What’s red and black…

Three logos. These two from Jupitermedia (formerly Mecklermedia):

This from CNN:

You might think that I’m simply going to point out that CNN has apparently copied Jupitermedia’s design. But I’m not.

I’m going to blow my own horn. See, I’m the one who designed the internetnews.com logo, back in 1995 or ‘96. The company colors were red and black, and I thought it was kind of a cool use of the Courier typewriter typeface — a juxtaposition of high-tech with low-tech.

So I did a mockup for the company and said, “I was thinking of something like this.” And the powers that were said, “Cool, we’ll just use these” (much to the annoyance of the graphic designer).

I was kinda surprised because I thought it was a crude idea that needed some fleshing out, but now I think I was wrong. It’s certainly held up through time, and it was good enough for CNN to steal use.

So every time I see either the Jupitermedia or CNN Student News logos, I think of them with pride. It’s the only graphic design I’ve ever done (aside for a few things for friends) that ever went anywhere.

[sniff] It’s like seeing your babies all grown up.