West Lafayette introduces new city logo
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wlfi.comPosted Feb 25, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC
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wlfi.comThanks, I hate it
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Now let's get a new flag designed that West Lafayette will actually use and that represents the city better than the current one.
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The West Lafayette flag is just stolen from St. Louis and it’s still not good.
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Exactly. We took an iconic city flag, made it worse and we don't even fly it. West Lafayette may be a small city but there is enough of a unique identity to demand something better than that.
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I’ve always been a supporter a better Greater Lafayette identity, but I hear most people on the West side are against that, is that true, and, if so, why?
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I'm fine with a strong identity for Greater Lafayette personally, I'd just like to see West Lafayette have a nice flag. I'm not the biggest fan of Lafayette's but it has meaning and gets plenty of use.
I'm not sure on how most people feel about embracing the shared identity. Both cities are pretty diverse but there may be an aspect of elitism since West Lafayette is generally a wealthier city. I'm probably not representative of the average west sider though.
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Identity is multi-faceted. One can have a West Lafayette identity and a Greater Lafayette identity at the same time.
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That hasn't been my sense. I think Tippecanoe County operates heads and shoulders above pretty much any other county in Indiana. West Lafayette is part of that, but so is Lafayette, and so are the unincorporated parts of the County. They're all a little unique in their ways, but they combine reasonably well. I think we should celebrate that.
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We are in a bit of a bind with the flag. It's not good, but it's not horrible (not offensive, not overly complicated, and not seal on a sheet).... and it was relatively recently adopted (2012?). I'd really want a flag that's good enough to put on everything, like Chicago's, Indianapolis's, DC's - those are good flags.
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It looks very late 90s-early 2000s. Nothing special. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Not every city needs a logo. Branding can be updated with text and a good tag line.
This logo, however, misses the mark and is already dated. All I recognize is the Purdue bell tower, and if you knew nothing of Purdue, this would make no sense. What’s the building in front? What is the forest of trees behind? I know from living here, but they don’t give clues to anyone else what they mean.
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I wonder if the flag will stop people from shooting each other here.
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How remarkably generic.