Comments on: Retro Disney Resort Logos

By: David

David — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:52:48 +0000

Meg - thanks… It did bring back some memories.

By: david

david — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:02:26 +0000

I must have been ten or eleven when my family visited WDW in 197something or other - we stayed at the Contemporary Resort.

I have these very clear memories of pebbles in cement walls, gaudy color schemes and weird lighting effects and bad musak in the lobby.

Someone, somewhere must have pictures of what it looked like back then - classic bad-70s interior design.

By: Auxiliary Memory

Auxiliary Memory — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:35:44 +0000

Disney Resort logos

Graphically Speaking: Retro Disney Resort Logos A great post with an old Contemporary Resort and Polynesian Village logo that were scanned off of some old matchbooks and cleaned up in illustrator. I love the Poly logo. Nice Job!...

By: MK

MK — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:21:49 +0000

Thor: Hot graphics, this is the place. Well not always. I have wanted to do the newest versions of both the Contemporary and Polynesian logos, that will be the next of the hot graphics.

I was forewarned that I would be Boingboinged (if that�s a word).

Sacha: Well done adaptation. They are really flexible icons and look cool in just about any color texture. That�s an idea, somebody carve them out of wood!

Gedeon: Nice icons. Tribal masks gone Aqua.

Kartooner: I love the Contemporary Resort�s logo most from a graphic design standpoint. It really is a timeless design; with an adjustment of colors and maybe typeface it could still be used today and look fresh, I would love to see that happen. The Polynesian logo is cool, and I love it too, in that it is fun and represents, I think, what Walt had in mind for family fun, not too serious (smiling Tikis) and casual.

How: Thanks for the insight. I�m sure there is a name for the actual Tiki or carving, I think. Disney signage is second to none.

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By: How Bowers

How Bowers — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:42:02 +0000

The Polynesian's logo is actually based on a traditional carving. They have several examples of it hanging in the Great Ceremonial House, mostly on the second floor. It was kind of fun to discover the origin of the icon accidentally one day..

Also of note for you Polynesian fans is that the resort's original signs were produced by famed tiki outfitters Oceaniac Arts,

By: kartooner

kartooner — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:45:42 +0000

Mike: Excellent work.

Out of these two logos, which one is your favorite? I'm partial to the Polynesian Resort logo because of my fascination with island culture, but I love the simplicity and boldness of the Contemporary Resort logo.

By: Gedeon Maheux

Gedeon Maheux — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:51:41 +0000

Back in June of 2002, I released a set of tribal mask icons for Mac OS X. The set contained several variations of Disney's Polynesian Resort Mascot. You might want to download and check it out. Enjoy!

http://www.iconfactory.com/preview.asp?type=show&id=149

By: Sacha

Sacha — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:16:10 +0000

I really liked the Polynesian Village one. I tried to adapt it a litte. I called it "Fire Spirit" :

http://www.simonestudio.com/sgreif/trucs/firespirit.jpg

By: Thor

Thor — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:08:42 +0000

Rock on and hit some more great graphic files from your mental vault…email me please Im greedy for hot graphics You have been Boingboinged hope you survive the traffic courtesy The Doctorow