“It invites an anthropomorphic meaning,” Imboden said.
Imboden said the Trump-Pence and Airbnb logos share a design element that invites comparisons to the human anatomy: They’re both symmetrical over a vertical axis. That's not the real logo right- Kristen S Anderson July 15, 2016 The new Trump-Pence logo enmeshes the candidates’ initials - TP - with the American flag, sparking immediate references to toilet paper and other bathroom wit. Apparently it’s still a touchy subject Airbnb declined comment for this story.
The chortles eventually stopped, but not before the logo became the butt of a thousand jokes. This was a yearlong undertaking for dozens of people, it’s something meaningful, and no one pauses to really understand that.” “We wouldn’t want to design a logo that caters to the lowest common denominator. “It’s just like: Go ahead, laugh all you want, guys,” Airbnb co-founder and CTO Nathan Blecharczyk told Recode at the time. But the day-long Twitter troll-fest is reminiscent of the mockery that accompanied the 2014 unveiling of Airbnb’s new corporate logo, with a circular pink shape that critics guffawed looked like a vagina. Perhaps that critical reception shouldn’t be surprising, given the unusual rancor of the 2016 campaign. New Trump Pence logo proves either they drove away every gay graphic designer or hired an amusingly vindictive one.
