re: #12 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I agree this is a stupid, stupid ODS thingy.
I do have a question. Did anybody look at it on the design team and say, “Y’all do know people will think this looks like the Obama Campaign Logo, right?”?
Looking at it as a designer, I’d say you could start with the idea of missile defense and arrive at an earth’s circle, a star, and a missile track, then use red white and blue for colors, without any thought of the Obama campaign logo.