Doordarshan is an integral part of our childhood and we all remember the famous Doordarshan tune. No other channel can replace the memories we have with this oldest channel.
Now Doordarshan decided to bring some changes to the logo of the channel and conducted a competition between July 23 and August 20 last year. Thousands of people participated in the competition and send their entries. Just a day ago Prasar Bharti shared the shortlisted logos from the entries on Twitter.
Doordarshan Logo Contest – Here are the top 5 logo designs selected out of more than 10,000 entries. pic.twitter.com/qV8Ni2Zkj8
— Prasar Bharati प्रसार भारती (@prasarbharati) May 20, 2019
And twitteratis did not seem to like the new logos. Many compared the shortlisted ones to the original logo and called the current one better. While others made fun of the person who picked these from the rest and asked him to resign.
Look at the 4th logo. With a Kabootar. If this was in the Top 5. Don't know baaki 9995 entries kaisi thi. https://t.co/HL73Rnyf0u
— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) May 21, 2019
These are terrible in their current forms. Logos should never be selected from contests. Hire real designers, pay them, and ask them to build a brand’s entire design language, not just a logo. https://t.co/MV1cHChXsr
— Siddharth Singh (@siddharth3) May 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/erssarma/status/1130890832318328832
https://twitter.com/shahnawazk/status/1130751091841359872
Prasar bharti.. really??? That's the best you could find? Instead of these embarrassments, stick to your old logo. Or reopen the contest for better entries! https://t.co/Vpfxr8kdiG
— Raghu (@raghukalra) May 21, 2019
Fire the selection committee . This is worse than clipart!
— Anusha Yadav (@anushayadav) May 21, 2019
Sach batao kitne entries aaye the? Kyunki apne desh ka talent pool itna kharab nahi ho sakta.
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) May 21, 2019
Crowdsourcing at it's worst. I cannot believe that these are the top five logos from a population of more than a billion @srishagrawal
Please don't select any of these. I will be more than happy to market your contest free of cost and get quality entries @shashidigital https://t.co/2czQG7gKfz
— Abhishek Rungta (@abhishekrungta) May 22, 2019
primary school mein karwaya tha kya contest?
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 (@RoflGandhi_) May 21, 2019
Nothing even closer to the #iconiclogo of @ddnational which we're accustomed since childhood days.
Doordarshan's Iconic Logo Will Soon Be History. See Shortlisted Designs https://t.co/kp5xQmBaKP via @ndtv
— Rahul Basu (@raahulbasu) May 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/jeyaunamaurh/status/1130840239310811136
These look really awful.
Out of 10000 entries, if these are the 5 top logo designs selected, then you need to change the team who selected these awful designs and not the logo! #doordarshan— Deepanshu Natani (@DeepanshuNatani) May 21, 2019
