So I was watching TV and this commercial came on. It was about a site called neworleans.com. Obviously, its a site about New Orleans. “Oh, its just another generic New Orleans commercial.” I say to myself. Then at the end of the commercial, the logo for their site shows up. It looked oddly familiar.
Check it out:
neworleans.com’s logo
Now where have I seen that graphic before? Oh that’s right. I did a project last semester that had a similar design. It was an advertising project where we had to create a billboard to advertise the city of New Orleans. The catch was you had to think about how you would advertise New Orleans outside of Louisiana. Anyway, here’s what I came up with (NewOrleansOnline.com is a real site by the way. I just used their site for the sake of the project.):
My billboard ad
Side by side comparison
Coincidence? Probably. Am I going to do anything about it? Probably not. I just found it funny to see a very similar design on TV. Even my version of Andrew Jackson’s statue almost fits perfectly with theirs. Only the size and detail of the cathedral is different. Again, I’m probably not going to take any action as I really do think its just a big coincidence. And besides, its just a class project. And who knows? They probably thought of the design before I did :p
Tags: billboard, coincidence, commercial, design, new orleans