Comments on: Dexter Borrows the Wired Logo

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Simple Logo Gets Success | // Dizajn Klinika // — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:26:13 +0000

[...] Dexter Borrows the Wired Logo [...]

By: Jeff Bartel

Jeff Bartel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:10:46 +0000

i saw one on the back cover of rolling stone as well….

By: Dave Allen

Dave Allen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:11:30 +0000

Yes, I noticed an ad for Dexter on the New York Times web site too, borrowed the font from the NYT. I get it now…

By: bette

bette — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:40:32 +0000

it went along with the other logos they borrowed.

By: Ferdinand

Ferdinand — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:58:02 +0000

I just saw another Dexter ad riffing off a magazine cover, showing Dexter dressed sharply in a suit with a DQ masthead identical to the GQ masthead.

By: Ferdinand

Ferdinand — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:04:54 +0000

I think they used the Wired aesthetic to tie it into their use of the word “hacker” in the byline. A bit of a stretched metaphor, sure, but that’s the best reason I can come up with.