The proposed logo of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which will be held in the Philippines next year, drew negative feedbacks from netizens over the past few days.
Foreign Affairs Secretary and Chair of the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) Alan Peter Cayetano unveiled the logo during the general assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia and it instantly drew flak on social media.
The said logo features 11 circles of various shapes and colors made to appear in the shape of the Philippine map.
“Our logo will be the 11 circles representing the 11 countries bound together in the shape of the Philippines to symbolize that wherever and whenever the games are played, we are one and we will as one,” CNN Philippines quoted Cayetano as saying.
However, many netizens were not pleased with how it looks with many of them saying that it lacked effort and conceptualization.
Previous SEA Games logos (via 2019 SEA Games/FB) and the logo for next year’s regional meet here in Manila (pinag-isipan huh!) Bravo! #magkano pic.twitter.com/3JNqiSiwWY
— The Professional Heckler (@hecklerforever8) August 20, 2018
Philippine 2019 Sea Games logo inspiration pic.twitter.com/bYdIiLaMZr
— Jollibee Spicy Chicken Joy (@aiansalaysay) August 20, 2018
Philippines’ logo for 2019 Sea Games vs. Other Countries’ logos for the past years.
Anuto?! Find the Hidden Mickey?! Why?! pic.twitter.com/V16YjLPfLK
— Ren??? (@RENderred) August 20, 2018
Anyare, Pilipinas? 2005 vs. 2019 sea games logo! We can do better than this! pic.twitter.com/FEGqQA3mDl
— michael san diego (@mikkoletz17) August 20, 2018
I am a fan of minimalist art in graphic design, and though some pieces of digital art may seem to "lack effort", they can still be beautiful and meaningful. BUT THE 2019 SEA GAMES LOGO??? It lacked sense, soul, culture, and identity.
— K Manuel (@theklmanuel) August 20, 2018
The transition of the logo of SEA games in the Philippines! ??
Nangyari sa 2019??? Hustisya! LOLS#SEAGames2019 pic.twitter.com/YXfat6azv5— Chester Matre ™ (@143Chestoew) August 21, 2018
There were also some netizens who took the initiative to come up with alternative logos in lieu of the original one.
So the SEA Games (South East Asian Games) 2019 Logo has been officially released and unfortunately it gets mixed reactions online. Therefore, this is what I came up with.#SEAGames2019 #Philippines2019 #SeaGames #Sipa #LaroNgLahi #LarongPinoyToTheWorld #TeamPhilippines pic.twitter.com/sYCkYlfPje
— Mark Lauren (@mhernandezmark) August 21, 2018
Philippine 2019 Sea Games logo mockup.
Did this in less than 15 minutes. The official one looks like we didn’t even try to put effort. Shame. pic.twitter.com/P8z66Gc89j
— ً (@raphaelmiguel) August 20, 2018
Here's my own take on the logo for the upcoming Philippines 30th SEA Games for the upcoming year of 2019.
The idea is to create a minimalistic logo with the same concept as the original. pic.twitter.com/9FYErjHWS7
— Zander likes art (@zneadr) August 21, 2018
Well, this could have been a better 2019 SEA Games logo. See? Kunting improvement lang sana. Yung parang pinag-isipan man lang. ?
(ctto) pic.twitter.com/DdWkgxf6Ps
— Yan® (@Ako_Si_Yan) August 20, 2018
Since sobrang gigil ko sa logo ng 2019 SEA Games I tried creating one.. I'm not great in graphic design but I want to try…. Mukha ba siyang minimalist eagle.. 🙁 haha #artph triggered ako that I channeled my stress and breakdowns here: pic.twitter.com/xwbB7ML4Jo
— Luis (@luisddomingo) August 20, 2018
my own version hahah of SEA GAMES 2019 Logo #Philippines2019 #SEAGames2019 hahahaha try lang. the official logo and my version. #changethelogo pic.twitter.com/aMmt0AKDh6
— Zorendezvous (@Rondazoren) August 21, 2018
My own take on the SEA Games 2019 Logo! #SEAGames2019 #SeaGames pic.twitter.com/mKY5L1xJ2u
— brian; (@Brian_Juat) August 21, 2018
I'll go for this logo for 2019 SEA games (hindi talaga maganda ung proposed logo ng government) #SEAGames2019 ? pic.twitter.com/tCE6k2h8Ch
— Nic 尼可 (@imurnic) August 21, 2018
The biennial sports event will be returning to the Philippines after 13 years after it was previously held in the country last 2005. The events are scheduled to take place from November 29 to December 10, 2019.
