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A different Ragtime revival logo

By Gil on Saturday, Dec 26, 2009 | 7 Comments

Back in September, the NYTimes posted a feature on the ad campaign evolution for this year's Ragtime Revival. I was looking at it today and found this aborted design:

Am I the only one who likes it much better than the one they ended up going with?

7 Comments

Anonymous | December 26, 2009 12:20 PM

apparently. the flag one looks generic.

schizophrenic0 | December 26, 2009 1:35 PM

No, I like the first one better, too. The one they used looks too cartoony for my taste.

mattbrain | December 26, 2009 3:21 PM

You are so not alone! I totally prefer this artwork to the one they settled on.

Chris Caggiano | December 26, 2009 8:58 PM

You are so not alone:

http://everythingmusicals.com/everything_i_know_i_learn/2009/08/desk-clearing-west-side-story-bye-bye-birdie-and-the-nine-movie.html

Gil | December 26, 2009 11:05 PM

It's not even that I like the alternate so much, it's more that I dislike this one and thought the alternate would have been a better choice of the group.

Esther | December 27, 2009 8:25 PM

Definitely agree with you. The first one is so much better, simpler and more elegant. And I'm pretty lukewarm about the revival itself.

Anonymous | December 30, 2009 10:52 PM

The taglines in both versions are crappy.
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