TIL that most modern heavy metal logos are designed by a guy who works at the Co-Op in Exeter www.devonlive.com/whats-on/wha... - ThreadSky

dsquareddigest.bsky.social • 2 days ago

TIL that most modern heavy metal logos are designed by a guy who works at the Co-Op in Exeter
https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/exeters-unassuming-co-op-worker-10039941?int_source=nba

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katie0martin.ft.com•2 days ago

This is very cool

dsquareddigest.bsky.social•2 days ago

you should get him to do one for your podcast, a spiky "FT" could look really cool

katie0martin.ft.com•2 days ago

But then people might expect the pod to be much more metal than we can deliver

immunopolitics.bsky.social•2 days ago

"The steel tariffs go all the way up to 11"

dsquareddigest.bsky.social•2 days ago

I do love the way that the story is basically that he spent his whole time at school drawing cool S's and never stopped, and spends his spare time drawing logos for bands he just likes

katie0martin.ft.com•2 days ago

Yeah he's done artwork for desperately obscure death metal groups but also Ed Sheeran and Elbow

indy.bsky.social•2 days ago

A clear sign you need to up the metal content.

brokenbanker.bsky.social•2 days ago

Metal Trance as opposed to Mental Trance - a new tribe is born in the eternal EDM genre face-offs

kentindell.bsky.social•2 days ago

A podcast called “London Metals Exchange Good Delivery”?

fernmonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's amazing.

myselecta.com•2 days ago

Well that answers a long-standing question of mine.

superteadrinker.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jason Watkins is a shoe-in for the heartwarming ITV drama.

slightlyflightyone.bsky.social•2 days ago

nvm about the thing I posted

I just fully processed the meaning

mike.teczno.com•2 days ago

A friend commissioned one from him for his design consultancy several years back

teaandsleep.bsky.social•2 days ago

There’s a man works down the co-op swears he designs all the logos for all the metal bands, just like you swore to me that you’d be true…

crb1079.bsky.social•2 days ago

My BIL/SIL live right by the cathedral... Asking if they know him!

saablg.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know this guy. He's so friendly and eccentric. I can't explain how but every shop is hilarious

greenmirandahere.bsky.social•2 days ago

what a brilliant story!

jameskettle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Both a feelgood story and a depressing parable about the declining value placed on creative work

preachypreach.bsky.social•2 days ago

Having to work in the Coop to make ends meet does make me wonder what the economics of metal logo design are, and I assume not great.

edjefferson.com•2 days ago

Or maybe that guy should get an agent??

taxbod.net•2 days ago

The chap that designed the Stone's logo got a whopping £50. We can only hope he didn't spend it all at once.

preachypreach.bsky.social•2 days ago

(Implicitly)

edjefferson.com•2 days ago

I mean I guess the legit calculation is "fuck knows when this suddenly ends"

dsquareddigest.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think the economics are driven by being downstream of a genre which is itself not very profitable.

c-ocelot.bsky.social•2 days ago

He literally states that the part time job is just to get out of the house. I'm sure license royalties could easily cover everything with a client list that deep.

workingmansecon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bloody love that, the L.S. Lowry of metal if you will.

clairejane5.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well I never!
Saw this and thought of your t-shirts @gregjstoker.bsky.social

uncertainworld.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not entirely surprising.

yusufkarmali.bsky.social•2 days ago

lol this is amazing

flisty.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ok but is the t shirt publicly available

londonknee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everything about that story is perfect, from the Ukrainian heritage, to the Devon roots to the co-op to the death metal and finally the award ceremony. That should be the UK citizenship test - “read this piece, once you ‘get it’ you are automatically British.”

willkingexe.bsky.social•2 days ago

I always remember in undergrad he asked me once if he could do his werewolf impression when I was at the till buying something. I said sure, and he howled at me for 30 seconds. Excellent day.

fernmonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ah-HOOOOOO, werewolves of Sidmouth