Like this is the equivalent of removing the word "Stop" on a Stop sign.

Just remove the "Do not Enter" on the DNE sign

Like OP, its a cute idea, but you have to realize that warning labels aren't for your artistic satisfaction. Literally stripping the words off a logo is an incredibly bad idea.

@KuntaKinte

packaged food products sold in South Asian countries are required to be labelled with a mandatory mark in order be distinguished between vegetarian and non-vegetarian

the green dot in the top right corner signifies that the snack is not animal-derived

implemented in 2006, these symbols originally included text when they were debuted in order to specify their identification

however, as consumers became initiated with the colored symbols, the logo’s lettering was eventually deemed nonessential and was ultimately scrapped in the final rendering

in Greece, a color-coded geometric system is used to rate a film’s suitability. similarly, specifying text was abandoned in further iterations of the symbols as mass literacy was achieved

the only detractors were those who contended that this form of identification was non-inclusive to the colorblind community. this is a legitimate claim but it isn’t applicable to the PAL, as the sticker is in black and white which incidentally makes it an even better candidate for a minimalistic treatment

i feel like a lot of y’alls resistance to the idea stems from being american and thus normalizing your country’s insularized worldview. the USA's refusal to integrate with the global paradigm of creating universal symbols that transcend borders and language is a product of it’s underlying ethnocentrism. it does not want to sacrifice its hegemonic grip on language and instead chauvinistically retains a defunct philosophy regarding symbology

@zznn you're raising valid points but god that last paragraph is so pretentious lmao.

Again, the difference with these symbols were that they were introduced with the intention of being distinctive with its iconography. the important part of those South Asian food labels were the green and red dots, not the text, same with those shapes. Like I said before, the black and white stripes of the PA logo are incidental. The logo could be reduced, I agree with you, but you're focusing on the wrong aspect. Why not just have the tag reduced to just a black box that says EXPLICIT on it?

I think you're adding too much weight to the graphical merits of the logo, and the intention of the logo. If you asked around, I guarantee you what draws people to that logo is the text, and not the black and white bars. In fact, I'm sure a lot of people would incorrectly give you the order of the colors on the bar.

Yuck

It’s not a bad thought but by removing the text your concept has a much higher contrast ratio and draws the viewer’s eye to itself and distracts from the artwork much more than the original. That’s ultimately where it fails.

Source: am UX designer

@chuckienugget

"like I said before, the black and white stripes of the PA logo are incidental”

actually no

the og logo was revised because it was considered too subtle for a warning label

the stark black and white bars were intentionally crafted precisely to make the sticker more eye-catching

they aren't incidental, they're indispensable

if it aint broke, don't fix it

Incidental in the sense that they’re used to supplement the text. They have no real meaning on their own. And yes I know you’re gonna now say that semiotics are man made and evolve and so on... but again that goes on to my point about what aspect of the logo is actually identifiable. The text or the bars?
I also think it’s important to note that again, the purpose of the sticker is for consumers who are uninformed and not necessarily buying it for themselves. Those food logos and stop signs and whatever are all created to be relevant to the primary consumer of the product, so it’s more likely they’d be informed of the symbolic meaning of those graphics.

The PA stickers are stupid and unnecessary anyway, but I like when artists play with them and do an interesting variation. I wouldn't mind seeing your version on some album. Nice a***ysis too

One of them “minimalism, DONDA” types

Op definitely thought he had one

Parental Advisory label too iconic, hopefully it never changes

Enjoying your first semiotics class OP?

Yzy prntl dvsry

Nah but it was a start

You have a vision so keep working at it brother

Take the criticisms but ignore the weird haters in here, they always hate on you until you blow up

WHAT??????