Comments on The Muscatis: Brand Oman

Very nice and intersting Pic... .many thanks.
2011-12-01T16:09:19.640+04:00
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If find the initial response to the new logo to be...

2009-04-26T03:00:00.000+04:00

If find the initial response to the new logo to be awfully negative. I guess people are stuck in their old ways. I must say that there are many big brands that were shunned for their "vague" meaning.

Every branding experience is an education. Apparently people here love the Khanjar, which is fair, if you wear it!

The khanjar is but one of the things that say, "I am Omani". Oman is due to break away from the old image. We need to embrace new colours for that sake.

Plus we are the Sultanate of Oman. Is that too difficult to say! That in itself carries more history than the colours, for example.

As for the design, It is only one element. We need to educate the public of what it means, just like any other brand.

This logo is just one of the facets of the whole "Sultanate of Oman" promotional agenda.

Why don't we allow it to pan out and then evaluate the experience constructively.

If i was a tourist and saw that logo, i would thin...

2009-03-25T00:27:00.000+04:00

If i was a tourist and saw that logo, i would think its arty..dont know what it means...Ahhhh its for a country called The Sultanate of oman..Dont know nothing about it..but it looks like an artsy place to go (thats called type casting and only getting a certain demograph)
Will this help our tourism industry percentage up..with other factors yes) but my worry is for how long, then we have to create a new logo.
I think this is on the right track, but it only represents one of the faces of our country..cuz hell yeah..who needs a logo explained.

Re the name Oman..In time the name will be predominant enough that they will mistake ammman or yemen for oman..this is not idealistic...Dubai eclipsed UAE ;P
ok..may be a little bit

any ways..another nicely written article.

2009-02-07T21:15:00.000+04:00

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when I look at this logo, beach, desert, moutains,...

2009-01-29T17:20:00.000+04:00

when I look at this logo, beach, desert, moutains, or water does not come to mind..........

For a logo.............. Oman is all you need write, in a fucky way too

According to history since the beginning of Renais...

2009-01-28T23:43:00.000+04:00

According to history since the beginning of Renaissance in 1970, the official name is Sultanate of Oman (called Muscat and Oman before).

Interesting points all around. I agree with some o...

2009-01-27T19:07:00.000+04:00

Interesting points all around. I agree with some of your points, in that its cold and there should be mention of the khanjar. Despite this I think its quite a nice logo, overall.

The question is, is a 'nice' logo enough? Its always hard to come up with something that everyone will like - downright impossible. I like this one, but I'm not sure it should be the "symbol" we see - I dont think its strong enough.

"The Sultanate Of" certainly lengthens it, and I did agree with what you were saying about just calling it "Oman", but reading the last comment, about HH Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said, I have to say he's probably right. It gives it a certain strength.

My friend, who had attended the workshop organised...

2009-01-27T17:58:00.000+04:00

My friend, who had attended the workshop organised by Oman Brand Management Unit sometime back, says HH Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said, CEO of Oman Brand Management Unit, was against Sultanate of Oman being referred to as just “Oman”. He went on to add that there were only two sultanates in the world today (other being ‘Sultanate of Brunei’), and a mere reference as “Oman” is often confused with Amman or Yemen.

LOL, you know i couldn't find the calligraphicly w...

2009-01-27T14:01:00.000+04:00

LOL, you know i couldn't find the calligraphicly written Oman, untill you said "it leads your eye to the left", i just figured out that i was tring to read from the left and it's an arabic world

i agree with your comment but what do you mean by it's non-symmetric? if you man it's geometricaly non-symmetric what is the problem with that?

and about the Khanjar being a WEAPON, i just find this idea stupid

and i agree about the logo being more like a corporate logo

I find it cold. Not warm and inviting as a country...

2009-01-27T13:26:00.000+04:00

I find it cold. Not warm and inviting as a country logo should be. And I do agree, it looks more like a corporate logo.

I agree with you about the comments you made about...

2009-01-27T09:06:00.000+04:00

I agree with you about the comments you made about the logo.

Actually at 1st glance i actually thought that the word 'Allah' was being used for the logo.

very ugly indeed!
Arabic calligraphy? where???<...

2009-01-27T02:33:00.000+04:00

very ugly indeed!
Arabic calligraphy? where???

(btw, lebanese currently in mascat for a month - thanks for the blog, very interesting for a foreigner)