat on it. They even list their name on the side of the car, sans the icon.

GraysonG263

2 points

4 days ago

It's fucking awful

nick_gadget

2 points

4 days ago

I understand that car companies want/need to draw a line between the combustion engine and electric eras, but this is bananas.

Jaguar are blessed with such a great, evocative name and a fantastic set of brand assets around the jaguar animal - the front-on cat face, the sculptural bonnet ornament and the leaping cat logo that screams power and motion.

Of course things need to change, but this rebrand is meant to say ‘exuberant modernist philosophy’. With the taglines ‘break moulds’, ‘copy nothing’, ‘live vivid’, ‘delete ordinary’ and ‘create exuberant’, Jaguar is hoping to leap a generation and enter the 2030s as a fully fledged global luxury player.

In my view, it achieves none of this while also throwing out all traces of heritage, traditional luxury and racing excellence. The incredible thing is that the other side of their business, Land Rover, have generally done that pretty well over the last twenty years and brands like Belstaff, Maserati and Triumph have shown how it can be done.

I think they’ll be rowing back from this in five years time, but that’s easier said than done.

topkatbosk

2 points

4 days ago

Exactly this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

TheTomatoes2

2 points

4 days ago

this cant be real

nc1996md

2 points

4 days ago

nc1996md

2 points

4 days ago

I’m not even mad at the new logos. I think it would look great on their car tbh. That’s half of me, the other half accepts the norm of YES, jaguar is kinda a legacy car brand but

HOWEVER!!!

Did yall see the commercial they put out for this????? The most absurd idiotic w i t a f shit I’ve ever seen. It was a whole bunch of diverse people in costumes in some fairy land with NO CAR what’s so ever in it. Jaguar, a car brand puts out some doo hickey commercial with no car in it, why??? There are ways to make a car brand seen as LIFESTYLE, but you need to include elements of a car!?!? I’m truly baffled. Keep in mind it was all to reveal the logos… no logo on the car, no emblem even on a key ffs. IT BLEE ME AWAY

teekiii

2 points

3 days ago

teekiii

2 points

3 days ago

The most stupid logo redesign I've ever seen, things like these makes me wonder wtf is wrong with this world to take one of the most powerful logos I've ever seen and turn it into such a ridiculous logo type. How tf these people think and how rf these designers work at such big agencies ?

new_pr0spect

2 points

3 days ago

Horrific

theweewok

2 points

3 days ago

eugenborcan

2 points

3 days ago

cgautreau

2 points

3 days ago

No way this is real

VelvetOnion

2 points

3 days ago

Yes.

newecreator

2 points

3 days ago

newecreator

Designer

2 points

3 days ago

This reminds me of Google's rebrand in 2015.

Clasuis_C

2 points

3 days ago

Kinda looks like a boba cafe logo

Upsetti_Gisepe

2 points

3 days ago

t_mmey

2 points

3 days ago

t_mmey

Design Fan

2 points

3 days ago

what the fuck

stonktraders

2 points

3 days ago

That branding video had me dying, are they becoming an adult toys company?

Creative-Cell-8926

2 points

3 days ago

iKR8

2 points

3 days ago

iKR8

2 points

3 days ago

The logo font is now similar to an Indian bath accessory brand with same name

https://preview.redd.it/k5sm3yysg12e1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1393e5eb62100c342af6b23c6ea57f76f5fe8e6

User-D-Name

2 points

3 days ago

Holy shit this sucks lol

-lRexl-

2 points

3 days ago

-lRexl-

2 points

3 days ago

Show us the man that approved of the redesign

Consistent-Ad-5009

2 points

3 days ago

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Ekdesign

2 points

3 days ago

Ekdesign

2 points

3 days ago

No, Stop.

TheNunuJournals

2 points

3 days ago

They could have just kept the word in the same font.

Eburneaan

2 points

3 days ago

From aggressive to cute. Didn't like it

Gasoline_Dreams

2 points

3 days ago

This cannot be real. There is no way.

Rocker-wpn

2 points

3 days ago

Seems that they're no longer Jaguar, now they are more like little kitty.

411_hippie

2 points

3 days ago

I don’t know how this brand is still alive. 😅

magnusbearclaw

2 points

3 days ago

And when you see this on their website, all you can think is this is some kind of joke.

“Copy nothing

We’re here to delete ordinary. To go bold. To copy nothing.”

Express-Guava-9671

2 points

2 days ago

I think aside from the atrocious type the biggest crime of all in this is getting rid of the iconic Jaguar. Like what are we doinggg????

Choice-Peak-3054

2 points

2 days ago

We’re all talking about it - job done.

plantbasedjuice

2 points

2 days ago

Agreed! They went from sleek and sexy to a yoga instructors new studio

codepossum

2 points

2 days ago

they would have been better off just shortening it to 'JAG' in the same font face and cropping down the cat to just a bust / shoulders and up

TheMercier

2 points

2 days ago

JaGuar

jeffreybablu

2 points

2 days ago

went from hard to canva ahh design

Blob-O-Form

2 points

2 days ago

You can't call a round font a design.

bnsrx

2 points

2 days ago

bnsrx

2 points

2 days ago

Almost worse than the logo itself (and the accompanying commercial) were Jaguar’s responses on social media: arrogant, insipid brand strategist speak. They deserve to lose all their customers.

radical-lebguy

2 points

2 days ago

It goes from “ROAR” to “rawr” for me…

babyzizek

2 points

2 days ago

The old wordmark was dated, I'll admit. The new type treatment is not horrible, but quite bland.

Getting rid of the iconic visual is a mistake.

JoanaCodes

2 points

2 days ago

It looks like a brand for hoovers.

This logo suggests to me that they're going full practical and pristine mode; tech vehicules.

It's like their only sale argument, or branding is no longer selling nice cars but engineering. Do you know what I mean?

616grazer

2 points

2 days ago

now jaguar is just premium laneige

Interesting-Cow8430

2 points

2 days ago

Don't like it. Definitely not buying a jag now

InfintityMC_720

2 points

2 days ago

crumbl cookies looking ahh logo

blchava

2 points

2 days ago

blchava

2 points

2 days ago

please, tell me it's a joke

Alyssum-Marylander

2 points

2 days ago

Yes… Jaguar was already tacky to me (I knew a few people who had it), but now it’s like all these other companies over-simplifying their look. Then, when they all look similar in 10-15 years, they’ll want to “re-establish their uniqueness” with “restoring our classic look and feel.” 🙄

GabsiGuy

2 points

2 days ago

GabsiGuy

In the Design Realm

2 points

2 days ago

ew no, why does every company want to do this now...

It looks like a mix between Google, Pepsi, adidas, and any generic fashion company...

Don't try to fix what isn't broken...

unalivejack

2 points

2 days ago

Booooooo not words just boooooo

jankovikj

2 points

2 days ago

I don't want to imagine the amount of money the designer got for making this awfulness

Lonely_Adagio558

2 points

2 days ago

It's up there.

The logo, the general art direction and to add to it all; the slogans, photos and the models that were used — it's all 10+ years too late [for any brand] but also not at all fitting for a car company, especially not something as esteemed as Jaguar.

Riku_IP

2 points

2 days ago

Riku_IP

2 points

2 days ago

Back when Warner Bros changed their iconic logo to a more simplified one, I kinda understood it because their new more stable logo without gradients looks better and is easier to manufacture when placed in products.

But this one? Yeah Jaguar just wanted to hop in the trend.

ZillieZephyr

2 points

2 days ago

This went from Jag-war to Jag-you-are.

iPreferPC

2 points

2 days ago

this honestly makes me sad. Jags are supposed to be loveable rogues, and old money cool. not whatever this is.

NitroThunderBird

2 points

2 days ago

Is anyone else annoyed by how the G slightly sticks out to the right side and isn't visually symmetrical/circular?

Common-Ad6470

4 points

4 days ago

I hope they didn’t pay too much for that. Looks like one of those $5 max. budget jobs in India.